Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Texas
Nail salons in the Big Spring, TX area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for nail salons in the Big Spring, TX area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #304 of 387 scored small-town markets
#15 of 30 scored small-town markets based in Texas
- Listings
- 6
- 2 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $10.6M
- On personal care products and services · $866 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 5% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.9
- 18% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 30,504
- −12.4% since 2020
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What this means
For nail salons, the Big Spring area has a Groundwork market score of 34 (lower middle): #304 of 387 scored small-town markets and #15 of 30 scored small-town markets based in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Household spending on personal care products and services in the Big Spring area comes to about $10.6M a year: $866 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.8M of household spending for each salon on map listings, 5% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.
There are 6 nail salons on map listings in the Big Spring area as of September 2026. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 33%, against 27% across the U.S. That comes to 4.9 for every 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for nail salons in the Big Spring area, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates put the population change in the Big Spring area from 2020 to 2025 at −12.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Big Spring area compares
The same measures for Texas 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 | Big Spring area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.9 | 7.2 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $1.3M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 5,844 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +51.5% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −12.4% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $866 | $937 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $69,649 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 34 | 40 |
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
- 20Businesses 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 the Big Spring 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 Big Spring area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 30,504−12.4% since 2020
- Households
- 12,191
- Median age
- 37.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 901 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 36
- Median household income
- $69,649+28.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $90,688
- Median home value
- $155,600
- Jobs located here
- 11,735
- Daytime population
- 29,322Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Texas for nail salons, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Big Spring area marked.
Top small-town markets in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jacksonville, TX | 71 | 5 | 2.7 | $3M | +5.4% | #53 of 387 |
| 2Bonham, TX | 70 | 5 | 3.9 | $2.3M | +9.2% | #66 of 387 |
| 3Fredericksburg, TX | 66 | 6 | 5.2 | $1.8M | +6.6% | #93 of 387 |
| 4Granbury, TX | 65 | 15 | 5.9 | $1.6M | +13.6% | #97 of 387 |
| 5Brenham, TX | 55 | 9 | 5.8 | $1.5M | +7.0% | #170 of 387 |
| 6Corsicana, TX | 51 | 10 | 5.3 | $1.6M | +8.2% | #201 of 387 |
| 7Mineral Wells, TX | 51 | 6 | 5.3 | $1.6M | +8.2% | #202 of 387 |
| 8Athens, TX | 51 | 18 | 5.4 | $1.6M | +7.5% | #203 of 387 |
| 9Stephenville, TX | 50 | 8 | 4.8 | $1.8M | +2.8% | #210 of 387 |
| 10Paris, TX | 45 | 12 | 4.8 | $1.7M | +2.6% | #234 of 387 |
| 15Big Spring, TX | 34 | 6 | 4.9 | $1.8M | −12.4% | #304 of 387 |
Other business types in the Big Spring 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 spas43
- Hair salons42
- Barbershops33
- Nail salons34
- Spas and skin care29
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in the Big Spring, TX area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 6 nail salons in the Big Spring area. 2 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in the Big Spring area: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 20 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Big Spring, TX area spend on personal care products and services?
About $10.6M a year, or $866 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.8M 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 12,191 households in the Big Spring area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Big Spring, TX area compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
The Big Spring area has 4.9 nail salons per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.8M, 5% above 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 the Big Spring, TX area growing?
Population estimates put the Big Spring area at 30,504 people in 2025, down 12.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 12,191 households. Median household income in the Big Spring area is $69,649, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.5%, 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 Big Spring area scores 34 for nail salons (lower middle), #304 of 387 scored small-town markets.
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