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Nail salons in the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for nail salons in the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 44 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #869 of 1,328 scored counties
#5 of 9 scored counties in Connecticut

Listings
90
22 chain locations (24%)
Official establishments
74
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$133M
On personal care products and services · $1,112 a household
Spending per listing
$1.5M
12% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.5
25% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
337,697
+4.1% 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

Household spending on personal care products and services in the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region comes to about $133M a year: $1,112 per household, 11% above the U.S. average. That works out to $1.5M per salon, 12% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.

The Greater Bridgeport Planning Region has 90 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 22 are chain locations, or 24%, against 27% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.5, 25% above the U.S. rate of 6.0.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region was 74 in 2023. That is one for every 1,617 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Official counts also show 121 one-person businesses without payroll.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region grew 4.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for nail salons in the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region is 44 (lower middle), #869 of 1,328 scored counties and #5 of 9 scored counties in Connecticut.

How the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region 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.

Nail salons in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT compared with Connecticut and the U.S.
MeasureGreater Bridgeport Planning RegionConnecticutU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.57.66.0
Spending per listing$1.5M$1.5M$1.7M
Households per official establishment1,6171,8363,754
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−4.8%+23.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.1%+3.0%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$1,112$1,124$1,005
Median household income$89,667$95,781$80,734
Groundwork market score4437

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
74
Employees, 2023
373
Annual payroll, 2023
$7.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
121Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
9022 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
80The 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 the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, 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 Greater Bridgeport Planning Region

Population, 2025 estimate
337,697+4.1% since 2020
Households
119,633
Median age
40.3
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
140 sq. mi.
People per square mile
2,349
Median household income
$89,667
Average household income
$139,143
Median home value
$428,800
Jobs located here
117,586
Daytime population
303,573Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Nail salons across Connecticut

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The highest-scoring counties in Connecticut for nail salons, numbered among those based in Connecticut, with the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region marked.

Top counties in Connecticut

Counties in Connecticut ranked for nail salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT65205.1$2.1M+3.0%#268 of 1,328
2Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT58245.0$2.2M+2.2%#453 of 1,328
3Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT50506.8$1.7M+2.3%#704 of 1,328
4Western Connecticut Planning Region, CT452008.5$1.5M+3.5%#837 of 1,328
5Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT44907.5$1.5M+4.1%#869 of 1,328
6Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT43736.3$1.7M+2.0%#887 of 1,328
7Capitol Planning Region, CT423027.7$1.4M+3.1%#909 of 1,328
8Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT401367.6$1.4M+3.2%#951 of 1,328
9South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT361988.6$1.3M+2.5%#1,032 of 1,328

Other business types in the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region

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

Questions

How many nail salons are in the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 90 nail salons in the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region. 22 of them (24%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 74 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023. Another 121 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT spend on personal care products and services?

About $133M a year, or $1,112 per household. That is 11% above the U.S. average (an index of 111, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 90 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 119,633 households in the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT compare with the U.S. for nail salons?

The Greater Bridgeport Planning Region has 7.5 nail salons per 10,000 households, 25% above the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.5M, 12% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region would have about 80, against 90 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,617 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S.

How fast is the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT growing?

Population estimates put the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region at 337,697 people in 2025, up 4.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 119,633 households. Median household income in the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region is $89,667, 11% 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 Greater Bridgeport Planning Region scores 44 for nail salons (lower middle), #869 of 1,328 scored counties.

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