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Nail salons in Houston County, TN

How Houston County, TN compares with other counties and the U.S. for nail salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
1
1 chain location (100%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$2.7M
On personal care products and services · $797 a household
Spending per listing
$2.7M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
3.0
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
8,479
+2.2% 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

Households in Houston County spend about $2.7M a year on personal care products and services, or $797 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.7M of household spending for each salon on map listings. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.

There is 1 nail salon on map listings in Houston County as of September 2026. That is 3.0 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for nail salons in Houston County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates show Houston County grew 2.2% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Houston County compares

The same measures for Tennessee 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 Houston County, TN compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureHouston CountyTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.05.96.0
Spending per listing$2.7M$1.5M$1.7M
Households per official establishmentn/a8,9953,754
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+61.9%+23.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.2%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$797$874$1,005
Median household income$59,576$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored48

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
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
11 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2The 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 Houston 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 Houston County

Population, 2025 estimate
8,479+2.2% since 2020
Households
3,353
Median age
43.3
Homes lived in by their owners
81%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
200 sq. mi.
People per square mile
42
Median household income
$59,576
Average household income
$74,463
Median home value
$172,700
Jobs located here
1,311
Daytime population
6,640Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Nail salons across Tennessee

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The highest-scoring counties in Tennessee for nail salons, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with Houston County marked.

Top counties in Tennessee

Counties in Tennessee ranked for nail salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Maury County, TN78163.8$2.4M+16.0%#62 of 1,328
2Jefferson County, TN7552.3$3.6M+9.3%#82 of 1,328
3Cheatham County, TN7453.1$3.1M+4.1%#101 of 1,328
4Blount County, TN71254.5$2M+6.0%#138 of 1,328
5Fayette County, TN6974.1$2.3M+7.7%#175 of 1,328
6Loudon County, TN69125.0$1.9M+15.6%#181 of 1,328
7Robertson County, TN68145.0$1.9M+9.9%#197 of 1,328
8Greene County, TN6482.8$2.7M+5.0%#286 of 1,328
9Williamson County, TN62727.8$1.6M+9.0%#354 of 1,328
10Wilson County, TN62477.9$1.3M+17.8%#357 of 1,328
Houston County, TNNot scored13.0$2.7M+2.2%

Other business types in Houston County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many nail salons are in Houston County, TN?

As of September 2026, map listings count 1 nail salon in Houston County. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in Houston County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Houston County, TN spend on personal care products and services?

About $2.7M a year, or $797 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 nail salon on map listings, it comes to $2.7M 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 3,353 households in Houston County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Houston County, TN compare with the U.S. for nail salons?

Houston County has 1 nail salon on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, Houston County would have about 2, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is Houston County, TN growing?

Population estimates put Houston County at 8,479 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 3,353 households. Median household income in Houston County is $59,576, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Houston County. It maps the nail salons on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.

How the score works · Top markets for nail salons · All 56 business types in Houston County

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