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Nail salons in Winnebago County, WI

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for nail salons in Winnebago County, WI, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 67 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #213 of 1,328 scored counties
#12 of 32 scored counties in Wisconsin

Listings
30
12 chain locations (40%)
Official establishments
9
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$71.1M
On personal care products and services · $979 a household
Spending per listing
$2.4M
42% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.1
32% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
174,218
+1.4% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 30 nail salons in Winnebago County. 12 of them (40%) are chain locations, against 27% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.1, 32% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.

Household spending on personal care products and services in Winnebago County comes to about $71.1M a year: $979 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.4M of household spending for each salon on map listings, 42% 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.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in Winnebago County was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 8,074 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Official counts also show 61 one-person businesses without payroll.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Winnebago County grew 1.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for nail salons in Winnebago County is 67 (upper middle), #213 of 1,328 scored counties and #12 of 32 scored counties in Wisconsin. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Winnebago 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 Winnebago County, WI compared with Wisconsin and the U.S.
MeasureWinnebago CountyWisconsinU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.14.46.0
Spending per listing$2.4M$2.3M$1.7M
Households per official establishment8,0745,3323,754
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+35.2%+23.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.4%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$979$1,007$1,005
Median household income$74,925$77,485$80,734
Groundwork market score6754

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6 → 9
Employees, 2023
22
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
61Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
3012 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
43The 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 Winnebago 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 Winnebago County

Population, 2025 estimate
174,218+1.4% since 2020
Households
72,667
Median age
40.1
Homes lived in by their owners
66%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
435 sq. mi.
People per square mile
395
Median household income
$74,925+28.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$94,286
Median home value
$225,800
Jobs located here
96,519
Daytime population
182,504Residents 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 Winnebago 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
12Winnebago County, WI67304.1$2.4M+1.4%#213 of 1,328

Other business types in Winnebago County

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

Questions

How many nail salons are in Winnebago County, WI?

There are 30 nail salons on map listings in Winnebago County as of September 2026. 12 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023. Another 61 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $71.1M a year, or $979 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 30 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 72,667 households in Winnebago County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Winnebago County, WI compare with the U.S. for nail salons?

Winnebago County has 4.1 nail salons per 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $2.4M, 42% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, Winnebago County would have about 43, against 30 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,074 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S.

How fast is Winnebago County, WI growing?

Population estimates put Winnebago County at 174,218 people in 2025, up 1.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 72,667 households. The median household income in Winnebago County is $74,925 a year, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.0% 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. 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. Winnebago County scores 67 for nail salons (upper middle), #213 of 1,328 scored counties.

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