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Nail salons in Lake County, CA

How Lake County, CA 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 #904 of 1,328 scored counties
#36 of 46 scored counties in California

Listings
14
3 chain locations (21%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$24.4M
On personal care products and services · $905 a household
Spending per listing
$1.7M
4% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.2
13% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
67,772
−0.6% 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

At $905 per household (10% below the U.S. average), households in Lake County spend about $24.4M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $1.7M of household spending for each salon on map listings, 4% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.

Lake County has 14 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 21% of them, against 27% across the U.S. That comes to 5.2 for every 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.

Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in Lake County in 2023. That is one for every 4,490 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Official counts also show 18 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in Lake County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For nail salons, Lake County has a Groundwork market score of 42 (lower middle): #904 of 1,328 scored counties and #36 of 46 scored counties in California.

How Lake County compares

The same measures for California 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 Lake County, CA compared with California and the U.S.
MeasureLake CountyCaliforniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.26.96.0
Spending per listing$1.7M$1.7M$1.7M
Households per official establishment4,4902,0073,754
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+27.0%+23.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.6%−0.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$905$1,149$1,005
Median household income$60,621$99,122$80,734
Groundwork market score4234

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6
Employees, 2023
12
Annual payroll, 2023
$216K
One-person businesses, 2023
18Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
143 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
15The 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 Lake 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 Lake County

Population, 2025 estimate
67,772−0.6% since 2020
Households
26,940
Median age
44.9
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
1,255 sq. mi.
People per square mile
54
Median household income
$60,621+28.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$86,306
Median home value
$324,300
Jobs located here
15,936
Daytime population
61,990Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Nail salons across California

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The highest-scoring counties in California for nail salons, numbered among those based in California, with Lake County marked.

Top counties in California

Counties in California ranked for nail salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Yuba County, CA8662.1$4.6M+8.2%#15 of 1,328
2Merced County, CA69333.8$2.4M+5.1%#174 of 1,328
3San Benito County, CA67104.9$2.5M+8.6%#209 of 1,328
4Calaveras County, CA6794.9$2.1M+2.8%#218 of 1,328
5Tuolumne County, CA6552.2$4.5M−4.0%#256 of 1,328
6Nevada County, CA64153.5$3.1M−0.4%#284 of 1,328
7Madera County, CA64214.6$2.1M+7.4%#301 of 1,328
8Humboldt County, CA63152.7$3.3M−3.4%#313 of 1,328
9Imperial County, CA62193.8$2.3M+1.1%#343 of 1,328
10Santa Cruz County, CA61353.6$3.4M−4.7%#358 of 1,328
36Lake County, CA42145.2$1.7M−0.6%#904 of 1,328

Other business types in Lake County

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

Questions

How many nail salons are in Lake County, CA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 14 nail salons in Lake County. 3 of them (21%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023. Another 18 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Lake County, CA spend on personal care products and services?

About $24.4M a year, or $905 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.7M 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 26,940 households in Lake County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Lake County, CA compare with the U.S. for nail salons?

Lake County has 5.2 nail salons per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.7M, 4% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, Lake County would have about 15, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,490 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S.

How fast is Lake County, CA growing?

Population estimates put Lake County at 67,772 people in 2025, down 0.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 26,940 households. Median household income in Lake County is $60,621, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.9%, 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. Lake County scores 42 for nail salons (lower middle), #904 of 1,328 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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