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Nail salons in Tarrant County, TX
The nail salons in Tarrant County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #893 of 1,328 scored counties
#59 of 110 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 588
- 178 chain locations (30%)
- Official establishments
- 219
- +73.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $756.7M
- On personal care products and services · $967 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- 23% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.5
- 25% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 2,248,466
- +6.3% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on personal care products and services in Tarrant County comes to about $756.7M a year: $967 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. Spread across 588 nail salons, that is $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.
Tarrant County has 588 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 178 are chain locations, or 30%, against 27% across the U.S. That is 7.5 per 10,000 households, 25% above the U.S. rate of 6.0.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in Tarrant County was 219 in 2023, up 73.8% from 2019. That is one for every 3,573 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Another 5,859 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 15 SBA-backed loans worth $9M have gone to businesses classed as nail salons in Tarrant County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Tarrant County grew 6.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Tarrant County scores 43 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for nail salons, ranking #893 of 1,328 scored counties and #59 of 110 scored counties in Texas.
How Tarrant 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 | Tarrant County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.5 | 7.2 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $1.3M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,573 | 5,844 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +73.8% | +51.5% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.3% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $967 | $937 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $84,207 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 126 → 219+73.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 772
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $24.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 5,859Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 588178 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 453The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 15
- Amount
- $9M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as nail salons in Tarrant 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 Tarrant County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 2,248,466+6.3% since 2020
- Households
- 782,419
- Median age
- 36.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 59%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 865 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2,504
- Median household income
- $84,207+24.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $115,895
- Median home value
- $323,900
- Jobs located here
- 1,082,620
- Daytime population
- 2,204,028Residents 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 |
| 59Tarrant County, TX | 43 | 588 | 7.5 | $1.3M | +6.3% | #893 of 1,328 |
Other business types in Tarrant 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 spas37
- Hair salons44
- Barbershops44
- Nail salons43
- Spas and skin care39
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in Tarrant County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 588 nail salons in Tarrant County. 178 of them (30%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 219 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023, up 73.8% from 2019. Official counts list 5,859 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Tarrant County, TX spend on personal care products and services?
About $756.7M a year, or $967 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 588 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 782,419 households in Tarrant County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Tarrant County, TX compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Tarrant County has 7.5 nail salons per 10,000 households, 25% 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, Tarrant County would have about 453, against 588 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,573 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. The official count rose 73.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +23.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Tarrant County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Tarrant County at 2,248,466 people in 2025, up 6.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 782,419 households. Median household income in Tarrant County is $84,207, 4% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.4%, 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. Tarrant County scores 43 for nail salons (lower middle), #893 of 1,328 scored counties.
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