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Nail salons in Cullman County, AL

How Cullman County, AL 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 60 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #405 of 1,328 scored counties
#4 of 36 scored counties in Alabama

Listings
17
9 chain locations (53%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$29M
On personal care products and services · $819 a household
Spending per listing
$1.7M
2% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.8
20% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
94,009
+6.7% 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

Household spending on personal care products and services in Cullman County comes to about $29M a year: $819 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. Spread across 17 nail salons, that is $1.7M per salon, 2% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.

Cullman County has 17 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 53% of them, against 27% across the U.S. That is 4.8 per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in Cullman County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 11,782 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Another 87 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates show Cullman County grew 6.7% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for nail salons in Cullman County is 60 (upper middle), #405 of 1,328 scored counties and #4 of 36 scored counties in Alabama.

How Cullman County compares

The same measures for Alabama 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 Cullman County, AL compared with Alabama and the U.S.
MeasureCullman CountyAlabamaU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.86.16.0
Spending per listing$1.7M$1.4M$1.7M
Households per official establishment11,7826,8873,754
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+55.9%+23.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.7%+3.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$819$839$1,005
Median household income$62,656$63,999$80,734
Groundwork market score6034

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
4
Annual payroll, 2023
$94K
One-person businesses, 2023
87Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
179 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
17The 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 Cullman 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 Cullman County

Population, 2025 estimate
94,009+6.7% since 2020
Households
35,347
Median age
41.2
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
735 sq. mi.
People per square mile
123
Median household income
$62,656+39.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$82,606
Median home value
$199,100
Jobs located here
31,045
Daytime population
83,269Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Nail salons across Alabama

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The highest-scoring counties in Alabama for nail salons, numbered among those based in Alabama, with Cullman County marked.

Top counties in Alabama

Counties in Alabama ranked for nail salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Limestone County, AL81174.2$2.3M+18.0%#42 of 1,328
2Autauga County, AL62104.4$2.1M+5.1%#348 of 1,328
3St. Clair County, AL60174.8$1.8M+7.1%#403 of 1,328
4Cullman County, AL60174.8$1.7M+6.7%#405 of 1,328
5Madison County, AL591217.3$1.3M+11.0%#438 of 1,328
6Morgan County, AL58255.1$1.7M+2.6%#463 of 1,328
7Lee County, AL58385.5$1.5M+8.6%#465 of 1,328
8DeKalb County, AL5772.7$2.7M+3.4%#475 of 1,328
9Chilton County, AL5673.9$2.1M+5.9%#507 of 1,328
10Talladega County, AL54113.3$2.3M+0.3%#549 of 1,328

Other business types in Cullman County

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

Questions

How many nail salons are in Cullman County, AL?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 17 nail salons in Cullman County. 9 of them (53%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023. Official counts list 87 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Cullman County, AL spend on personal care products and services?

About $29M a year, or $819 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.7M 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 35,347 households in Cullman County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Cullman County, AL compare with the U.S. for nail salons?

Cullman County has 4.8 nail salons per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.7M, 2% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 11,782 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S.

How fast is Cullman County, AL growing?

Population estimates put Cullman County at 94,009 people in 2025, up 6.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 35,347 households. Median household income in Cullman County is $62,656, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 39.5%, 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. Cullman County scores 60 for nail salons (upper middle), #405 of 1,328 scored counties.

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