Beauty and personal care · County · Alabama
Nail salons in Franklin County, AL
How Franklin County, AL compares with other counties and the U.S. for nail salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 2 chain locations (50%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $8.9M
- On personal care products and services · $743 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.2M
- 33% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.3
- 45% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 32,449
- +1.1% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 4 nail salons in Franklin County. That is 3.3 per 10,000 households, 45% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.
At $743 per household (26% below the U.S. average), households in Franklin County spend about $8.9M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $2.2M of household spending for each salon on map listings, 33% 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 Franklin County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts also show 15 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Franklin County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 nail salons on map listings, Franklin County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Franklin 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 | Franklin County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.3 | 6.1 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $2.2M | $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 | +1.1% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $743 | $839 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $53,338 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 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
- 15Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 42 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 Franklin 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 Franklin County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 32,449+1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 11,954
- Median age
- 39.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 634 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 50
- Median household income
- $53,338+22.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $68,636
- Median home value
- $136,000
- Jobs located here
- 10,404
- Daytime population
- 28,894Residents 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 |
| Franklin County, AL | Not scored | 4 | 3.3 | $2.2M | +1.1% |
Other business types in Franklin 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 spas44
- Hair salons39
- Barbershops25
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care43
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in Franklin County, AL?
Franklin County has 4 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in Franklin County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 15 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Franklin County, AL spend on personal care products and services?
About $8.9M a year, or $743 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $2.2M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,954 households in Franklin County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Franklin County, AL compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Franklin County has 3.3 nail salons per 10,000 households, 45% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $2.2M, 33% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, Franklin County would have about 5, against 4 on map listings.
How fast is Franklin County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Franklin County at 32,449 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,954 households. The median household income in Franklin County is $53,338 a year, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.6% 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. Franklin County has no market score for nail salons: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
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