Beauty and personal care · County · Louisiana
Nail salons in East Baton Rouge Parish, LA
How East Baton Rouge Parish, LA 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 13 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,287 of 1,328 scored counties
#26 of 32 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 205
- 66 chain locations (32%)
- Official establishments
- 115
- +22.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $152.1M
- On personal care products and services · $858 a household
- Spending per listing
- $742K
- 56% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.6
- 93% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 456,180
- +0.1% since 2020
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What this means
For nail salons, East Baton Rouge Parish has a Groundwork market score of 13 (low): #1,287 of 1,328 scored counties and #26 of 32 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $858 per household (15% below the U.S. average), households in East Baton Rouge Parish spend about $152.1M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $742K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 56% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.
There are 205 nail salons on map listings in East Baton Rouge Parish as of September 2026. 66 of them (32%) are chain locations, against 27% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 11.6, 93% above the U.S. rate of 6.0.
In 2023, official counts showed 115 businesses with payroll in East Baton Rouge Parish classed as nail salons, up 22.3% from 2019. That is one for every 1,542 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $218K has gone to businesses classed as nail salons in East Baton Rouge Parish. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of East Baton Rouge Parish grew 0.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How East Baton Rouge 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 | East Baton Rouge Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.6 | 7.7 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $742K | $1.1M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,542 | 3,361 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +22.3% | +28.5% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.1% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $858 | $826 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $63,071 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 13 | 7 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 94 → 115+22.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 361
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $12.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 951Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 20566 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 91The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $218K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as nail salons in East Baton Rouge 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 East Baton Rouge Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 456,180+0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 177,295
- Median age
- 36.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 59%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 456 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 994
- Median household income
- $63,071+14.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $95,663
- Median home value
- $248,800
- Jobs located here
- 276,235
- Daytime population
- 543,191Residents 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 East Baton Rouge 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 |
| 26East Baton Rouge Parish, LA | 13 | 205 | 11.6 | $742K | +0.1% | #1,287 of 1,328 |
Other business types in East Baton Rouge 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 spas17
- Hair salons21
- Barbershops35
- Nail salons13
- 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 East Baton Rouge Parish, LA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 205 nail salons in East Baton Rouge Parish. 66 of them (32%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 115 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023, up 22.3% from 2019. Official counts list 951 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in East Baton Rouge Parish, LA spend on personal care products and services?
About $152.1M a year, or $858 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 205 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $742K 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 177,295 households in East Baton Rouge Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does East Baton Rouge Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
East Baton Rouge Parish has 11.6 nail salons per 10,000 households, 93% above the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $742K, 56% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, East Baton Rouge Parish would have about 91, against 205 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,542 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. The official count rose 22.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +23.2% for the U.S.
How fast is East Baton Rouge Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put East Baton Rouge Parish at 456,180 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 177,295 households. Median household income in East Baton Rouge Parish is $63,071, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 14.8%, 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. East Baton Rouge Parish scores 13 for nail salons (low), #1,287 of 1,328 scored counties.
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