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Nail salons in Ashland County, WI
The nail salons in Ashland County, WI, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 2 chain locations (50%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $6M
- On personal care products and services · $878 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 10% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.9
- 2% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 16,203
- +1.1% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 4 nail salons in Ashland County. That is 5.9 per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Ashland County comes to about $6M a year: $878 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.5M per salon, 10% 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 Ashland County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates show Ashland County grew 1.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 nail salons on map listings, Ashland County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Ashland County compares
The same measures for Wisconsin 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 | Ashland County | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.9 | 4.4 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $2.3M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 5,332 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +35.2% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.1% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $878 | $1,007 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $62,462 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 54 |
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
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 42 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 Ashland 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 Ashland County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 16,203+1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 6,832
- Median age
- 43.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,045 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 15
- Median household income
- $62,462+46.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $76,270
- Median home value
- $170,300
- Jobs located here
- 7,396
- Daytime population
- 16,304Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Wisconsin
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Dodge County, WI | 75 | 9 | 2.5 | $3.9M | −0.3% | #80 of 1,328 |
| 2Polk County, WI | 75 | 5 | 2.6 | $3.9M | +1.7% | #81 of 1,328 |
| 3Green County, WI | 72 | 5 | 3.2 | $3.2M | +0.5% | #121 of 1,328 |
| 4Dane County, WI | 71 | 143 | 5.7 | $1.9M | +4.9% | #139 of 1,328 |
| 5Walworth County, WI | 70 | 13 | 3.0 | $3.5M | +0.8% | #144 of 1,328 |
| 6Manitowoc County, WI | 69 | 6 | 1.7 | $5.5M | +0.4% | #158 of 1,328 |
| 7Columbia County, WI | 69 | 8 | 3.3 | $3.1M | −0.7% | #164 of 1,328 |
| 8Racine County, WI | 69 | 27 | 3.4 | $3M | +0.4% | #165 of 1,328 |
| 9Dunn County, WI | 69 | 6 | 3.4 | $2.8M | +1.7% | #167 of 1,328 |
| 10St. Croix County, WI | 68 | 16 | 4.3 | $2.7M | +4.7% | #188 of 1,328 |
| Ashland County, WI | Not scored | 4 | 5.9 | $1.5M | +1.1% |
Other business types in Ashland 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
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in Ashland County, WI?
Ashland County 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 Ashland County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Ashland County, WI spend on personal care products and services?
About $6M a year, or $878 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,832 households in Ashland County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ashland County, WI compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Ashland County has 5.9 nail salons per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.5M, 10% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending.
How fast is Ashland County, WI growing?
Population estimates put Ashland County at 16,203 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,832 households. The median household income in Ashland County is $62,462 a year, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 46.9% 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. Ashland County 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?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Ashland County. It maps the nail salons on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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