Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Utah
Nail salons in the Vernal, UT area
The nail salons in the Vernal, UT area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 1 chain location (25%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $11.6M
- On personal care products and services · $951 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.9M
- 73% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.3
- 45% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 38,278
- +7.3% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 4 nail salons in the Vernal area. That is 3.3 per 10,000 households, 45% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.
Household spending on personal care products and services in the Vernal area comes to about $11.6M a year: $951 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.9M of household spending for each salon on map listings, 73% 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in the Vernal area: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 30 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Vernal area grew 7.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 nail salons on map listings, the Vernal area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How the Vernal area 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 | Vernal area | Utah | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.3 | 5.3 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $2.9M | $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 | +7.3% | +7.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $951 | $1,100 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $73,746 | $95,166 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 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
- 30Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 41 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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 the Vernal area, 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 the Vernal area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 38,278+7.3% since 2020
- Households
- 12,145
- Median age
- 33.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 4,483 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 8
- Median household income
- $73,746+13.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,276
- Median home value
- $298,600
- Jobs located here
- 13,294
- Daytime population
- 33,300Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Utah
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brigham City, UT-ID | 93 | 6 | 2.8 | $3.6M | +12.6% | #2 of 387 |
| 2Heber, UT | 65 | 16 | 5.6 | $2.3M | +5.3% | #95 of 387 |
| 3Cedar City, UT | 50 | 12 | 6.0 | $1.6M | +16.4% | #212 of 387 |
| 4Price, UT | 36 | 5 | 6.2 | $1.4M | +1.0% | #291 of 387 |
| Vernal, UT | Not scored | 4 | 3.3 | $2.9M | +7.3% |
Other business types in the Vernal area
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 salons43
- Barbershops68
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care51
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in the Vernal, UT area?
The Vernal area has 4 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in the Vernal area: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 30 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Vernal, UT area spend on personal care products and services?
About $11.6M a year, or $951 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $2.9M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,145 households in the Vernal area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Vernal, UT area compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
The Vernal area has 3.3 nail salons per 10,000 households, 45% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $2.9M, 73% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, the Vernal area would have about 7, against 4 on map listings.
How fast is the Vernal, UT area growing?
Population estimates put the Vernal area at 38,278 people in 2025, up 7.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,145 households. The median household income in the Vernal area is $73,746 a year, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 13.0% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Vernal area has no market score for nail salons: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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