Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Connecticut
Nail salons in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT metro area
How the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT 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 44 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #248 of 387 scored metro areas
#1 of 5 scored metro areas based in Connecticut
- Listings
- 290
- 55 chain locations (19%)
- Official establishments
- 245
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $439.6M
- On personal care products and services · $1,238 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 9% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.2
- 37% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 978,179
- +3.7% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury metro area spend about $439.6M a year on personal care products and services, or $1,238 per household, 23% above the U.S. average. That is about $1.5M of household spending for each salon on map listings, 9% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.
There are 290 nail salons on map listings in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury metro area as of September 2026. Of those, 55 are chain locations, or 19%, against 27% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.2, 37% above the U.S. rate of 6.0.
In 2023, official counts showed 245 businesses with payroll in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury metro area classed as nail salons. That is one for every 1,449 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Official counts list 274 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 9 SBA-backed loans worth $2.5M have gone to businesses classed as nail salons in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury metro area grew 3.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For nail salons, the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury metro area has a Groundwork market score of 44 (lower middle): #248 of 387 scored metro areas and #1 of 5 scored metro areas based in Connecticut.
How the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury metro area compares
The same measures for Connecticut 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 | Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury metro area | Connecticut | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.2 | 7.6 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $1.5M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,449 | 1,836 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −4.8% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.7% | +3.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,238 | $1,124 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $114,565 | $95,781 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 44 | 37 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 245
- Employees, 2023
- 1,409
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $29.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 274Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 29055 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 263The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 9
- Amount
- $2.5M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as nail salons in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury 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 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 978,179+3.7% since 2020
- Households
- 355,012
- Median age
- 41.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 672 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,422
- Median household income
- $114,565
- Average household income
- $189,223
- Median home value
- $564,500
- Jobs located here
- 399,663
- Daytime population
- 939,733Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Connecticut
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT | 44 | 290 | 8.2 | $1.5M | +3.7% | #248 of 387 |
| 2Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | 41 | 352 | 7.6 | $1.5M | +3.0% | #280 of 387 |
| 3Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT | 40 | 73 | 6.3 | $1.7M | +2.0% | #294 of 387 |
| 4Waterbury-Shelton, CT | 38 | 136 | 7.6 | $1.4M | +3.2% | #317 of 387 |
| 5New Haven, CT | 34 | 198 | 8.6 | $1.3M | +2.5% | #342 of 387 |
Other business types in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury 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 spas47
- Hair salons53
- Barbershops55
- Nail salons44
- Spas and skin care46
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 290 nail salons in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury metro area. 55 of them (19%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 245 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023. Official counts also show 274 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $439.6M a year, or $1,238 per household. That is 23% above the U.S. average (an index of 123, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 290 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.5M 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 355,012 households in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT metro area compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
The Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury metro area has 8.2 nail salons per 10,000 households, 37% above the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.5M, 9% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury metro area would have about 263, against 290 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,449 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S.
How fast is the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury metro area at 978,179 people in 2025, up 3.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 355,012 households. Median household income in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury metro area is $114,565, 42% above the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury metro area scores 44 for nail salons (lower middle), #248 of 387 scored metro areas.
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