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Nail salons in Val Verde County, TX
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for nail salons in Val Verde County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 16 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,264 of 1,328 scored counties
#105 of 110 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 14
- 6 chain locations (43%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $13.5M
- On personal care products and services · $804 a household
- Spending per listing
- $965K
- 42% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.3
- 38% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 47,835
- +0.5% since 2020
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What this means
Val Verde County scores 16 (low) on the Groundwork market score for nail salons, ranking #1,264 of 1,328 scored counties and #105 of 110 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 14 nail salons in Val Verde County. 6 of them (43%) are chain locations, against 27% across the U.S. That comes to 8.3 for every 10,000 households, 38% above the U.S. rate of 6.0.
Households in Val Verde County spend about $13.5M a year on personal care products and services, or $804 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. That is about $965K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 42% 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in Val Verde County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Val Verde County grew 0.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Val Verde 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 | Val Verde County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.3 | 7.2 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $965K | $1.3M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 5,844 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +51.5% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.5% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $804 | $937 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $66,100 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 16 | 40 |
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
- 28Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 146 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Val Verde 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 Val Verde County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 47,835+0.5% since 2020
- Households
- 16,810
- Median age
- 33.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 3,145 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 15
- Median household income
- $66,100+43.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,305
- Median home value
- $164,600
- Jobs located here
- 15,742
- Daytime population
- 44,595Residents 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 |
| 105Val Verde County, TX | 16 | 14 | 8.3 | $965K | +0.5% | #1,264 of 1,328 |
Other business types in Val Verde 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 spas45
- Hair salons31
- Barbershops27
- Nail salons16
- Spas and skin care59
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in Val Verde County, TX?
There are 14 nail salons on map listings in Val Verde County as of September 2026. 6 of them (43%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in Val Verde County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 28 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Val Verde County, TX spend on personal care products and services?
About $13.5M a year, or $804 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $965K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,810 households in Val Verde County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Val Verde County, TX compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Val Verde County has 8.3 nail salons per 10,000 households, 38% above the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $965K, 42% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, Val Verde County would have about 8, against 14 on map listings.
How fast is Val Verde County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Val Verde County at 47,835 people in 2025, up 0.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,810 households. The median household income in Val Verde County is $66,100 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 43.2% 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. Val Verde County scores 16 for nail salons (low), #1,264 of 1,328 scored counties.
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