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Nail salons in Brown County, WI
How Brown County, WI 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 65 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #266 of 1,328 scored counties
#14 of 32 scored counties in Wisconsin
- Listings
- 47
- 7 chain locations (15%)
- Official establishments
- 23
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $112.4M
- On personal care products and services · $1,013 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.4M
- 43% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.2
- 30% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 275,803
- +2.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 47 nail salons in Brown County. Chain locations make up 15% of them, against 27% across the U.S. That comes to 4.2 for every 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.
Households in Brown County spend about $112.4M a year on personal care products and services, or $1,013 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Spread across 47 nail salons, that is $2.4M per salon, 43% 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.
Official counts show 23 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in Brown County in 2023. That is one for every 4,823 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Another 117 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates show Brown County grew 2.6% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For nail salons, Brown County has a Groundwork market score of 65 (upper middle): #266 of 1,328 scored counties and #14 of 32 scored counties in Wisconsin. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Brown 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 | Brown County | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.2 | 4.4 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $2.4M | $2.3M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,823 | 5,332 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +35.2% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.6% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,013 | $1,007 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $79,649 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 65 | 54 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 15 → 23
- Employees, 2023
- 102
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 117Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 477 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 67The 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 Brown 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 Brown County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 275,803+2.6% since 2020
- Households
- 110,933
- Median age
- 39.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 530 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 511
- Median household income
- $79,649+27.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $102,662
- Median home value
- $266,000
- Jobs located here
- 158,307
- Daytime population
- 294,973Residents 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 |
| 14Brown County, WI | 65 | 47 | 4.2 | $2.4M | +2.6% | #266 of 1,328 |
Other business types in Brown 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 salons45
- Barbershops53
- Nail salons65
- Spas and skin care43
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in Brown County, WI?
There are 47 nail salons on map listings in Brown County as of September 2026. 7 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 23 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023. Official counts list 117 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Brown County, WI spend on personal care products and services?
About $112.4M a year, or $1,013 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 47 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $2.4M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 110,933 households in Brown County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Brown County, WI compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Brown County has 4.2 nail salons per 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $2.4M, 43% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, Brown County would have about 67, against 47 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,823 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S.
How fast is Brown County, WI growing?
Population estimates put Brown County at 275,803 people in 2025, up 2.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 110,933 households. The median household income in Brown County is $79,649 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.8% 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. Brown County scores 65 for nail salons (upper middle), #266 of 1,328 scored counties.
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