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Nail salons in Johnson County, TX
How Johnson 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 56 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #521 of 1,328 scored counties
#28 of 110 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 48
- 19 chain locations (40%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $62.1M
- On personal care products and services · $948 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- 23% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.3
- 22% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 218,048
- +20.5% since 2020
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What this means
At $948 per household (6% below the U.S. average), households in Johnson County spend about $62.1M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $1.3M per salon, 23% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.
Johnson County has 48 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. 19 of them (40%) are chain locations, against 27% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.3, 22% above the U.S. rate of 6.0.
In 2023, official counts showed 10 businesses with payroll in Johnson County classed as nail salons. That is one for every 6,551 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Official counts list 128 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $785K have gone to businesses classed as nail salons in Johnson County.
Population estimates show Johnson County grew 20.5% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for nail salons in Johnson County is 56 (upper middle), #521 of 1,328 scored counties and #28 of 110 scored counties in Texas.
How Johnson 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.
| Measure | Johnson County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.3 | 7.2 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $1.3M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 6,551 | 5,844 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +51.5% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +20.5% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $948 | $937 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $84,859 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 56 | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 10
- Employees, 2023
- 18
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $383K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 128Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4819 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 37The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $785K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as nail salons in Johnson 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 Johnson County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 218,048+20.5% since 2020
- Households
- 65,507
- Median age
- 37.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 725 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 270
- Median household income
- $84,859+31.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $103,542
- Median home value
- $285,900
- Jobs located here
- 54,539
- Daytime population
- 156,023Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Waller County, TX | 87 | 5 | 2.7 | $3.6M | +21.9% | #10 of 1,328 |
| 2Medina County, TX | 76 | 6 | 3.4 | $2.7M | +11.4% | #73 of 1,328 |
| 3Guadalupe County, TX | 74 | 33 | 5.0 | $2M | +15.8% | #109 of 1,328 |
| 4Wise County, TX | 70 | 12 | 4.8 | $2.1M | +21.5% | #153 of 1,328 |
| 5Bastrop County, TX | 70 | 20 | 5.4 | $1.8M | +21.3% | #156 of 1,328 |
| 6Hays County, TX | 68 | 56 | 5.6 | $1.8M | +24.8% | #198 of 1,328 |
| 7Kaufman County, TX | 68 | 33 | 6.5 | $1.5M | +42.2% | #199 of 1,328 |
| 8Cherokee County, TX | 67 | 5 | 2.7 | $3M | +5.4% | #206 of 1,328 |
| 9Fannin County, TX | 67 | 5 | 3.9 | $2.3M | +9.2% | #214 of 1,328 |
| 10Parker County, TX | 67 | 33 | 5.8 | $1.8M | +23.5% | #223 of 1,328 |
| 28Johnson County, TX | 56 | 48 | 7.3 | $1.3M | +20.5% | #521 of 1,328 |
Other business types in Johnson 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 spas58
- Hair salons59
- Barbershops70
- Nail salons56
- Spas and skin care79
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in Johnson County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 48 nail salons in Johnson County. 19 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023. Official counts also show 128 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Johnson County, TX spend on personal care products and services?
About $62.1M a year, or $948 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 48 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 65,507 households in Johnson County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Johnson County, TX compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Johnson County has 7.3 nail salons per 10,000 households, 22% above the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.3M, 23% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, Johnson County would have about 37, against 48 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,551 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S.
How fast is Johnson County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Johnson County at 218,048 people in 2025, up 20.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 65,507 households. Median household income in Johnson County is $84,859, 5% above 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. Johnson County scores 56 for nail salons (upper middle), #521 of 1,328 scored counties.
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