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Nail salons in Fayette County, KY
How Fayette County, KY compares with other counties and the U.S. for nail salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #514 of 1,328 scored counties
#14 of 32 scored counties in Kentucky
- Listings
- 68
- 20 chain locations (29%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $124.8M
- On personal care products and services · $893 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 10% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.9
- 18% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 329,751
- +2.2% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Fayette County spend about $124.8M a year on personal care products and services, or $893 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. Spread across 68 nail salons, that is $1.8M per salon, 10% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.
Fayette County has 68 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 29% of them, against 27% across the U.S. That is 4.9 per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.
In 2023, official counts showed 17 businesses with payroll in Fayette County classed as nail salons. That is one for every 8,219 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Official counts also show 374 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $304K has gone to businesses classed as nail salons in Fayette County.
Population estimates show Fayette County grew 2.2% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Fayette County scores 56 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for nail salons, ranking #514 of 1,328 scored counties and #14 of 32 scored counties in Kentucky.
How Fayette County compares
The same measures for Kentucky 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 | Fayette County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.9 | 3.9 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $2.1M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 8,219 | 15,508 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +46.3% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.2% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $893 | $833 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $69,479 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 56 | 56 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 18 → 17
- Employees, 2023
- 50
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 374Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 6820 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 75The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $304K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as nail salons in Fayette 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 Fayette County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 329,751+2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 139,715
- Median age
- 37.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 54%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 284 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,140
- Median household income
- $69,479+21.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $101,616
- Median home value
- $293,500
- Jobs located here
- 208,353
- Daytime population
- 386,586Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Oldham County, KY | 90 | 6 | 2.6 | $4.4M | +4.9% | #3 of 1,328 |
| 2Kenton County, KY | 78 | 24 | 3.6 | $2.6M | +3.9% | #59 of 1,328 |
| 3Campbell County, KY | 74 | 9 | 2.3 | $4.1M | +2.5% | #96 of 1,328 |
| 4Jessamine County, KY | 72 | 5 | 2.5 | $3.6M | +7.8% | #119 of 1,328 |
| 5Madison County, KY | 70 | 11 | 3.0 | $2.8M | +9.4% | #147 of 1,328 |
| 6Bullitt County, KY | 66 | 13 | 4.1 | $2.3M | +5.0% | #247 of 1,328 |
| 7Nelson County, KY | 62 | 7 | 3.7 | $2.3M | +4.8% | #342 of 1,328 |
| 8Shelby County, KY | 62 | 9 | 4.9 | $1.9M | +6.2% | #351 of 1,328 |
| 9Scott County, KY | 60 | 13 | 5.7 | $1.7M | +8.2% | #406 of 1,328 |
| 10Daviess County, KY | 59 | 12 | 2.9 | $2.9M | +1.5% | #413 of 1,328 |
| 14Fayette County, KY | 56 | 68 | 4.9 | $1.8M | +2.2% | #514 of 1,328 |
Other business types in Fayette 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 spas29
- Hair salons33
- Barbershops45
- Nail salons56
- Spas and skin care26
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in Fayette County, KY?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 68 nail salons in Fayette County. 20 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023. Another 374 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Fayette County, KY spend on personal care products and services?
About $124.8M a year, or $893 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 68 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.8M 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 139,715 households in Fayette County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Fayette County, KY compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Fayette County has 4.9 nail salons per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.8M, 10% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, Fayette County would have about 75, against 68 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,219 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S.
How fast is Fayette County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Fayette County at 329,751 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 139,715 households. Median household income in Fayette County is $69,479, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.3%, 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. Fayette County scores 56 for nail salons (upper middle), #514 of 1,328 scored counties.
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