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Nail salons in Sumter County, AL

How Sumter 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 2.

Listings
2
1 chain location (50%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$3.1M
On personal care products and services · $639 a household
Spending per listing
$1.5M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
4.1
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
11,588
−5.0% since 2020

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What this means

Household spending on personal care products and services in Sumter County comes to about $3.1M a year: $639 per household, 36% below the U.S. average. Spread across 2 nail salons, that is $1.5M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.

Sumter County has 2 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. That is 4.1 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for nail salons in Sumter County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 12 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in Sumter County from 2020 to 2025 at −5.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 nail salons on map listings, Sumter County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Sumter 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 Sumter County, AL compared with Alabama and the U.S.
MeasureSumter CountyAlabamaU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.16.16.0
Spending per listing$1.5M$1.4M$1.7M
Households per official establishmentn/a6,8873,754
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+55.9%+23.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−5.0%+3.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$639$839$1,005
Median household income$33,310$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
12Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
21 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2The 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 Sumter 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 Sumter County

Population, 2025 estimate
11,588−5.0% since 2020
Households
4,823
Median age
38.2
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
904 sq. mi.
People per square mile
13
Median household income
$33,310+37.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$52,781
Median home value
$82,600
Jobs located here
2,933
Daytime population
10,978Residents 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 Sumter 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
Sumter County, ALNot scored24.1$1.5M−5.0%

Other business types in Sumter County

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

Questions

How many nail salons are in Sumter County, AL?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 nail salons in Sumter County. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in Sumter County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 12 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $3.1M a year, or $639 per household. That is 36% below the U.S. average (an index of 64, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per salon. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which nail salons share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,823 households in Sumter County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Sumter County has 2 nail salons on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending.

How fast is Sumter County, AL growing?

Population estimates put Sumter County at 11,588 people in 2025, down 5.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,823 households. Median household income in Sumter County is $33,310, 59% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 37.0%, 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. Sumter County has no market score for nail salons: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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