Beauty and personal care · County · Alabama
Nail salons in Elmore County, AL
How Elmore 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 39 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #973 of 1,328 scored counties
#21 of 36 scored counties in Alabama
- Listings
- 25
- 18 chain locations (72%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $29.3M
- On personal care products and services · $891 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 30% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.6
- 27% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 91,577
- +4.2% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 25 nail salons in Elmore County. Chain locations make up 72% of them, against 27% across the U.S. That comes to 7.6 for every 10,000 households, 27% above the U.S. rate of 6.0.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Elmore County comes to about $29.3M a year: $891 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.2M of household spending for each salon on map listings, 30% below 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 Elmore County was 7 in 2023. That is one for every 4,694 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Official counts list 52 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Elmore County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For nail salons, Elmore County has a Groundwork market score of 39 (lower middle): #973 of 1,328 scored counties and #21 of 36 scored counties in Alabama.
How Elmore 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 | Elmore County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.6 | 6.1 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $1.4M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,694 | 6,887 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +55.9% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.2% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $891 | $839 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $78,243 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 39 | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 10
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $375K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 52Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2518 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 18The 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 Elmore 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 Elmore County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 91,577+4.2% since 2020
- Households
- 32,856
- Median age
- 40.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 619 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 145
- Median household income
- $78,243+28.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,745
- Median home value
- $223,900
- Jobs located here
- 20,312
- Daytime population
- 74,014Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 21Elmore County, AL | 39 | 25 | 7.6 | $1.2M | +4.2% | #973 of 1,328 |
Other business types in Elmore 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 spas66
- Hair salons77
- Barbershops50
- Nail salons39
- Spas and skin care75
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in Elmore County, AL?
Elmore County has 25 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. 18 of them (72%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023. Official counts also show 52 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Elmore County, AL spend on personal care products and services?
About $29.3M a year, or $891 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 25 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 32,856 households in Elmore County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Elmore County, AL compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Elmore County has 7.6 nail salons per 10,000 households, 27% above the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.2M, 30% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, Elmore County would have about 18, against 25 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,694 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S.
How fast is Elmore County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Elmore County at 91,577 people in 2025, up 4.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 32,856 households. The median household income in Elmore County is $78,243 a year, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.5% 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. Elmore County scores 39 for nail salons (lower middle), #973 of 1,328 scored counties.
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