Beauty and personal care · County · Alabama
Nail salons in Pike County, AL
How Pike 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 17 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,259 of 1,328 scored counties
#33 of 36 scored counties in Alabama
- Listings
- 10
- 3 chain locations (30%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $9.3M
- On personal care products and services · $742 a household
- Spending per listing
- $926K
- 45% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.0
- 33% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 33,688
- +2.4% since 2020
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What this means
Pike County scores 17 (low) on the Groundwork market score for nail salons, ranking #1,259 of 1,328 scored counties and #33 of 36 scored counties in Alabama. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 nail salons in Pike County. 3 of them (30%) are chain locations, against 27% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.0, 33% above the U.S. rate of 6.0.
Households in Pike County spend about $9.3M a year on personal care products and services, or $742 per household, 26% below the U.S. average. That works out to $926K per salon, 45% 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in Pike County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Population estimates put the population change in Pike County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Pike 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 | Pike County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.0 | 6.1 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $926K | $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 | +2.4% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $742 | $839 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $48,677 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 17 | 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
- 28Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 103 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 Pike 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 Pike County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 33,688+2.4% since 2020
- Households
- 12,484
- Median age
- 35.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 672 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 49
- Median household income
- $48,677+30.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $71,387
- Median home value
- $157,600
- Jobs located here
- 15,417
- Daytime population
- 34,472Residents 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 |
| 33Pike County, AL | 17 | 10 | 8.0 | $926K | +2.4% | #1,259 of 1,328 |
Other business types in Pike 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 spas37
- Hair salons20
- Barbershops22
- Nail salons17
- 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 Pike County, AL?
There are 10 nail salons on map listings in Pike County as of September 2026. 3 of them (30%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in Pike County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 28 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Pike County, AL spend on personal care products and services?
About $9.3M a year, or $742 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $926K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,484 households in Pike County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Pike County, AL compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Pike County has 8.0 nail salons per 10,000 households, 33% above the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $926K, 45% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, Pike County would have about 6, against 10 on map listings.
How fast is Pike County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Pike County at 33,688 people in 2025, up 2.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,484 households. The median household income in Pike County is $48,677 a year, 40% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.0% 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. Pike County scores 17 for nail salons (low), #1,259 of 1,328 scored counties.
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