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Nail salons in Ascension Parish, LA
The nail salons in Ascension Parish, LA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,074 of 1,328 scored counties
#12 of 32 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 47
- 25 chain locations (53%)
- Official establishments
- 30
- +42.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $47.7M
- On personal care products and services · $1,000 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1M
- 39% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.9
- 65% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 135,105
- +6.4% since 2020
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What this means
For nail salons, Ascension Parish has a Groundwork market score of 34 (lower middle): #1,074 of 1,328 scored counties and #12 of 32 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 47 nail salons in Ascension Parish. Chain locations make up 53% of them, against 27% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.9, 65% above the U.S. rate of 6.0.
At $1,000 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in Ascension Parish spend about $47.7M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $1M of household spending for each salon on map listings, 39% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which nail salons share with other businesses in the trade.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in Ascension Parish was 30 in 2023, up 42.9% from 2019. That is one for every 1,589 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Ascension Parish grew 6.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Ascension Parish compares
The same measures for Louisiana 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 | Ascension Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.9 | 7.7 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1M | $1.1M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,589 | 3,361 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +42.9% | +28.5% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.4% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,000 | $826 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $91,549 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 34 | 7 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 21 → 30+42.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 94
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 71Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4725 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 29The 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 Ascension Parish, 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 Ascension Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 135,105+6.4% since 2020
- Households
- 47,656
- Median age
- 37.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 290 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 449
- Median household income
- $91,549+13.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $113,485
- Median home value
- $279,600
- Jobs located here
- 51,055
- Daytime population
- 119,780Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Louisiana market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Louisiana for nail salons, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with Ascension Parish marked.
Top counties in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lafourche Parish, LA | 50 | 11 | 2.9 | $2.9M | −2.0% | #688 of 1,328 |
| 2St. Charles Parish, LA | 48 | 7 | 3.8 | $2.5M | −3.7% | #746 of 1,328 |
| 3Tangipahoa Parish, LA | 39 | 31 | 6.0 | $1.3M | +5.8% | #969 of 1,328 |
| 4Lafayette Parish, LA | 39 | 105 | 10.4 | $831K | +6.5% | #978 of 1,328 |
| 5St. Martin Parish, LA | 37 | 8 | 4.1 | $1.9M | −1.0% | #1,000 of 1,328 |
| 6West Baton Rouge Parish, LA | 37 | 7 | 6.4 | $1.4M | +5.5% | #1,006 of 1,328 |
| 7Livingston Parish, LA | 36 | 40 | 7.5 | $1.2M | +8.5% | #1,033 of 1,328 |
| 8St. Tammany Parish, LA | 36 | 91 | 8.7 | $1.1M | +5.3% | #1,035 of 1,328 |
| 9Acadia Parish, LA | 35 | 8 | 3.6 | $2M | −0.8% | #1,038 of 1,328 |
| 10Terrebonne Parish, LA | 34 | 26 | 6.2 | $1.3M | −4.8% | #1,066 of 1,328 |
| 12Ascension Parish, LA | 34 | 47 | 9.9 | $1M | +6.4% | #1,074 of 1,328 |
Other business types in Ascension Parish
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 spas47
- Hair salons70
- Barbershops50
- Nail salons34
- Spas and skin care64
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in Ascension Parish, LA?
Ascension Parish has 47 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. 25 of them (53%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 30 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023, up 42.9% from 2019. Another 71 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Ascension Parish, LA spend on personal care products and services?
About $47.7M a year, or $1,000 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 47 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 47,656 households in Ascension Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ascension Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Ascension Parish has 9.9 nail salons per 10,000 households, 65% above the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1M, 39% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, Ascension Parish would have about 29, against 47 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,589 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. The official count rose 42.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +23.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Ascension Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put Ascension Parish at 135,105 people in 2025, up 6.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 47,656 households. The median household income in Ascension Parish is $91,549 a year, 13% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 13.7% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Ascension Parish scores 34 for nail salons (lower middle), #1,074 of 1,328 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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