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Nail salons in Grimes County, TX

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

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.

Listings
2
1 chain location (50%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$8.8M
On personal care products and services · $855 a household
Spending per listing
$4.4M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
2.0
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
34,252
+16.3% 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

Households in Grimes County spend about $8.8M a year on personal care products and services, or $855 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That works out to $4.4M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.

Grimes County has 2 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. That is 2.0 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for nail salons in Grimes County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 16 one-person businesses without payroll.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Grimes County grew 16.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 nail salons on map listings, Grimes County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Grimes 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 Grimes County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureGrimes CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.07.26.0
Spending per listing$4.4M$1.3M$1.7M
Households per official establishmentn/a5,8443,754
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+51.5%+23.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+16.3%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$855$937$1,005
Median household income$69,803$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored40

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
16Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
21 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The 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 Grimes 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 Grimes County

Population, 2025 estimate
34,252+16.3% since 2020
Households
10,255
Median age
40.2
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
788 sq. mi.
People per square mile
40
Median household income
$69,803+31.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$96,294
Median home value
$237,400
Jobs located here
6,288
Daytime population
21,753Residents 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 Grimes 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
Grimes County, TXNot scored22.0$4.4M+16.3%

Other business types in Grimes County

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

Questions

How many nail salons are in Grimes County, TX?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 nail salons in Grimes County. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in Grimes County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 16 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $8.8M a year, or $855 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $4.4M 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 10,255 households in Grimes County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Grimes County has 2 nail salons 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, Grimes County would have about 5, against 2 on map listings.

How fast is Grimes County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Grimes County at 34,252 people in 2025, up 16.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 10,255 households. Median household income in Grimes County is $69,803, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.9%, 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. Grimes County has no market score for nail salons: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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