Beauty and personal care · County · Tennessee
Nail salons in Obion County, TN
How Obion County, TN compares with other counties and the U.S. for nail salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 22 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,218 of 1,328 scored counties
#41 of 43 scored counties in Tennessee
- Listings
- 6
- 2 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $9.4M
- On personal care products and services · $747 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- 7% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.8
- 20% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 30,067
- −2.3% since 2020
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What this means
Obion County scores 22 (low) on the Groundwork market score for nail salons, ranking #1,218 of 1,328 scored counties and #41 of 43 scored counties in Tennessee. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Obion County comes to about $9.4M a year: $747 per household, 26% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.6M per salon, 7% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.
Obion County has 6 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 33%, against 27% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.8, 20% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for nail salons in Obion County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates put the population change in Obion County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Obion 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.
| Measure | Obion County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.8 | 5.9 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $1.5M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 8,995 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +61.9% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.3% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $747 | $874 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $54,613 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 22 | 48 |
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
- 15Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 62 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Obion 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 Obion County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 30,067−2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 12,527
- Median age
- 42.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 545 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 56
- Median household income
- $54,613+37.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $72,466
- Median home value
- $133,600
- Jobs located here
- 12,524
- Daytime population
- 30,043Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Tennessee
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Maury County, TN | 78 | 16 | 3.8 | $2.4M | +16.0% | #62 of 1,328 |
| 2Jefferson County, TN | 75 | 5 | 2.3 | $3.6M | +9.3% | #82 of 1,328 |
| 3Cheatham County, TN | 74 | 5 | 3.1 | $3.1M | +4.1% | #101 of 1,328 |
| 4Blount County, TN | 71 | 25 | 4.5 | $2M | +6.0% | #138 of 1,328 |
| 5Fayette County, TN | 69 | 7 | 4.1 | $2.3M | +7.7% | #175 of 1,328 |
| 6Loudon County, TN | 69 | 12 | 5.0 | $1.9M | +15.6% | #181 of 1,328 |
| 7Robertson County, TN | 68 | 14 | 5.0 | $1.9M | +9.9% | #197 of 1,328 |
| 8Greene County, TN | 64 | 8 | 2.8 | $2.7M | +5.0% | #286 of 1,328 |
| 9Williamson County, TN | 62 | 72 | 7.8 | $1.6M | +9.0% | #354 of 1,328 |
| 10Wilson County, TN | 62 | 47 | 7.9 | $1.3M | +17.8% | #357 of 1,328 |
| 41Obion County, TN | 22 | 6 | 4.8 | $1.6M | −2.3% | #1,218 of 1,328 |
Other business types in Obion 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 spas16
- Hair salons11
- Barbershops
- Nail salons22
- Spas and skin care37
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in Obion County, TN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 nail salons in Obion County. 2 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in Obion County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 15 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Obion County, TN spend on personal care products and services?
About $9.4M a year, or $747 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.6M 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 12,527 households in Obion County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Obion County, TN compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Obion County has 4.8 nail salons per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.6M, 7% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending.
How fast is Obion County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Obion County at 30,067 people in 2025, down 2.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 12,527 households. Median household income in Obion County is $54,613, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 37.9%, 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. Obion County scores 22 for nail salons (low), #1,218 of 1,328 scored counties.
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