Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Louisiana
Nail salons in the Monroe, LA metro area
How the Monroe, LA metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for nail salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 11 out of 100: Low
Ranked #383 of 387 scored metro areas
#7 of 10 scored metro areas based in Louisiana
- Listings
- 58
- 24 chain locations (41%)
- Official establishments
- 25
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $66.7M
- On personal care products and services · $767 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 31% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.7
- 12% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 222,390
- −1.9% since 2020
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What this means
The Monroe metro area scores 11 (low) on the Groundwork market score for nail salons, ranking #383 of 387 scored metro areas and #7 of 10 scored metro areas based in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
At $767 per household (24% below the U.S. average), households in the Monroe metro area spend about $66.7M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 58 nail salons, that is $1.2M per salon, 31% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.
The Monroe metro area has 58 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 41% of them, against 27% across the U.S. That is 6.7 per 10,000 households, 12% above the U.S. rate of 6.0.
Official counts show 25 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in the Monroe metro area in 2023. That is one for every 3,480 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $850K have gone to businesses classed as nail salons in the Monroe metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Monroe metro area declined 1.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Monroe metro area 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 | Monroe metro area | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.7 | 7.7 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $1.1M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,480 | 3,361 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +28.5% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.9% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $767 | $826 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $51,660 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 11 | 7 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 25
- Employees, 2023
- 123
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 138Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5824 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 40The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $850K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as nail salons in the Monroe metro area, 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 the Monroe metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 222,390−1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 87,006
- Median age
- 38.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 2,838 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 79
- Median household income
- $51,660
- Average household income
- $76,607
- Median home value
- $170,300
- Jobs located here
- 86,435
- Daytime population
- 221,924Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Louisiana market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Louisiana for nail salons, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with the Monroe metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA | 43 | 37 | 4.6 | $1.8M | −3.5% | #257 of 387 |
| 2Hammond, LA | 34 | 31 | 6.0 | $1.3M | +5.8% | #341 of 387 |
| 3Lafayette, LA | 34 | 134 | 8.2 | $1M | +3.8% | #343 of 387 |
| 4Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA | 31 | 91 | 8.7 | $1.1M | +5.3% | #353 of 387 |
| 5Lake Charles, LA | 30 | 67 | 7.3 | $1.2M | −3.8% | #358 of 387 |
| 6Baton Rouge, LA | 16 | 308 | 9.3 | $950K | +2.1% | #379 of 387 |
| 7Monroe, LA | 11 | 58 | 6.7 | $1.2M | −1.9% | #383 of 387 |
| 8Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | 11 | 123 | 7.8 | $1M | −2.3% | #384 of 387 |
| 9Alexandria, LA | 9 | 37 | 6.6 | $1.2M | −2.5% | #386 of 387 |
| 10New Orleans-Metairie, LA | 6 | 368 | 9.2 | $914K | −3.4% | #387 of 387 |
Other business types in the Monroe metro area
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 spas28
- Hair salons30
- Barbershops25
- Nail salons11
- Spas and skin care39
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in the Monroe, LA metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 58 nail salons in the Monroe metro area. 24 of them (41%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 25 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023. Another 138 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Monroe, LA metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $66.7M a year, or $767 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 58 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.2M 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 87,006 households in the Monroe metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Monroe, LA metro area compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
The Monroe metro area has 6.7 nail salons per 10,000 households, 12% above the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.2M, 31% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, the Monroe metro area would have about 40, against 58 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,480 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S.
How fast is the Monroe, LA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Monroe metro area at 222,390 people in 2025, down 1.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 87,006 households. Median household income in the Monroe metro area is $51,660, 36% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The Monroe metro area scores 11 for nail salons (low), #383 of 387 scored metro areas.
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