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Nail salons in El Paso County, TX

How El Paso County, TX 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 43 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #896 of 1,328 scored counties
#60 of 110 scored counties in Texas

Listings
188
44 chain locations (23%)
Official establishments
21
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$239.1M
On personal care products and services · $798 a household
Spending per listing
$1.3M
24% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.3
5% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
877,858
+1.3% 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

At $798 per household (21% below the U.S. average), households in El Paso County spend about $239.1M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $1.3M per salon, 24% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.

El Paso County has 188 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. 44 of them (23%) are chain locations, against 27% across the U.S. That is 6.3 per 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 6.0.

Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in El Paso County in 2023. That is one for every 14,268 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Official counts also show 1,024 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $60K have gone to businesses classed as nail salons in El Paso County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of El Paso County grew 1.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For nail salons, El Paso County has a Groundwork market score of 43 (lower middle): #896 of 1,328 scored counties and #60 of 110 scored counties in Texas.

How El Paso County 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.

Nail salons in El Paso County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureEl Paso CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.37.26.0
Spending per listing$1.3M$1.3M$1.7M
Households per official establishment14,2685,8443,754
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+51.5%+23.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.3%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$798$937$1,005
Median household income$59,806$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score4340

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
17 → 21
Employees, 2023
54
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
1,024Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
18844 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
143The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$60K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as nail salons in El Paso 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 El Paso County

Population, 2025 estimate
877,858+1.3% since 2020
Households
299,637
Median age
35.0
Homes lived in by their owners
64%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
1,014 sq. mi.
People per square mile
859
Median household income
$59,806+27.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$79,845
Median home value
$180,400
Jobs located here
347,266
Daytime population
864,827Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Nail salons across Texas

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The highest-scoring counties in Texas for nail salons, numbered among those based in Texas, with El Paso County marked.

Top counties in Texas

Counties in Texas ranked for nail salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Waller County, TX8752.7$3.6M+21.9%#10 of 1,328
2Medina County, TX7663.4$2.7M+11.4%#73 of 1,328
3Guadalupe County, TX74335.0$2M+15.8%#109 of 1,328
4Wise County, TX70124.8$2.1M+21.5%#153 of 1,328
5Bastrop County, TX70205.4$1.8M+21.3%#156 of 1,328
6Hays County, TX68565.6$1.8M+24.8%#198 of 1,328
7Kaufman County, TX68336.5$1.5M+42.2%#199 of 1,328
8Cherokee County, TX6752.7$3M+5.4%#206 of 1,328
9Fannin County, TX6753.9$2.3M+9.2%#214 of 1,328
10Parker County, TX67335.8$1.8M+23.5%#223 of 1,328
60El Paso County, TX431886.3$1.3M+1.3%#896 of 1,328

Other business types in El Paso County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many nail salons are in El Paso County, TX?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 188 nail salons in El Paso County. 44 of them (23%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023. Another 1,024 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in El Paso County, TX spend on personal care products and services?

About $239.1M a year, or $798 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 188 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.3M 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 299,637 households in El Paso County and national spending patterns by income.

How does El Paso County, TX compare with the U.S. for nail salons?

El Paso County has 6.3 nail salons per 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.3M, 24% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, El Paso County would have about 143, against 188 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 14,268 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S.

How fast is El Paso County, TX growing?

Population estimates put El Paso County at 877,858 people in 2025, up 1.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 299,637 households. Median household income in El Paso County is $59,806, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.6%, 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. El Paso County scores 43 for nail salons (lower middle), #896 of 1,328 scored counties.

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