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Nail salons in Orleans Parish, LA
How Orleans 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 16 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,261 of 1,328 scored counties
#20 of 32 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 111
- 31 chain locations (28%)
- Official establishments
- 48
- +20.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $128.4M
- On personal care products and services · $824 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 31% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.1
- 18% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 362,154
- −5.5% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for nail salons in Orleans Parish is 16 (low), #1,261 of 1,328 scored counties and #20 of 32 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Orleans Parish spend about $128.4M a year on personal care products and services, or $824 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That works out to $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.
Orleans Parish has 111 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 31 are chain locations, or 28%, against 27% across the U.S. That is 7.1 per 10,000 households, 18% above the U.S. rate of 6.0.
Official counts show 48 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in Orleans Parish in 2023, up 20.0% from 2019. That is one for every 3,246 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Orleans Parish from 2020 to 2025 at −5.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Orleans 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 | Orleans Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.1 | 7.7 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $1.1M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,246 | 3,361 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +20.0% | +28.5% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −5.5% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $824 | $826 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $56,631 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 16 | 7 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 40 → 48+20.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 233
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 473Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 11131 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 77The 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 Orleans 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 Orleans Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 362,154−5.5% since 2020
- Households
- 155,821
- Median age
- 39.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 51%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.3
- Land area
- 170 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2,193
- Median household income
- $56,631+36.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $91,726
- Median home value
- $315,700
- Jobs located here
- 192,799
- Daytime population
- 412,758Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 20Orleans Parish, LA | 16 | 111 | 7.1 | $1.2M | −5.5% | #1,261 of 1,328 |
Other business types in Orleans 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 salons28
- Barbershops20
- Nail salons16
- 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 Orleans Parish, LA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 111 nail salons in Orleans Parish. 31 of them (28%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 48 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023, up 20.0% from 2019. Official counts list 473 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Orleans Parish, LA spend on personal care products and services?
About $128.4M a year, or $824 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 111 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 155,821 households in Orleans Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does Orleans Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Orleans Parish has 7.1 nail salons per 10,000 households, 18% 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, Orleans Parish would have about 77, against 111 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,246 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. The official count rose 20.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +23.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Orleans Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put Orleans Parish at 362,154 people in 2025, down 5.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 155,821 households. Median household income in Orleans Parish is $56,631, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 36.1%, 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. Orleans Parish scores 16 for nail salons (low), #1,261 of 1,328 scored counties.
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