Beauty and personal care · County · Georgia
Nail salons in Muscogee County, GA
The nail salons in Muscogee County, GA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 14 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,274 of 1,328 scored counties
#67 of 77 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 71
- 26 chain locations (37%)
- Official establishments
- 23
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $64.9M
- On personal care products and services · $797 a household
- Spending per listing
- $913K
- 45% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.7
- 45% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 202,171
- −2.3% since 2020
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What this means
For nail salons, Muscogee County has a Groundwork market score of 14 (low): #1,274 of 1,328 scored counties and #67 of 77 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Muscogee County comes to about $64.9M a year: $797 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. Spread across 71 nail salons, that is $913K per salon, 45% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.
Muscogee County has 71 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 37% of them, against 27% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.7, 45% above the U.S. rate of 6.0.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in Muscogee County was 23 in 2023. That is one for every 3,540 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $50K has gone to businesses classed as nail salons in Muscogee County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Muscogee County declined 2.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Muscogee County 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.
| Measure | Muscogee County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.7 | 7.4 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $913K | $1.3M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,540 | 4,810 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +39.5% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.3% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $797 | $926 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $58,073 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 14 | 32 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14 → 23
- Employees, 2023
- 68
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 427Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 7126 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 39The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $50K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as nail salons in Muscogee 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 Muscogee County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 202,171−2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 81,415
- Median age
- 36.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 51%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 217 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 941
- Median household income
- $58,073+25.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $81,006
- Median home value
- $193,900
- Jobs located here
- 84,654
- Daytime population
- 216,091Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Walton County, GA | 78 | 13 | 3.6 | $2.6M | +16.0% | #60 of 1,328 |
| 2Oconee County, GA | 75 | 9 | 6.0 | $1.9M | +6.9% | #94 of 1,328 |
| 3Effingham County, GA | 72 | 11 | 4.5 | $2.1M | +14.1% | #123 of 1,328 |
| 4Coweta County, GA | 72 | 32 | 5.7 | $1.8M | +9.2% | #126 of 1,328 |
| 5Pickens County, GA | 69 | 6 | 4.5 | $2.1M | +11.4% | #180 of 1,328 |
| 6Gilmer County, GA | 64 | 5 | 3.8 | $2.2M | +7.9% | #299 of 1,328 |
| 7Newton County, GA | 64 | 20 | 4.9 | $1.8M | +11.2% | #304 of 1,328 |
| 8Bryan County, GA | 64 | 11 | 6.6 | $1.6M | +15.6% | #309 of 1,328 |
| 9Walker County, GA | 61 | 8 | 3.0 | $2.6M | +3.7% | #362 of 1,328 |
| 10Barrow County, GA | 59 | 15 | 4.9 | $1.9M | +18.7% | #431 of 1,328 |
| 67Muscogee County, GA | 14 | 71 | 8.7 | $913K | −2.3% | #1,274 of 1,328 |
Other business types in Muscogee 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 spas12
- Hair salons14
- Barbershops8
- Nail salons14
- Spas and skin care21
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in Muscogee County, GA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 71 nail salons in Muscogee County. 26 of them (37%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 23 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023. Official counts also show 427 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Muscogee County, GA spend on personal care products and services?
About $64.9M a year, or $797 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 71 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $913K 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 81,415 households in Muscogee County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Muscogee County, GA compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Muscogee County has 8.7 nail salons per 10,000 households, 45% above the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $913K, 45% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, Muscogee County would have about 39, against 71 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,540 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S.
How fast is Muscogee County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Muscogee County at 202,171 people in 2025, down 2.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 81,415 households. Median household income in Muscogee County is $58,073, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.1%, 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. Muscogee County scores 14 for nail salons (low), #1,274 of 1,328 scored counties.
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