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Nail salons in Pickens County, AL

How Pickens 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 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$5M
On personal care products and services · $737 a household
Spending per listing
$5M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
1.5
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
18,221
−3.9% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 1 nail salon in Pickens County. That is 1.5 per 10,000 households.

At $737 per household (27% below the U.S. average), households in Pickens County spend about $5M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $5M per salon. 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 Pickens County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 7 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show Pickens County declined 3.9% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 nail salon on map listings, Pickens County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Pickens 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 Pickens County, AL compared with Alabama and the U.S.
MeasurePickens CountyAlabamaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.56.16.0
Spending per listing$5M$1.4M$1.7M
Households per official establishmentn/a6,8873,754
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+55.9%+23.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.9%+3.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$737$839$1,005
Median household income$46,274$63,999$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored34

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
7Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
10 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 Pickens 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 Pickens County

Population, 2025 estimate
18,221−3.9% since 2020
Households
6,764
Median age
42.3
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
881 sq. mi.
People per square mile
21
Median household income
$46,274+16.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$68,757
Median home value
$123,900
Jobs located here
3,396
Daytime population
14,114Residents 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 Pickens 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
Pickens County, ALNot scored11.5$5M−3.9%

Other business types in Pickens County

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

Questions

How many nail salons are in Pickens County, AL?

Pickens County has 1 nail salon on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in Pickens County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 7 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $5M a year, or $737 per household. That is 27% below the U.S. average (an index of 73, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 nail salon on map listings, it comes to $5M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,764 households in Pickens County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Pickens County has 1 nail salon on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, Pickens County would have about 3, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is Pickens County, AL growing?

Population estimates put Pickens County at 18,221 people in 2025, down 3.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,764 households. The median household income in Pickens County is $46,274 a year, 43% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 16.1% 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. Pickens County has no market score for nail salons: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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