Beauty and personal care · County · Utah
Nail salons in Salt Lake County, UT
How Salt Lake 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 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #565 of 1,328 scored counties
#8 of 11 scored counties in Utah
- Listings
- 266
- 71 chain locations (27%)
- Official establishments
- 130
- +91.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $477M
- On personal care products and services · $1,119 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 7% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.2
- 3% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,220,916
- +2.9% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 266 nail salons in Salt Lake County. Chain locations make up 27% of them, against 27% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.2, 3% above the U.S. rate of 6.0.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Salt Lake County comes to about $477M a year: $1,119 per household, 11% above the U.S. average. That is about $1.8M of household spending for each salon on map listings, 7% above 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 130 businesses with payroll in Salt Lake County classed as nail salons, up 91.2% from 2019. That is one for every 3,279 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Another 1,150 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 6 SBA-backed loans worth $2.1M have gone to businesses classed as nail salons in Salt Lake County.
Population estimates show Salt Lake County grew 2.9% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For nail salons, Salt Lake County has a Groundwork market score of 54 (upper middle): #565 of 1,328 scored counties and #8 of 11 scored counties in Utah.
How Salt Lake 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 | Salt Lake County | Utah | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.2 | 5.3 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $2.1M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,279 | 4,326 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +91.2% | +106.4% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.9% | +7.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,119 | $1,100 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $97,494 | $95,166 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 68 → 130+91.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 546
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $19M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 1,150Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 26671 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 286The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 6
- Amount
- $2.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as nail salons in Salt Lake 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 Salt Lake County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,220,916+2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 426,245
- Median age
- 35.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 753 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,590
- Median household income
- $97,494+30.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $124,987
- Median home value
- $525,700
- Jobs located here
- 775,993
- Daytime population
- 1,357,402Residents 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 |
Other business types in Salt Lake 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 spas43
- Hair salons56
- Barbershops49
- Nail salons54
- Spas and skin care37
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in Salt Lake County, UT?
There are 266 nail salons on map listings in Salt Lake County as of September 2026. 71 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 130 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023, up 91.2% from 2019. Official counts list 1,150 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Salt Lake County, UT spend on personal care products and services?
About $477M a year, or $1,119 per household. That is 11% above the U.S. average (an index of 111, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 266 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 426,245 households in Salt Lake County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Salt Lake County, UT compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Salt Lake County has 6.2 nail salons per 10,000 households, 3% above the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.8M, 7% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, Salt Lake County would have about 286, against 266 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,279 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. The official count rose 91.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +23.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Salt Lake County, UT growing?
Population estimates put Salt Lake County at 1,220,916 people in 2025, up 2.9% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 426,245 households. The median household income in Salt Lake County is $97,494 a year, 21% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.2% 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. Salt Lake County scores 54 for nail salons (upper middle), #565 of 1,328 scored counties.
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