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Nail salons in the Oklahoma City, OK metro area

The nail salons in the Oklahoma City, OK metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #224 of 387 scored metro areas
#1 of 4 scored metro areas based in Oklahoma

Listings
424
119 chain locations (28%)
Official establishments
54
+67.7% since 2019
Household spending a year
$505.3M
On personal care products and services · $885 a household
Spending per listing
$1.2M
29% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.4
23% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
1,512,813
+5.8% 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

At $885 per household (12% below the U.S. average), households in the Oklahoma City metro area spend about $505.3M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $1.2M of household spending for each salon on map listings, 29% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.

There are 424 nail salons on map listings in the Oklahoma City metro area as of September 2026. Of those, 119 are chain locations, or 28%, against 27% across the U.S. That is 7.4 per 10,000 households, 23% above the U.S. rate of 6.0.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in the Oklahoma City metro area was 54 in 2023, up 67.7% from 2019. That is one for every 10,578 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Another 2,281 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 8 SBA-backed loans worth $1.8M have gone to businesses classed as nail salons in the Oklahoma City metro area.

Population estimates put the population change in the Oklahoma City metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +5.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Oklahoma City metro area scores 47 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for nail salons, ranking #224 of 387 scored metro areas and #1 of 4 scored metro areas based in Oklahoma.

How the Oklahoma City metro area 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.

Nail salons in Oklahoma City, OK metro area compared with Oklahoma and the U.S.
MeasureOklahoma City metro areaOklahomaU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.45.96.0
Spending per listing$1.2M$1.4M$1.7M
Households per official establishment10,5788,2673,754
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+67.7%+50.0%+23.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.8%+4.0%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$885$841$1,005
Median household income$72,094$65,039$80,734
Groundwork market score4742

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
54+67.7% over the period
Employees, 2023
186
Annual payroll, 2023
$5.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
2,281Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
424119 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
302The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
8
Amount
$1.8M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as nail salons in the Oklahoma City metro area, 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 the Oklahoma City metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
1,512,813+5.8% since 2020
Households
571,211
Median age
37.2
Homes lived in by their owners
64%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
5,512 sq. mi.
People per square mile
265
Median household income
$72,094+22.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$97,782
Median home value
$230,000
Jobs located here
659,352
Daytime population
1,507,973Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Nail salons across Oklahoma

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Oklahoma for nail salons, numbered among those based in Oklahoma (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Oklahoma City metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Oklahoma

Metro areas in Oklahoma ranked for nail salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Oklahoma City, OK474247.4$1.2M+5.8%#224 of 387
2Tulsa, OK422446.0$1.5M+5.1%#270 of 387
Fort Smith, AR-OK32717.8$1M+3.1%#349 of 387
3Lawton, OK27275.8$1.4M+0.7%#365 of 387
4Enid, OK24125.0$1.6M−1.5%#367 of 387

Other business types in the Oklahoma City metro area

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

Questions

How many nail salons are in the Oklahoma City, OK metro area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 424 nail salons in the Oklahoma City metro area. 119 of them (28%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 54 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023, up 67.7% from 2019. Official counts list 2,281 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Oklahoma City, OK metro area spend on personal care products and services?

About $505.3M a year, or $885 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 424 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 571,211 households in the Oklahoma City metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Oklahoma City, OK metro area compare with the U.S. for nail salons?

The Oklahoma City metro area has 7.4 nail salons per 10,000 households, 23% above the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.2M, 29% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, the Oklahoma City metro area would have about 302, against 424 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 10,578 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. The official count rose 67.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +23.2% for the U.S.

How fast is the Oklahoma City, OK metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Oklahoma City metro area at 1,512,813 people in 2025, up 5.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 571,211 households. Median household income in the Oklahoma City metro area is $72,094, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.0%, 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. The Oklahoma City metro area scores 47 for nail salons (lower middle), #224 of 387 scored metro areas.

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