Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Louisiana
Nail salons in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area
How the New Orleans-Metairie, 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 6 out of 100: Very low
Ranked #387 of 387 scored metro areas
#10 of 10 scored metro areas based in Louisiana
- Listings
- 368
- 104 chain locations (28%)
- Official establishments
- 165
- +28.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $336.4M
- On personal care products and services · $844 a household
- Spending per listing
- $914K
- 45% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.2
- 53% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 970,849
- −3.4% since 2020
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What this means
For nail salons, the New Orleans-Metairie metro area has a Groundwork market score of 6 (very low): #387 of 387 scored metro areas and #10 of 10 scored metro areas based in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Households in the New Orleans-Metairie metro area spend about $336.4M a year on personal care products and services, or $844 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That is about $914K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 45% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.
There are 368 nail salons on map listings in the New Orleans-Metairie metro area as of September 2026. Of those, 104 are chain locations, or 28%, against 27% across the U.S. That is 9.2 per 10,000 households, 53% above the U.S. rate of 6.0.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in the New Orleans-Metairie metro area was 165 in 2023, up 28.4% from 2019. That is one for every 2,416 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $407K have gone to businesses classed as nail salons in the New Orleans-Metairie metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the New Orleans-Metairie metro area declined 3.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the New Orleans-Metairie 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 | New Orleans-Metairie metro area | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.2 | 7.7 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $914K | $1.1M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,416 | 3,361 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +28.4% | +28.5% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.4% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $844 | $826 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $62,655 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 6 | 7 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 165+28.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 794
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $22.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 1,459Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 368104 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 201The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $407K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as nail salons in the New Orleans-Metairie 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 New Orleans-Metairie metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 970,849−3.4% since 2020
- Households
- 398,564
- Median age
- 40.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.5
- Land area
- 2,359 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 416
- Median household income
- $62,655
- Average household income
- $91,916
- Median home value
- $260,200
- Jobs located here
- 463,433
- Daytime population
- 1,032,273Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 New Orleans-Metairie 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 spas16
- Hair salons26
- Barbershops22
- Nail salons6
- Spas and skin care27
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 368 nail salons in the New Orleans-Metairie metro area. 104 of them (28%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 165 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023, up 28.4% from 2019. Official counts list 1,459 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $336.4M a year, or $844 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 368 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $914K 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 398,564 households in the New Orleans-Metairie metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
The New Orleans-Metairie metro area has 9.2 nail salons per 10,000 households, 53% above the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $914K, 45% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, the New Orleans-Metairie metro area would have about 201, against 368 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,416 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. The official count rose 28.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +23.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the New Orleans-Metairie metro area at 970,849 people in 2025, down 3.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 398,564 households. Median household income in the New Orleans-Metairie metro area is $62,655, 22% 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 New Orleans-Metairie metro area scores 6 for nail salons (very low), #387 of 387 scored metro areas.
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