Beauty and personal care · County · California
Nail salons in Placer County, CA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for nail salons in Placer County, CA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #740 of 1,328 scored counties
#22 of 46 scored counties in California
- Listings
- 136
- 35 chain locations (26%)
- Official establishments
- 90
- +11.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $194.4M
- On personal care products and services · $1,231 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.4M
- 14% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.6
- 43% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 442,081
- +8.9% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 136 nail salons in Placer County. Chain locations make up 26% of them, against 27% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.6, 43% above the U.S. rate of 6.0.
At $1,231 per household (22% above the U.S. average), households in Placer County spend about $194.4M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $1.4M per salon, 14% 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 90 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in Placer County in 2023, up 11.1% from 2019. That is one for every 1,755 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Official counts list 97 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1M have gone to businesses classed as nail salons in Placer County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Placer County grew 8.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For nail salons, Placer County has a Groundwork market score of 49 (lower middle): #740 of 1,328 scored counties and #22 of 46 scored counties in California.
How Placer 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.
| Measure | Placer County | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.6 | 6.9 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.4M | $1.7M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,755 | 2,007 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +11.1% | +27.0% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +8.9% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,231 | $1,149 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $115,998 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 81 → 90+11.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 565
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $13.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 97Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 13635 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 116The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as nail salons in Placer 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 Placer County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 442,081+8.9% since 2020
- Households
- 157,954
- Median age
- 43.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,407 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 298
- Median household income
- $115,998+29.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $150,239
- Median home value
- $688,100
- Jobs located here
- 187,169
- Daytime population
- 424,461Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Yuba County, CA | 86 | 6 | 2.1 | $4.6M | +8.2% | #15 of 1,328 |
| 2Merced County, CA | 69 | 33 | 3.8 | $2.4M | +5.1% | #174 of 1,328 |
| 3San Benito County, CA | 67 | 10 | 4.9 | $2.5M | +8.6% | #209 of 1,328 |
| 4Calaveras County, CA | 67 | 9 | 4.9 | $2.1M | +2.8% | #218 of 1,328 |
| 5Tuolumne County, CA | 65 | 5 | 2.2 | $4.5M | −4.0% | #256 of 1,328 |
| 6Nevada County, CA | 64 | 15 | 3.5 | $3.1M | −0.4% | #284 of 1,328 |
| 7Madera County, CA | 64 | 21 | 4.6 | $2.1M | +7.4% | #301 of 1,328 |
| 8Humboldt County, CA | 63 | 15 | 2.7 | $3.3M | −3.4% | #313 of 1,328 |
| 9Imperial County, CA | 62 | 19 | 3.8 | $2.3M | +1.1% | #343 of 1,328 |
| 10Santa Cruz County, CA | 61 | 35 | 3.6 | $3.4M | −4.7% | #358 of 1,328 |
| 22Placer County, CA | 49 | 136 | 8.6 | $1.4M | +8.9% | #740 of 1,328 |
Other business types in Placer County
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 spas44
- Hair salons55
- Barbershops88
- Nail salons49
- Spas and skin care43
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in Placer County, CA?
Placer County has 136 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. 35 of them (26%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 90 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023, up 11.1% from 2019. Official counts also show 97 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Placer County, CA spend on personal care products and services?
About $194.4M a year, or $1,231 per household. That is 22% above the U.S. average (an index of 122, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 136 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 157,954 households in Placer County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Placer County, CA compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Placer County has 8.6 nail salons per 10,000 households, 43% above the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.4M, 14% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, Placer County would have about 116, against 136 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,755 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. The official count rose 11.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +23.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Placer County, CA growing?
Population estimates put Placer County at 442,081 people in 2025, up 8.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 157,954 households. The median household income in Placer County is $115,998 a year, 44% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.3% 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. Placer County scores 49 for nail salons (lower middle), #740 of 1,328 scored counties.
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