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Nail salons in the Savannah, GA metro area

How the Savannah, 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 39 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #308 of 387 scored metro areas
#8 of 14 scored metro areas based in Georgia

Listings
125
41 chain locations (33%)
Official establishments
34
+54.6% since 2019
Household spending a year
$147.1M
On personal care products and services · $912 a household
Spending per listing
$1.2M
30% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.8
30% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
438,314
+8.1% 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

The Savannah metro area scores 39 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for nail salons, ranking #308 of 387 scored metro areas and #8 of 14 scored metro areas based in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

Households in the Savannah metro area spend about $147.1M a year on personal care products and services, or $912 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. Spread across 125 nail salons, that is $1.2M per salon, 30% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.

The Savannah metro area has 125 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 41 are chain locations, or 33%, against 27% across the U.S. That is 7.8 per 10,000 households, 30% above the U.S. rate of 6.0.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in the Savannah metro area was 34 in 2023, up 54.6% from 2019. That is one for every 4,743 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $407K have gone to businesses classed as nail salons in the Savannah metro area. Population estimates put the population change in the Savannah metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +8.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Savannah 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 Savannah, GA metro area compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureSavannah metro areaGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.87.46.0
Spending per listing$1.2M$1.3M$1.7M
Households per official establishment4,7434,8103,754
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+54.6%+39.5%+23.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+8.1%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$912$926$1,005
Median household income$77,180$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market score3932

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
34+54.6% over the period
Employees, 2023
57
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
760Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
12541 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
88The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$407K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
438,314+8.1% since 2020
Households
161,273
Median age
38.0
Homes lived in by their owners
62%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,349 sq. mi.
People per square mile
310
Median household income
$77,180+29.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$102,786
Median home value
$302,000
Jobs located here
189,059
Daytime population
431,545Residents 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 Savannah 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 Savannah metro area

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

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 125 nail salons in the Savannah metro area. 41 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 34 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023, up 54.6% from 2019. Official counts also show 760 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $147.1M a year, or $912 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 125 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.2M 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 161,273 households in the Savannah metro area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The Savannah metro area has 7.8 nail salons per 10,000 households, 30% above the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.2M, 30% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, the Savannah metro area would have about 88, against 125 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,743 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. The official count rose 54.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +23.2% for the U.S.

How fast is the Savannah, GA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Savannah metro area at 438,314 people in 2025, up 8.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 161,273 households. Median household income in the Savannah metro area is $77,180, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.8%, 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 Savannah metro area scores 39 for nail salons (lower middle), #308 of 387 scored metro areas.

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