Beauty and personal care · County · Oklahoma
Nail salons in Payne County, OK
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for nail salons in Payne County, OK, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 37 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,010 of 1,328 scored counties
#17 of 29 scored counties in Oklahoma
- Listings
- 18
- 11 chain locations (61%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $24.7M
- On personal care products and services · $759 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.4M
- 18% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.5
- 8% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 83,889
- +2.8% since 2020
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What this means
Payne County scores 37 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for nail salons, ranking #1,010 of 1,328 scored counties and #17 of 29 scored counties in Oklahoma. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 18 nail salons in Payne County. 11 of them (61%) are chain locations, against 27% across the U.S. That is 5.5 per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Payne County comes to about $24.7M a year: $759 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.4M of household spending for each salon on map listings, 18% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which nail salons share with other businesses in the trade.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in Payne County was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 5,435 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Payne County grew 2.8%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Payne 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 | Payne County | Oklahoma | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.5 | 5.9 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.4M | $1.4M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 5,435 | 8,267 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +50.0% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.8% | +4.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $759 | $841 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $49,809 | $65,039 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 37 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 19
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $472K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 49Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1811 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 15The 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 Payne 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 Payne County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 83,889+2.8% since 2020
- Households
- 32,609
- Median age
- 32.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 51%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 685 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 121
- Median household income
- $49,809+19.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $75,380
- Median home value
- $223,300
- Jobs located here
- 35,589
- Daytime population
- 83,345Residents 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 |
| 17Payne County, OK | 37 | 18 | 5.5 | $1.4M | +2.8% | #1,010 of 1,328 |
Other business types in Payne 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 spas35
- Hair salons40
- Barbershops43
- Nail salons37
- Spas and skin care44
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in Payne County, OK?
There are 18 nail salons on map listings in Payne County as of September 2026. 11 of them (61%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023. Official counts also show 49 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Payne County, OK spend on personal care products and services?
About $24.7M a year, or $759 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.4M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 32,609 households in Payne County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Payne County, OK compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Payne County has 5.5 nail salons per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.4M, 18% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, Payne County would have about 15, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,435 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S.
How fast is Payne County, OK growing?
Population estimates put Payne County at 83,889 people in 2025, up 2.8% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 32,609 households. The median household income in Payne County is $49,809 a year, 38% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 19.7% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Payne County scores 37 for nail salons (lower middle), #1,010 of 1,328 scored counties.
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