Beauty and personal care · County · Alaska
Nail salons in Anchorage Municipality, AK
The nail salons in Anchorage Municipality, AK, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #699 of 1,328 scored counties
#5 of 5 scored counties in Alaska
- Listings
- 62
- 26 chain locations (42%)
- Official establishments
- 35
- +52.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $125.7M
- On personal care products and services · $1,158 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- 21% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.7
- 5% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 287,155
- −1.3% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on personal care products and services in Anchorage Municipality comes to about $125.7M a year: $1,158 per household, 15% above the U.S. average. That is about $2M of household spending for each salon on map listings, 21% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.
Anchorage Municipality has 62 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 42% of them, against 27% across the U.S. That comes to 5.7 for every 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in Anchorage Municipality was 35 in 2023, up 52.2% from 2019. That is one for every 3,103 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Official counts list 110 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $220K has gone to businesses classed as nail salons in Anchorage Municipality.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Anchorage Municipality declined 1.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for nail salons in Anchorage Municipality is 50 (upper middle), #699 of 1,328 scored counties and #5 of 5 scored counties in Alaska.
How Anchorage Municipality compares
The same measures for Alaska 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 | Anchorage Municipality | Alaska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.7 | 4.2 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $2.6M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,103 | 4,435 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +52.2% | +74.3% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.3% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,158 | $1,095 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $103,284 | $92,788 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 62 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 23 → 35+52.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 179
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $9.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 110Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 6226 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 75The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $220K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as nail salons in Anchorage Municipality, 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 Anchorage Municipality
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 287,155−1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 108,597
- Median age
- 36.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,707 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 169
- Median household income
- $103,284+21.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $132,200
- Median home value
- $395,900
- Jobs located here
- n/a
- Daytime population
- n/aResidents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Alaska market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Alaska for nail salons, numbered among those based in Alaska, with Anchorage Municipality marked.
Top counties in Alaska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK | 81 | 13 | 3.3 | $3.3M | +10.4% | #38 of 1,328 |
| 2Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK | 80 | 9 | 3.7 | $2.8M | +5.1% | #49 of 1,328 |
| 3Juneau City and Borough, AK | 53 | 6 | 4.6 | $2.5M | −1.8% | #583 of 1,328 |
| 4Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK | 53 | 17 | 4.7 | $2.3M | −1.4% | #588 of 1,328 |
| 5Anchorage Municipality, AK | 50 | 62 | 5.7 | $2M | −1.3% | #699 of 1,328 |
Other business types in Anchorage Municipality
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 spas42
- Hair salons53
- Barbershops65
- Nail salons50
- Spas and skin care36
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in Anchorage Municipality, AK?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 62 nail salons in Anchorage Municipality. 26 of them (42%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 35 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023, up 52.2% from 2019. Official counts also show 110 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Anchorage Municipality, AK spend on personal care products and services?
About $125.7M a year, or $1,158 per household. That is 15% above the U.S. average (an index of 115, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 62 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $2M 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 108,597 households in Anchorage Municipality and national spending patterns by income.
How does Anchorage Municipality, AK compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Anchorage Municipality has 5.7 nail salons per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $2M, 21% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, Anchorage Municipality would have about 75, against 62 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,103 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. The official count rose 52.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +23.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Anchorage Municipality, AK growing?
Population estimates put Anchorage Municipality at 287,155 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 108,597 households. Median household income in Anchorage Municipality is $103,284, 28% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.6%, 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. Anchorage Municipality scores 50 for nail salons (upper middle), #699 of 1,328 scored counties.
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