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Nail salons in the District of Columbia

Every metro area, small-town market and county in the District of Columbia, ranked by the Groundwork market score for nail salons, with competitor counts and household spending for each.

Listings
153
33 chain locations (22%)
Official establishments
63
−1.6% since 2019
Household spending a year
$361.5M
On personal care products and services
Listings per 10k households
4.7
22% below the U.S.
Spending per listing
$2.4M
41% above the U.S.
Rank among states
#4 of 51
Market score 70 · Upper middle

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What this means

The District of Columbia has 153 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. 33 of them (22%) are chain locations, against 27% across the U.S. That is 4.7 per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.

Households in the District of Columbia spend about $361.5M a year on personal care products and services, or $1,114 per household, 11% above the U.S. average. That works out to $2.4M per salon, 41% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.

In 2023, official counts showed 63 businesses with payroll in the District of Columbia classed as nail salons, down 1.6% from 2019. That is one for every 5,151 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Across the U.S., the count rose 23.2% over the same years. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $1.5M have gone to businesses classed as nail salons in the District of Columbia.

Among the 50 states and DC, the District of Columbia ranks #4 for nail salons, with a Groundwork market score of 70 (upper middle). The one scored metro area in or partly in the District of Columbia, the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria metro area, scores 56.

Every market in the District of Columbia for nail salons

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Numbered by Groundwork market score among the markets based in the District of Columbia, highest first; the U.S. rank compares each market with every other of its kind. A metro area that crosses a state line is listed in each state it reaches, and numbered only in the state its page is under. How the score works.

Metro areas

Metro areas reaching the District of Columbia, ranked for nail salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV561,4526.1$1.9M+3.3%#138 of 387

Counties

Counties in the District of Columbia, ranked for nail salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
District of ColumbiaNot scored1534.7$2.4M+3.4%

Markets with fewer than 5 nail salons on map listings, and counties under 10,000 people, aren’t scored; they’re listed last in each table.

Questions

How many nail salons are in the District of Columbia?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 153 nail salons in the District of Columbia. 33 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 63 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023, down 1.6% from 2019. Official counts also show 203 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the District of Columbia spend on personal care products and services?

About $361.5M a year, or $1,114 per household. That is 11% above the U.S. average (an index of 111, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 153 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $2.4M 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 324,491 households in the District of Columbia and national spending patterns by income.

How does the District of Columbia compare with the U.S. for nail salons?

The District of Columbia has 4.7 nail salons per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $2.4M, 41% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, the District of Columbia would have about 216, against 153 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,151 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. The official count fell 1.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +23.2% for the U.S.

Which market in the District of Columbia has the highest market score for nail salons?

The one scored metro area in or partly in the District of Columbia is the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria metro area, at 56 (upper middle). Scores compare each market with others of its kind across the U.S.

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 District of Columbia scores 70 for nail salons (upper middle), #4 of the 50 states and DC.

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