Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Oklahoma
Nail salons in the Tahlequah, OK area
The nail salons in the Tahlequah, OK area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 42 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #255 of 387 scored small-town markets
#5 of 16 scored small-town markets based in Oklahoma
- Listings
- 11
- 5 chain locations (45%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $14.2M
- On personal care products and services · $762 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- 22% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.9
- 2% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 49,196
- +4.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 nail salons in the Tahlequah area. 5 of them (45%) are chain locations, against 27% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.9, 2% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.
Households in the Tahlequah area spend about $14.2M a year on personal care products and services, or $762 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. Spread across 11 nail salons, that is $1.3M per salon, 22% 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 the Tahlequah area was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 6,233 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Another 24 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Tahlequah area grew 4.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For nail salons, the Tahlequah area has a Groundwork market score of 42 (lower middle): #255 of 387 scored small-town markets and #5 of 16 scored small-town markets based in Oklahoma.
How the Tahlequah 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.
| Measure | Tahlequah area | Oklahoma | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.9 | 5.9 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $1.4M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 6,233 | 8,267 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +50.0% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.5% | +4.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $762 | $841 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $53,218 | $65,039 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 42 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 7
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $146K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 24Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 115 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The 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 the Tahlequah 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 Tahlequah area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 49,196+4.5% since 2020
- Households
- 18,698
- Median age
- 38.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 749 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 64
- Median household income
- $53,218+24.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $72,290
- Median home value
- $168,500
- Jobs located here
- 13,276
- Daytime population
- 42,397Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Oklahoma market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Oklahoma for nail salons, numbered among those based in Oklahoma, with the Tahlequah area marked.
Top small-town markets in Oklahoma
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Duncan, OK | 56 | 7 | 4.0 | $2M | +3.4% | #155 of 387 |
| 2Shawnee, OK | 53 | 11 | 4.1 | $1.9M | +3.5% | #184 of 387 |
| 3Ada, OK | 49 | 6 | 4.0 | $2M | +1.2% | #216 of 387 |
| 4Durant, OK | 43 | 11 | 6.0 | $1.3M | +10.9% | #248 of 387 |
| 5Tahlequah, OK | 42 | 11 | 5.9 | $1.3M | +4.5% | #255 of 387 |
| 6Stillwater, OK | 38 | 18 | 5.5 | $1.4M | +2.8% | #275 of 387 |
| 7McAlester, OK | 36 | 7 | 3.9 | $1.9M | −1.1% | #288 of 387 |
| 8Muskogee, OK | 36 | 11 | 4.3 | $1.7M | +0.7% | #289 of 387 |
| 9Weatherford, OK | 35 | 6 | 4.0 | $2M | −0.7% | #297 of 387 |
| 10Ardmore, OK | 32 | 13 | 6.8 | $1.2M | +1.8% | #317 of 387 |
Other business types in the Tahlequah area
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 spas45
- Hair salons48
- Barbershops51
- Nail salons42
- Spas and skin care47
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in the Tahlequah, OK area?
There are 11 nail salons on map listings in the Tahlequah area as of September 2026. 5 of them (45%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023. Official counts list 24 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Tahlequah, OK area spend on personal care products and services?
About $14.2M a year, or $762 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.3M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 18,698 households in the Tahlequah area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Tahlequah, OK area compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
The Tahlequah area has 5.9 nail salons per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.3M, 22% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, the Tahlequah area would have about 9, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,233 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S.
How fast is the Tahlequah, OK area growing?
Population estimates put the Tahlequah area at 49,196 people in 2025, up 4.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,698 households. The median household income in the Tahlequah area is $53,218 a year, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.4% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Tahlequah area scores 42 for nail salons (lower middle), #255 of 387 scored small-town markets.
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