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Nail salons in the Hinesville, GA metro area

How the Hinesville, GA 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 47 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #222 of 387 scored metro areas
#2 of 14 scored metro areas based in Georgia

Listings
16
7 chain locations (44%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$23.7M
On personal care products and services · $787 a household
Spending per listing
$1.5M
11% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.3
12% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
91,870
+12.6% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 16 nail salons in the Hinesville metro area. Of those, 7 are chain locations, or 44%, against 27% across the U.S. That is 5.3 per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.

At $787 per household (22% below the U.S. average), households in the Hinesville metro area spend about $23.7M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $1.5M per salon, 11% 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in the Hinesville metro area classed as nail salons. That is one for every 7,540 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Official counts list 110 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $150K has gone to businesses classed as nail salons in the Hinesville metro area.

Population estimates put the population change in the Hinesville metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +12.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for nail salons in the Hinesville metro area is 47 (lower middle), #222 of 387 scored metro areas and #2 of 14 scored metro areas based in Georgia.

How the Hinesville metro area compares

The same measures for Georgia 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 Hinesville, GA metro area compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureHinesville metro areaGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.37.46.0
Spending per listing$1.5M$1.3M$1.7M
Households per official establishment7,5404,8103,754
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+39.5%+23.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+12.6%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$787$926$1,005
Median household income$61,709$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market score4732

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4
Employees, 2023
5
Annual payroll, 2023
$115K
One-person businesses, 2023
110Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
167 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
14The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$150K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as nail salons in the Hinesville 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 Hinesville metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
91,870+12.6% since 2020
Households
30,160
Median age
31.6
Homes lived in by their owners
54%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
917 sq. mi.
People per square mile
94
Median household income
$61,709+23.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$74,391
Median home value
$204,500
Jobs located here
17,128
Daytime population
75,511Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Nail salons across Georgia

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Georgia for nail salons, numbered among those based in Georgia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Hinesville metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Georgia

Metro areas in Georgia ranked for nail salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Dalton, GA54224.2$2M+3.5%#156 of 387
Chattanooga, TN-GA531506.5$1.4M+5.3%#168 of 387
2Hinesville, GA47165.3$1.5M+12.6%#222 of 387
3Valdosta, GA43325.6$1.4M+3.3%#260 of 387
4Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA431,8978.2$1.2M+5.9%#262 of 387
5Rome, GA42205.4$1.5M+2.8%#269 of 387
6Athens-Clarke County, GA40515.9$1.5M+3.9%#297 of 387
7Gainesville, GA39527.1$1.3M+11.4%#305 of 387
8Savannah, GA391257.8$1.2M+8.1%#308 of 387
9Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC391737.5$1.2M+4.7%#309 of 387

Other business types in the Hinesville metro area

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

Questions

How many nail salons are in the Hinesville, GA metro area?

The Hinesville metro area has 16 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. 7 of them (44%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023. Official counts also show 110 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Hinesville, GA metro area spend on personal care products and services?

About $23.7M a year, or $787 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 30,160 households in the Hinesville metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Hinesville, GA metro area compare with the U.S. for nail salons?

The Hinesville metro area has 5.3 nail salons per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.5M, 11% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, the Hinesville metro area would have about 14, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 7,540 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S.

How fast is the Hinesville, GA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Hinesville metro area at 91,870 people in 2025, up 12.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 30,160 households. The median household income in the Hinesville metro area is $61,709 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.0% 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 Hinesville metro area scores 47 for nail salons (lower middle), #222 of 387 scored metro areas.

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