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Nail salons in Warren County, KY
How Warren 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 58 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #469 of 1,328 scored counties
#11 of 32 scored counties in Kentucky
- Listings
- 32
- 15 chain locations (47%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $46.5M
- On personal care products and services · $836 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 13% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.8
- 3% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 149,375
- +10.6% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on personal care products and services in Warren County comes to about $46.5M a year: $836 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.5M per salon, 13% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.
There are 32 nail salons on map listings in Warren County as of September 2026. Of those, 15 are chain locations, or 47%, against 27% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.8, 3% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.
Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in Warren County in 2023. That is one for every 11,129 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Official counts list 169 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Warren County from 2020 to 2025 at +10.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For nail salons, Warren County has a Groundwork market score of 58 (upper middle): #469 of 1,328 scored counties and #11 of 32 scored counties in Kentucky.
How Warren 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 | Warren County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.8 | 3.9 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $2.1M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 11,129 | 15,508 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +46.3% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +10.6% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $836 | $833 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $65,794 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 58 | 56 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5
- Employees, 2023
- 8
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $440K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 169Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3215 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 28The 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 Warren 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 Warren County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 149,375+10.6% since 2020
- Households
- 55,643
- Median age
- 35.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 56%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 542 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 260
- Median household income
- $65,794+25.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,648
- Median home value
- $258,000
- Jobs located here
- 68,446
- Daytime population
- 150,532Residents 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 |
| 11Warren County, KY | 58 | 32 | 5.8 | $1.5M | +10.6% | #469 of 1,328 |
Other business types in Warren 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 spas50
- Hair salons54
- Barbershops48
- Nail salons58
- Spas and skin care57
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in Warren County, KY?
As of September 2026, map listings count 32 nail salons in Warren County. 15 of them (47%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023. Official counts also show 169 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Warren County, KY spend on personal care products and services?
About $46.5M a year, or $836 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 32 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 55,643 households in Warren County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Warren County, KY compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Warren County has 5.8 nail salons per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.5M, 13% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, Warren County would have about 28, against 32 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 11,129 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S.
How fast is Warren County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Warren County at 149,375 people in 2025, up 10.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 55,643 households. Median household income in Warren County is $65,794, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.9%, 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. Warren County scores 58 for nail salons (upper middle), #469 of 1,328 scored counties.
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