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Nail salons in Fond du Lac County, WI

How Fond du Lac 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 67 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #205 of 1,328 scored counties
#11 of 32 scored counties in Wisconsin

Listings
14
4 chain locations (29%)
Official establishments
7
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$42.2M
On personal care products and services · $975 a household
Spending per listing
$3M
80% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.2
47% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
104,669
+0.5% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

At $975 per household (3% below the U.S. average), households in Fond du Lac County spend about $42.2M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $3M per salon, 80% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.

There are 14 nail salons on map listings in Fond du Lac County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 29% of them, against 27% across the U.S. That is 3.2 per 10,000 households, 47% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.

In 2023, official counts showed 7 businesses with payroll in Fond du Lac County classed as nail salons. That is one for every 6,178 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Another 39 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates show Fond du Lac County grew 0.5% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Fond du Lac County scores 67 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for nail salons, ranking #205 of 1,328 scored counties and #11 of 32 scored counties in Wisconsin. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Fond du Lac 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.

Nail salons in Fond du Lac County, WI compared with Wisconsin and the U.S.
MeasureFond du Lac CountyWisconsinU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.24.46.0
Spending per listing$3M$2.3M$1.7M
Households per official establishment6,1785,3323,754
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+35.2%+23.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.5%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$975$1,007$1,005
Median household income$74,275$77,485$80,734
Groundwork market score6754

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 7
Employees, 2023
14
Annual payroll, 2023
$437K
One-person businesses, 2023
39Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
144 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
25The 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 Fond du Lac 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 Fond du Lac County

Population, 2025 estimate
104,669+0.5% since 2020
Households
43,243
Median age
42.0
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
720 sq. mi.
People per square mile
145
Median household income
$74,275+19.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$92,084
Median home value
$222,800
Jobs located here
49,885
Daytime population
99,843Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Nail salons across Wisconsin

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The highest-scoring counties in Wisconsin for nail salons, numbered among those based in Wisconsin, with Fond du Lac County marked.

Top counties in Wisconsin

Counties in Wisconsin ranked for nail salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Dodge County, WI7592.5$3.9M−0.3%#80 of 1,328
2Polk County, WI7552.6$3.9M+1.7%#81 of 1,328
3Green County, WI7253.2$3.2M+0.5%#121 of 1,328
4Dane County, WI711435.7$1.9M+4.9%#139 of 1,328
5Walworth County, WI70133.0$3.5M+0.8%#144 of 1,328
6Manitowoc County, WI6961.7$5.5M+0.4%#158 of 1,328
7Columbia County, WI6983.3$3.1M−0.7%#164 of 1,328
8Racine County, WI69273.4$3M+0.4%#165 of 1,328
9Dunn County, WI6963.4$2.8M+1.7%#167 of 1,328
10St. Croix County, WI68164.3$2.7M+4.7%#188 of 1,328
11Fond du Lac County, WI67143.2$3M+0.5%#205 of 1,328

Other business types in Fond du Lac County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many nail salons are in Fond du Lac County, WI?

As of September 2026, map listings count 14 nail salons in Fond du Lac County. 4 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023. Official counts list 39 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Fond du Lac County, WI spend on personal care products and services?

About $42.2M a year, or $975 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $3M 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 43,243 households in Fond du Lac County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Fond du Lac County, WI compare with the U.S. for nail salons?

Fond du Lac County has 3.2 nail salons per 10,000 households, 47% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $3M, 80% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, Fond du Lac County would have about 25, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,178 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S.

How fast is Fond du Lac County, WI growing?

Population estimates put Fond du Lac County at 104,669 people in 2025, up 0.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 43,243 households. Median household income in Fond du Lac County is $74,275, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.1%, 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. Fond du Lac County scores 67 for nail salons (upper middle), #205 of 1,328 scored counties.

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