Beauty and personal care · County · Alabama
Nail salons in Dallas County, AL
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for nail salons in Dallas County, AL, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 15 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,268 of 1,328 scored counties
#34 of 36 scored counties in Alabama
- Listings
- 7
- 6 chain locations (86%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $10.2M
- On personal care products and services · $637 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 13% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.4
- 27% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 35,140
- −7.9% since 2020
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What this means
For nail salons, Dallas County has a Groundwork market score of 15 (low): #1,268 of 1,328 scored counties and #34 of 36 scored counties in Alabama. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Dallas County spend about $10.2M a year on personal care products and services, or $637 per household, 37% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.5M of household spending for each salon on map listings, 13% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.
Dallas County has 7 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 6 are chain locations, or 86%, against 27% across the U.S. That comes to 4.4 for every 10,000 households, 27% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for nail salons in Dallas County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates show Dallas County declined 7.9% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Dallas 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.
| Measure | Dallas County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.4 | 6.1 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $1.4M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 6,887 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +55.9% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −7.9% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $637 | $839 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $35,627 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 15 | 34 |
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
- 31Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 76 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Dallas 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 Dallas County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 35,140−7.9% since 2020
- Households
- 15,947
- Median age
- 41.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 979 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 38
- Median household income
- $35,627+5.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $53,885
- Median home value
- $94,600
- Jobs located here
- 11,268
- Daytime population
- 34,961Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Alabama market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Alabama for nail salons, numbered among those based in Alabama, with Dallas County marked.
Top counties in Alabama
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Limestone County, AL | 81 | 17 | 4.2 | $2.3M | +18.0% | #42 of 1,328 |
| 2Autauga County, AL | 62 | 10 | 4.4 | $2.1M | +5.1% | #348 of 1,328 |
| 3St. Clair County, AL | 60 | 17 | 4.8 | $1.8M | +7.1% | #403 of 1,328 |
| 4Cullman County, AL | 60 | 17 | 4.8 | $1.7M | +6.7% | #405 of 1,328 |
| 5Madison County, AL | 59 | 121 | 7.3 | $1.3M | +11.0% | #438 of 1,328 |
| 6Morgan County, AL | 58 | 25 | 5.1 | $1.7M | +2.6% | #463 of 1,328 |
| 7Lee County, AL | 58 | 38 | 5.5 | $1.5M | +8.6% | #465 of 1,328 |
| 8DeKalb County, AL | 57 | 7 | 2.7 | $2.7M | +3.4% | #475 of 1,328 |
| 9Chilton County, AL | 56 | 7 | 3.9 | $2.1M | +5.9% | #507 of 1,328 |
| 10Talladega County, AL | 54 | 11 | 3.3 | $2.3M | +0.3% | #549 of 1,328 |
| 34Dallas County, AL | 15 | 7 | 4.4 | $1.5M | −7.9% | #1,268 of 1,328 |
Other business types in Dallas 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 spas34
- Hair salons35
- Barbershops6
- Nail salons15
- Spas and skin care44
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in Dallas County, AL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 nail salons in Dallas County. 6 of them (86%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in Dallas County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 31 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Dallas County, AL spend on personal care products and services?
About $10.2M a year, or $637 per household. That is 37% below the U.S. average (an index of 63, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.5M 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 15,947 households in Dallas County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Dallas County, AL compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Dallas County has 4.4 nail salons per 10,000 households, 27% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.5M, 13% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, Dallas County would have about 6, against 7 on map listings.
How fast is Dallas County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Dallas County at 35,140 people in 2025, down 7.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 15,947 households. Median household income in Dallas County is $35,627, 56% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 5.3%, 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. Dallas County scores 15 for nail salons (low), #1,268 of 1,328 scored counties.
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