Beauty and personal care · County · Utah
Nail salons in Carbon County, UT
How Carbon County, UT 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 30 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,138 of 1,328 scored counties
#11 of 11 scored counties in Utah
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $6.9M
- On personal care products and services · $844 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.4M
- 18% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.2
- 3% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 20,680
- +1.0% since 2020
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What this means
Carbon County scores 30 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for nail salons, ranking #1,138 of 1,328 scored counties and #11 of 11 scored counties in Utah. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $844 per household (16% below the U.S. average), households in Carbon County spend about $6.9M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $1.4M of household spending for each salon on map listings, 18% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.
Carbon County has 5 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 27% across the U.S. That comes to 6.2 for every 10,000 households, 3% above the U.S. rate of 6.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for nail salons in Carbon County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates put the population change in Carbon County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Carbon County compares
The same measures for Utah 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 | Carbon County | Utah | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.2 | 5.3 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.4M | $2.1M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 4,326 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +106.4% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.0% | +7.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $844 | $1,100 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $58,377 | $95,166 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 30 | 61 |
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
- 19Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 50 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Carbon 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 Carbon County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 20,680+1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 8,123
- Median age
- 39.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,479 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 14
- Median household income
- $58,377+14.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $75,548
- Median home value
- $228,500
- Jobs located here
- 7,904
- Daytime population
- 17,852Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Utah
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Box Elder County, UT | 88 | 6 | 3.1 | $3.3M | +12.7% | #6 of 1,328 |
| 2Weber County, UT | 82 | 40 | 4.2 | $2.5M | +5.8% | #31 of 1,328 |
| 3Cache County, UT | 79 | 14 | 3.2 | $3.2M | +8.5% | #53 of 1,328 |
| 4Tooele County, UT | 78 | 11 | 4.6 | $2.5M | +19.2% | #61 of 1,328 |
| 5Davis County, UT | 70 | 56 | 4.8 | $2.4M | +4.8% | #151 of 1,328 |
| 6Utah County, UT | 68 | 109 | 5.4 | $2.1M | +14.5% | #193 of 1,328 |
| 7Washington County, UT | 66 | 49 | 7.0 | $1.4M | +17.4% | #254 of 1,328 |
| 8Salt Lake County, UT | 54 | 266 | 6.2 | $1.8M | +2.9% | #565 of 1,328 |
| 9Summit County, UT | 54 | 12 | 7.6 | $1.8M | +1.6% | #566 of 1,328 |
| 10Iron County, UT | 52 | 12 | 6.0 | $1.6M | +16.4% | #632 of 1,328 |
| 11Carbon County, UT | 30 | 5 | 6.2 | $1.4M | +1.0% | #1,138 of 1,328 |
Other business types in Carbon 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 salons34
- Barbershops28
- Nail salons30
- Spas and skin care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in Carbon County, UT?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 nail salons in Carbon County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in Carbon County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 19 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Carbon County, UT spend on personal care products and services?
About $6.9M a year, or $844 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.4M 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 8,123 households in Carbon County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Carbon County, UT compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Carbon County has 6.2 nail salons per 10,000 households, 3% above the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.4M, 18% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, Carbon County would have about 4, against 5 on map listings.
How fast is Carbon County, UT growing?
Population estimates put Carbon County at 20,680 people in 2025, up 1.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,123 households. Median household income in Carbon County is $58,377, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 14.1%, 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. Carbon County scores 30 for nail salons (lower middle), #1,138 of 1,328 scored counties.
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