Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Louisiana
Nail salons in the Morgan City, LA area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for nail salons in the Morgan City, LA area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 14 out of 100: Low
Ranked #370 of 387 scored small-town markets
#4 of 6 scored small-town markets based in Louisiana
- Listings
- 14
- 9 chain locations (64%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $13.8M
- On personal care products and services · $748 a household
- Spending per listing
- $987K
- 41% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.6
- 27% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 46,552
- −5.3% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for nail salons in the Morgan City area is 14 (low), #370 of 387 scored small-town markets and #4 of 6 scored small-town markets based in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
At $748 per household (26% below the U.S. average), households in the Morgan City area spend about $13.8M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 14 nail salons, that is $987K per salon, 41% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.
The Morgan City area has 14 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 9 are chain locations, or 64%, against 27% across the U.S. That is 7.6 per 10,000 households, 27% above the U.S. rate of 6.0.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in the Morgan City area was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 4,616 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Morgan City area declined 5.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Morgan City 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 | Morgan City area | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.6 | 7.7 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $987K | $1.1M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,616 | 3,361 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +28.5% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −5.3% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $748 | $826 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $52,576 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 14 | 7 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4
- Employees, 2023
- 15
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $397K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 51Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 149 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 the Morgan City 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 Morgan City area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 46,552−5.3% since 2020
- Households
- 18,463
- Median age
- 39.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 559 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 86
- Median household income
- $52,576+29.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $71,245
- Median home value
- $138,900
- Jobs located here
- 20,344
- Daytime population
- 47,916Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Louisiana market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Louisiana for nail salons, numbered among those based in Louisiana (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Morgan City area marked.
Top small-town markets in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Natchez, MS-LA | 35 | 9 | 4.3 | $1.6M | −0.9% | #299 of 387 |
| 1Ruston, LA | 27 | 13 | 7.0 | $1M | +0.1% | #334 of 387 |
| 2Natchitoches, LA | 18 | 7 | 4.8 | $1.5M | −3.5% | #359 of 387 |
| 3New Iberia, LA | 15 | 17 | 6.3 | $1.2M | −4.6% | #366 of 387 |
| 4Morgan City, LA | 14 | 14 | 7.6 | $987K | −5.3% | #370 of 387 |
| 5Opelousas, LA | 11 | 21 | 6.5 | $1.1M | −1.9% | #375 of 387 |
| 6Minden, LA | 4 | 10 | 7.0 | $984K | −5.2% | #387 of 387 |
Other business types in the Morgan City 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 spas22
- Hair salons28
- Barbershops12
- Nail salons14
- Spas and skin care16
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in the Morgan City, LA area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 14 nail salons in the Morgan City area. 9 of them (64%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023. Official counts also show 51 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Morgan City, LA area spend on personal care products and services?
About $13.8M a year, or $748 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $987K 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 18,463 households in the Morgan City area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Morgan City, LA area compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
The Morgan City area has 7.6 nail salons per 10,000 households, 27% above the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $987K, 41% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, the Morgan City area would have about 8, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,616 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S.
How fast is the Morgan City, LA area growing?
Population estimates put the Morgan City area at 46,552 people in 2025, down 5.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 18,463 households. Median household income in the Morgan City area is $52,576, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.9%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Morgan City area scores 14 for nail salons (low), #370 of 387 scored small-town markets.
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