Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Oklahoma
Nail salons in the Tulsa, OK metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for nail salons in the Tulsa, OK metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 42 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #270 of 387 scored metro areas
#2 of 4 scored metro areas based in Oklahoma
- Listings
- 244
- 88 chain locations (36%)
- Official establishments
- 77
- +42.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $355.1M
- On personal care products and services · $874 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 13% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.0
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,069,273
- +5.1% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on personal care products and services in the Tulsa metro area comes to about $355.1M a year: $874 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.5M of household spending for each salon on map listings, 13% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.
There are 244 nail salons on map listings in the Tulsa metro area as of September 2026. 88 of them (36%) are chain locations, against 27% across the U.S. That is 6.0 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 6.0.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in the Tulsa metro area was 77 in 2023, up 42.3% from 2019. That is one for every 5,279 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Another 1,015 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $250K has gone to businesses classed as nail salons in the Tulsa metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Tulsa metro area grew 5.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for nail salons in the Tulsa metro area is 42 (lower middle), #270 of 387 scored metro areas and #2 of 4 scored metro areas based in Oklahoma.
How the Tulsa 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.
| Measure | Tulsa metro area | Oklahoma | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.0 | 5.9 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $1.4M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 5,279 | 8,267 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +42.3% | +50.0% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.1% | +4.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $874 | $841 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $69,359 | $65,039 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 42 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 77+42.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 344
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $10.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 1,015Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 24488 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 213The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $250K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as nail salons in the Tulsa 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 Tulsa metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,069,273+5.1% since 2020
- Households
- 406,447
- Median age
- 38.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 6,270 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 165
- Median household income
- $69,359+24.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $95,898
- Median home value
- $221,700
- Jobs located here
- 463,622
- Daytime population
- 1,045,426Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Oklahoma market ranked →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 Tulsa metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Oklahoma
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Oklahoma City, OK | 47 | 424 | 7.4 | $1.2M | +5.8% | #224 of 387 |
| 2Tulsa, OK | 42 | 244 | 6.0 | $1.5M | +5.1% | #270 of 387 |
| Fort Smith, AR-OK | 32 | 71 | 7.8 | $1M | +3.1% | #349 of 387 |
| 3Lawton, OK | 27 | 27 | 5.8 | $1.4M | +0.7% | #365 of 387 |
| 4Enid, OK | 24 | 12 | 5.0 | $1.6M | −1.5% | #367 of 387 |
Other business types in the Tulsa metro 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 spas38
- Hair salons40
- Barbershops42
- Nail salons42
- Spas and skin care39
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in the Tulsa, OK metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 244 nail salons in the Tulsa metro area. 88 of them (36%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 77 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023, up 42.3% from 2019. Official counts list 1,015 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Tulsa, OK metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $355.1M a year, or $874 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 244 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.5M 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 406,447 households in the Tulsa metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Tulsa, OK metro area compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
The Tulsa metro area has 6.0 nail salons per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.5M, 13% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, the Tulsa metro area would have about 213, against 244 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,279 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. The official count rose 42.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +23.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Tulsa, OK metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Tulsa metro area at 1,069,273 people in 2025, up 5.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 406,447 households. Median household income in the Tulsa metro area is $69,359, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.4%, 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. The Tulsa metro area scores 42 for nail salons (lower middle), #270 of 387 scored metro areas.
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