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Nail salons in Wise County, TX

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for nail salons in Wise County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 70 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #153 of 1,328 scored counties
#4 of 110 scored counties in Texas

Listings
12
5 chain locations (42%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$24.9M
On personal care products and services · $991 a household
Spending per listing
$2.1M
24% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.8
20% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
83,778
+21.5% 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

At $991 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in Wise County spend about $24.9M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $2.1M of household spending for each salon on map listings, 24% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.

Wise County has 12 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 42% of them, against 27% across the U.S. That is 4.8 per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in Wise County was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 5,027 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Official counts list 14 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in Wise County from 2020 to 2025 at +21.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for nail salons in Wise County is 70 (upper middle), #153 of 1,328 scored counties and #4 of 110 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Wise 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 Wise County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureWise CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.87.26.0
Spending per listing$2.1M$1.3M$1.7M
Households per official establishment5,0275,8443,754
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+51.5%+23.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+21.5%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$991$937$1,005
Median household income$93,421$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score7040

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5
Employees, 2023
8
Annual payroll, 2023
$335K
One-person businesses, 2023
14Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
125 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
15The 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 Wise 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 Wise County

Population, 2025 estimate
83,778+21.5% since 2020
Households
25,135
Median age
39.7
Homes lived in by their owners
81%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
904 sq. mi.
People per square mile
83
Median household income
$93,421+44.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$113,388
Median home value
$304,900
Jobs located here
22,026
Daytime population
63,869Residents 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 Wise 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

Other business types in Wise County

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

Questions

How many nail salons are in Wise County, TX?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 nail salons in Wise County. 5 of them (42%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023. Official counts also show 14 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $24.9M a year, or $991 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $2.1M 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 25,135 households in Wise County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Wise County has 4.8 nail salons per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $2.1M, 24% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, Wise County would have about 15, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,027 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S.

How fast is Wise County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Wise County at 83,778 people in 2025, up 21.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 25,135 households. Median household income in Wise County is $93,421, 16% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 44.8%, 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. Wise County scores 70 for nail salons (upper middle), #153 of 1,328 scored counties.

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