Beauty and personal care · Metro area · California
Nail salons in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area
How the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for nail salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 29 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #360 of 387 scored metro areas
#25 of 25 scored metro areas based in California
- Listings
- 3,575
- 840 chain locations (23%)
- Official establishments
- 2,674
- +48.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $5.1B
- On personal care products and services · $1,128 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.4M
- 15% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.9
- 32% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 12,844,441
- −2.6% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for nail salons in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area is 29 (lower middle), #360 of 387 scored metro areas and #25 of 25 scored metro areas based in California. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
As of September 2026, map listings count 3,575 nail salons in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area. 840 of them (23%) are chain locations, against 27% across the U.S. That is 7.9 per 10,000 households, 32% above the U.S. rate of 6.0.
Household spending on personal care products and services in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area comes to about $5.1B a year: $1,128 per household, 12% above the U.S. average. Spread across 3,575 nail salons, that is $1.4M per salon, 15% 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.
Official counts show 2,674 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area in 2023, up 48.1% from 2019. That is one for every 1,683 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 36 SBA-backed loans worth $5.9M have gone to businesses classed as nail salons in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area. Population estimates put the population change in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −2.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area 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.
| Measure | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.9 | 6.9 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.4M | $1.7M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,683 | 2,007 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +48.1% | +27.0% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.6% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,128 | $1,149 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $95,958 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 29 | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 2,674+48.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 14,545
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $287.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 8,645Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3,575840 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3,038The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 36
- Amount
- $5.9M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as nail salons in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area, 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 the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 12,844,441−2.6% since 2020
- Households
- 4,499,409
- Median age
- 39.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 48%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 4,854 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2,673
- Median household income
- $95,958+31.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $135,506
- Median home value
- $871,300
- Jobs located here
- 6,588,635
- Daytime population
- 13,463,378Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Merced, CA | 67 | 33 | 3.8 | $2.4M | +5.1% | #58 of 387 |
| 2Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA | 61 | 35 | 3.6 | $3.4M | −4.7% | #87 of 387 |
| 3El Centro, CA | 59 | 19 | 3.8 | $2.3M | +1.1% | #106 of 387 |
| 4Visalia, CA | 58 | 57 | 4.0 | $2.4M | +2.4% | #115 of 387 |
| 5Yuba City, CA | 57 | 28 | 4.5 | $2.2M | +3.3% | #127 of 387 |
| 6San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 50 | 435 | 6.4 | $2.2M | −0.6% | #190 of 387 |
| 7San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA | 48 | 63 | 5.8 | $1.9M | 0.0% | #205 of 387 |
| 8Stockton-Lodi, CA | 48 | 168 | 6.9 | $1.6M | +5.5% | #209 of 387 |
| 9Fresno, CA | 45 | 200 | 5.4 | $1.8M | +3.2% | #238 of 387 |
| 10Bakersfield-Delano, CA | 44 | 142 | 5.0 | $1.9M | +2.3% | #244 of 387 |
| 25Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | 29 | 3,575 | 7.9 | $1.4M | −2.6% | #360 of 387 |
Other business types in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area
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 spas31
- Hair salons41
- Barbershops51
- Nail salons29
- Spas and skin care27
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area?
The Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area has 3,575 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. 840 of them (23%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 2,674 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023, up 48.1% from 2019. Official counts also show 8,645 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $5.1B a year, or $1,128 per household. That is 12% above the U.S. average (an index of 112, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3,575 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.4M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,499,409 households in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
The Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area has 7.9 nail salons per 10,000 households, 32% above the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.4M, 15% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area would have about 3,038, against 3,575 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,683 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. The official count rose 48.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +23.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area at 12,844,441 people in 2025, down 2.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,499,409 households. The median household income in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area is $95,958 a year, 19% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.5% 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. The Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area scores 29 for nail salons (lower middle), #360 of 387 scored metro areas.
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