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Nail salons in Escambia County, AL
The nail salons in Escambia County, AL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 32 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,098 of 1,328 scored counties
#26 of 36 scored counties in Alabama
- Listings
- 5
- 3 chain locations (60%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $9.1M
- On personal care products and services · $709 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 9% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.9
- 35% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 36,665
- 0.0% since 2020
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What this means
Escambia County scores 32 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for nail salons, ranking #1,098 of 1,328 scored counties and #26 of 36 scored counties in Alabama. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 nail salons in Escambia County. Chain locations make up 60% of them, against 27% across the U.S. That is 3.9 per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.
At $709 per household (29% below the U.S. average), households in Escambia County spend about $9.1M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $1.8M of household spending for each salon on map listings, 9% 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in Escambia County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Population estimates put the population change in Escambia County from 2020 to 2025 at 0.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Escambia 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 | Escambia County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.9 | 6.1 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $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 | 0.0% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $709 | $839 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $48,225 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 32 | 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
- 14Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 53 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 Escambia 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 Escambia County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 36,6650.0% since 2020
- Households
- 12,808
- Median age
- 39.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 945 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 39
- Median household income
- $48,225+32.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $63,450
- Median home value
- $136,500
- Jobs located here
- 12,506
- Daytime population
- 34,504Residents 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 |
| 26Escambia County, AL | 32 | 5 | 3.9 | $1.8M | 0.0% | #1,098 of 1,328 |
Other business types in Escambia 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 spas12
- Hair salons16
- Barbershops8
- Nail salons32
- Spas and skin care17
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in Escambia County, AL?
There are 5 nail salons on map listings in Escambia County as of September 2026. 3 of them (60%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in Escambia County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 14 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Escambia County, AL spend on personal care products and services?
About $9.1M a year, or $709 per household. That is 29% below the U.S. average (an index of 71, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,808 households in Escambia County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Escambia County, AL compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Escambia County has 3.9 nail salons per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.8M, 9% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending.
How fast is Escambia County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Escambia County at 36,665 people in 2025, unchanged since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 12,808 households. The median household income in Escambia County is $48,225 a year, 40% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.9% 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. Escambia County scores 32 for nail salons (lower middle), #1,098 of 1,328 scored counties.
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