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Nail salons in Midland County, TX
How Midland 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 46 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #821 of 1,328 scored counties
#52 of 110 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 63
- 15 chain locations (24%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $69M
- On personal care products and services · $1,020 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.1M
- 34% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.3
- 55% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 187,855
- +10.0% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on personal care products and services in Midland County comes to about $69M a year: $1,020 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Spread across 63 nail salons, that is $1.1M per salon, 34% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.
Midland County has 63 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 24% of them, against 27% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.3, 55% above the U.S. rate of 6.0.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in Midland County was 17 in 2023. That is one for every 3,979 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Official counts also show 290 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $456K have gone to businesses classed as nail salons in Midland County.
Population estimates put the population change in Midland County from 2020 to 2025 at +10.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for nail salons in Midland County is 46 (lower middle), #821 of 1,328 scored counties and #52 of 110 scored counties in Texas.
How Midland 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 | Midland County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.3 | 7.2 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.1M | $1.3M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,979 | 5,844 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +51.5% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +10.0% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,020 | $937 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $92,874 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 46 | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 17
- Employees, 2023
- 30
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 290Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 6315 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 41The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $456K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as nail salons in Midland 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 Midland County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 187,855+10.0% since 2020
- Households
- 67,651
- Median age
- 33.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 900 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 194
- Median household income
- $92,874+16.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $129,248
- Median home value
- $312,700
- Jobs located here
- 117,352
- Daytime population
- 208,899Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Texas for nail salons, numbered among those based in Texas, with Midland County marked.
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 |
| 52Midland County, TX | 46 | 63 | 9.3 | $1.1M | +10.0% | #821 of 1,328 |
Other business types in Midland 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 spas50
- Hair salons73
- Barbershops59
- Nail salons46
- Spas and skin care43
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in Midland County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 63 nail salons in Midland County. 15 of them (24%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023. Another 290 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Midland County, TX spend on personal care products and services?
About $69M a year, or $1,020 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 63 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.1M 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 67,651 households in Midland County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Midland County, TX compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Midland County has 9.3 nail salons per 10,000 households, 55% above the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.1M, 34% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, Midland County would have about 41, against 63 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,979 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S.
How fast is Midland County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Midland County at 187,855 people in 2025, up 10.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 67,651 households. Median household income in Midland County is $92,874, 15% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.9%, 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. Midland County scores 46 for nail salons (lower middle), #821 of 1,328 scored counties.
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