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Nail salons in Montgomery County, TX

How Montgomery 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 63 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #339 of 1,328 scored counties
#17 of 110 scored counties in Texas

Listings
187
55 chain locations (29%)
Official establishments
38
+35.7% since 2019
Household spending a year
$259.9M
On personal care products and services · $1,050 a household
Spending per listing
$1.4M
17% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.6
27% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
781,194
+24.9% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 187 nail salons in Montgomery County. 55 of them (29%) are chain locations, against 27% across the U.S. That is 7.6 per 10,000 households, 27% above the U.S. rate of 6.0.

Households in Montgomery County spend about $259.9M a year on personal care products and services, or $1,050 per household, 4% above the U.S. average. Spread across 187 nail salons, that is $1.4M per salon, 17% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which nail salons share with other businesses in the trade.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in Montgomery County was 38 in 2023, up 35.7% from 2019. That is one for every 6,514 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Another 667 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $1M have gone to businesses classed as nail salons in Montgomery County.

Population estimates show Montgomery County grew 24.9% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for nail salons in Montgomery County is 63 (upper middle), #339 of 1,328 scored counties and #17 of 110 scored counties in Texas.

How Montgomery 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 Montgomery County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureMontgomery CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.67.26.0
Spending per listing$1.4M$1.3M$1.7M
Households per official establishment6,5145,8443,754
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+35.7%+51.5%+23.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+24.9%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$1,050$937$1,005
Median household income$97,701$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score6340

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
28 → 38+35.7% over the period
Employees, 2023
144
Annual payroll, 2023
$4M
One-person businesses, 2023
667Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
18755 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
156The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
5
Amount
$1M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
781,194+24.9% since 2020
Households
247,541
Median age
37.8
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
1,042 sq. mi.
People per square mile
657
Median household income
$97,701+20.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$135,795
Median home value
$346,200
Jobs located here
236,728
Daytime population
606,290Residents 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 Montgomery 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
17Montgomery County, TX631877.6$1.4M+24.9%#339 of 1,328

Other business types in Montgomery County

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

Questions

How many nail salons are in Montgomery County, TX?

There are 187 nail salons on map listings in Montgomery County as of September 2026. 55 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 38 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023, up 35.7% from 2019. Official counts list 667 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $259.9M a year, or $1,050 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 187 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.4M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 247,541 households in Montgomery County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Montgomery County has 7.6 nail salons per 10,000 households, 27% above the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.4M, 17% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, Montgomery County would have about 156, against 187 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,514 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. The official count rose 35.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +23.2% for the U.S.

How fast is Montgomery County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Montgomery County at 781,194 people in 2025, up 24.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 247,541 households. The median household income in Montgomery County is $97,701 a year, 21% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.8% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Montgomery County scores 63 for nail salons (upper middle), #339 of 1,328 scored counties.

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