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Nail salons in Tallapoosa County, AL

How Tallapoosa 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 42 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #900 of 1,328 scored counties
#19 of 36 scored counties in Alabama

Listings
7
2 chain locations (29%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$13.3M
On personal care products and services · $781 a household
Spending per listing
$1.9M
14% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.1
32% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
40,953
−0.8% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 nail salons in Tallapoosa County. Chain locations make up 29% of them, against 27% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.1, 32% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.

Households in Tallapoosa County spend about $13.3M a year on personal care products and services, or $781 per household, 22% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.9M per salon, 14% 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.

Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in Tallapoosa County in 2023. That is one for every 5,692 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Official counts also show 21 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $400K has gone to businesses classed as nail salons in Tallapoosa County.

Population estimates show Tallapoosa County declined 0.8% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Tallapoosa County scores 42 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for nail salons, ranking #900 of 1,328 scored counties and #19 of 36 scored counties in Alabama.

How Tallapoosa 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 Tallapoosa County, AL compared with Alabama and the U.S.
MeasureTallapoosa CountyAlabamaU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.16.16.0
Spending per listing$1.9M$1.4M$1.7M
Households per official establishment5,6926,8873,754
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+55.9%+23.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.8%+3.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$781$839$1,005
Median household income$59,356$63,999$80,734
Groundwork market score4234

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 3
Employees, 2023
7
Annual payroll, 2023
$193K
One-person businesses, 2023
21Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
72 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
8The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$400K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as nail salons in Tallapoosa 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 Tallapoosa County

Population, 2025 estimate
40,953−0.8% since 2020
Households
17,076
Median age
44.9
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
717 sq. mi.
People per square mile
57
Median household income
$59,356+29.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$78,535
Median home value
$158,500
Jobs located here
12,620
Daytime population
35,492Residents 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 Tallapoosa 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
19Tallapoosa County, AL4274.1$1.9M−0.8%#900 of 1,328

Other business types in Tallapoosa County

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

Questions

How many nail salons are in Tallapoosa County, AL?

There are 7 nail salons on map listings in Tallapoosa County as of September 2026. 2 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023. Another 21 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $13.3M a year, or $781 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.9M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 17,076 households in Tallapoosa County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Tallapoosa County has 4.1 nail salons per 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.9M, 14% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, Tallapoosa County would have about 8, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,692 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S.

How fast is Tallapoosa County, AL growing?

Population estimates put Tallapoosa County at 40,953 people in 2025, down 0.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 17,076 households. The median household income in Tallapoosa County is $59,356 a year, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.5% 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. Tallapoosa County scores 42 for nail salons (lower middle), #900 of 1,328 scored counties.

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