Beauty and personal care · County · Oklahoma
Nail salons in Kay County, OK
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for nail salons in Kay County, OK, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 19 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,243 of 1,328 scored counties
#27 of 29 scored counties in Oklahoma
- Listings
- 11
- 4 chain locations (36%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $13.2M
- On personal care products and services · $788 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 28% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.6
- 10% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 43,490
- −0.3% since 2020
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What this means
For nail salons, Kay County has a Groundwork market score of 19 (low): #1,243 of 1,328 scored counties and #27 of 29 scored counties in Oklahoma. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Kay County spend about $13.2M a year on personal care products and services, or $788 per household, 22% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.2M per salon, 28% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.
Kay County has 11 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 36% of them, against 27% across the U.S. That comes to 6.6 for every 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 6.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for nail salons in Kay County, since they leave out counts under 3. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Kay County declined 0.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Kay County compares
The same measures for Oklahoma 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.
| Measure | Kay County | Oklahoma | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.6 | 5.9 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $1.4M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 8,267 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +50.0% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.3% | +4.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $788 | $841 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $58,423 | $65,039 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 19 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 17Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 114 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as nail salons in Kay 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 Kay County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 43,490−0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 16,776
- Median age
- 39.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 920 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 47
- Median household income
- $58,423+24.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $77,308
- Median home value
- $124,700
- Jobs located here
- 15,500
- Daytime population
- 42,294Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Oklahoma
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wagoner County, OK | 79 | 10 | 3.2 | $2.9M | +14.6% | #55 of 1,328 |
| 2Rogers County, OK | 67 | 16 | 4.4 | $2.1M | +7.1% | #217 of 1,328 |
| 3Canadian County, OK | 61 | 46 | 7.9 | $1.2M | +20.4% | #386 of 1,328 |
| 4Grady County, OK | 58 | 10 | 4.8 | $1.8M | +7.7% | #461 of 1,328 |
| 5McClain County, OK | 54 | 11 | 6.7 | $1.4M | +18.4% | #574 of 1,328 |
| 6Mayes County, OK | 52 | 6 | 3.9 | $2M | +3.5% | #617 of 1,328 |
| 7Stephens County, OK | 52 | 7 | 4.0 | $2M | +3.4% | #618 of 1,328 |
| 8Cleveland County, OK | 52 | 79 | 6.8 | $1.3M | +2.6% | #642 of 1,328 |
| 9Pottawatomie County, OK | 49 | 11 | 4.1 | $1.9M | +3.5% | #728 of 1,328 |
| 10Pontotoc County, OK | 46 | 6 | 4.0 | $2M | +1.2% | #795 of 1,328 |
| 27Kay County, OK | 19 | 11 | 6.6 | $1.2M | −0.3% | #1,243 of 1,328 |
Other business types in Kay County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
- Salons, barbers and spas38
- Hair salons35
- Barbershops21
- Nail salons19
- Spas and skin care27
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in Kay County, OK?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 nail salons in Kay County. 4 of them (36%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in Kay County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 17 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Kay County, OK spend on personal care products and services?
About $13.2M a year, or $788 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.2M 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 16,776 households in Kay County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Kay County, OK compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Kay County has 6.6 nail salons per 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.2M, 28% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, Kay County would have about 8, against 11 on map listings.
How fast is Kay County, OK growing?
Population estimates put Kay County at 43,490 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 16,776 households. Median household income in Kay County is $58,423, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.8%, 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. Kay County scores 19 for nail salons (low), #1,243 of 1,328 scored counties.
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