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Nail salons in Butler County, OH

The nail salons in Butler County, OH, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 64 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #293 of 1,328 scored counties
#26 of 52 scored counties in Ohio

Listings
63
21 chain locations (33%)
Official establishments
34
+3.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$152.4M
On personal care products and services · $1,038 a household
Spending per listing
$2.4M
45% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.3
28% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
400,128
+2.4% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Household spending on personal care products and services in Butler County comes to about $152.4M a year: $1,038 per household, 3% above the U.S. average. That is about $2.4M of household spending for each salon on map listings, 45% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.

Butler County has 63 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 21 are chain locations, or 33%, against 27% across the U.S. That comes to 4.3 for every 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in Butler County was 34 in 2023, up 3.0% from 2019. That is one for every 4,318 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Official counts list 267 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $41K has gone to businesses classed as nail salons in Butler County.

Population estimates show Butler County grew 2.4% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For nail salons, Butler County has a Groundwork market score of 64 (upper middle): #293 of 1,328 scored counties and #26 of 52 scored counties in Ohio. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Butler County compares

The same measures for Ohio and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all personal care products and services by the nail salons counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Nail salons in Butler County, OH compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureButler CountyOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.34.06.0
Spending per listing$2.4M$2.5M$1.7M
Households per official establishment4,3186,4243,754
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+3.0%+17.9%+23.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.4%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$1,038$976$1,005
Median household income$81,590$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market score6459

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
33 → 34+3.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
278
Annual payroll, 2023
$8.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
267Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
6321 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
91The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$41K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as nail salons in Butler County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.

Population and households in Butler County

Population, 2025 estimate
400,128+2.4% since 2020
Households
146,822
Median age
38.3
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
467 sq. mi.
People per square mile
842
Median household income
$81,590+23.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$104,751
Median home value
$258,500
Jobs located here
160,654
Daytime population
370,110Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Nail salons across Ohio

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The highest-scoring counties in Ohio for nail salons, numbered among those based in Ohio, with Butler County marked.

Top counties in Ohio

Counties in Ohio ranked for nail salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Union County, OH9772.9$4.2M+16.5%#1 of 1,328
2Madison County, OH8753.2$3.3M+7.1%#11 of 1,328
3Pickaway County, OH8652.3$4.3M+7.4%#17 of 1,328
4Licking County, OH84182.6$4M+3.8%#23 of 1,328
5Miami County, OH81122.7$3.7M+3.4%#36 of 1,328
6Fairfield County, OH81305.0$2.2M+6.5%#44 of 1,328
7Warren County, OH79303.3$3.7M+5.7%#52 of 1,328
8Clermont County, OH79293.4$3.1M+3.9%#54 of 1,328
9Geauga County, OH7661.7$7.2M+0.3%#68 of 1,328
10Wood County, OH75213.9$2.6M+1.5%#87 of 1,328
26Butler County, OH64634.3$2.4M+2.4%#293 of 1,328

Other business types in Butler County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many nail salons are in Butler County, OH?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 63 nail salons in Butler County. 21 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 34 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023, up 3.0% from 2019. Official counts also show 267 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Butler County, OH spend on personal care products and services?

About $152.4M a year, or $1,038 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 63 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $2.4M per salon. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which nail salons share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 146,822 households in Butler County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Butler County, OH compare with the U.S. for nail salons?

Butler County has 4.3 nail salons per 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $2.4M, 45% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, Butler County would have about 91, against 63 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,318 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. The official count rose 3.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +23.2% for the U.S.

How fast is Butler County, OH growing?

Population estimates put Butler County at 400,128 people in 2025, up 2.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 146,822 households. Median household income in Butler County is $81,590, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.4%, before inflation.

What is the Groundwork market score?

The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Butler County scores 64 for nail salons (upper middle), #293 of 1,328 scored counties.

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