Beauty and personal care · County · Kentucky
Nail salons in Pike County, KY
How Pike 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 18 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,248 of 1,328 scored counties
#29 of 32 scored counties in Kentucky
- Listings
- 11
- 2 chain locations (18%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $16.9M
- On personal care products and services · $697 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 8% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.5
- 25% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 54,721
- −6.4% since 2020
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What this means
For nail salons, Pike County has a Groundwork market score of 18 (low): #1,248 of 1,328 scored counties and #29 of 32 scored counties in Kentucky. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Pike County comes to about $16.9M a year: $697 per household, 31% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.5M of household spending for each salon on map listings, 8% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.
There are 11 nail salons on map listings in Pike County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 18% of them, against 27% across the U.S. That comes to 4.5 for every 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for nail salons in Pike County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates put the population change in Pike County from 2020 to 2025 at −6.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Pike 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 | Pike County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.5 | 3.9 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $2.1M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 15,508 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +46.3% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −6.4% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $697 | $833 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $44,312 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 18 | 56 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 29Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 112 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as nail salons in Pike 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 Pike County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 54,721−6.4% since 2020
- Households
- 24,284
- Median age
- 42.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 786 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 72
- Median household income
- $44,312+27.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $62,085
- Median home value
- $112,000
- Jobs located here
- 19,887
- Daytime population
- 57,040Residents 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 |
| 29Pike County, KY | 18 | 11 | 4.5 | $1.5M | −6.4% | #1,248 of 1,328 |
Other business types in Pike 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 spas32
- Hair salons8
- Barbershops43
- Nail salons18
- Spas and skin care18
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in Pike County, KY?
As of September 2026, map listings count 11 nail salons in Pike County. 2 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in Pike County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 29 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Pike County, KY spend on personal care products and services?
About $16.9M a year, or $697 per household. That is 31% below the U.S. average (an index of 69, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.5M 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 24,284 households in Pike County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Pike County, KY compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Pike County has 4.5 nail salons per 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.5M, 8% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, Pike County would have about 10, against 11 on map listings.
How fast is Pike County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Pike County at 54,721 people in 2025, down 6.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 24,284 households. Median household income in Pike County is $44,312, 45% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.1%, 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. Pike County scores 18 for nail salons (low), #1,248 of 1,328 scored counties.
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