Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Louisiana
Nail salons in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA metro area
How the Shreveport-Bossier City, 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 #384 of 387 scored metro areas
#8 of 10 scored metro areas based in Louisiana
- Listings
- 123
- 50 chain locations (41%)
- Official establishments
- 38
- +23.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $124.7M
- On personal care products and services · $794 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1M
- 39% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.8
- 30% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 383,474
- −2.3% since 2020
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What this means
For nail salons, the Shreveport-Bossier City metro area has a Groundwork market score of 11 (low): #384 of 387 scored metro areas and #8 of 10 scored metro areas based in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 123 nail salons in the Shreveport-Bossier City metro area. Chain locations make up 41% of them, against 27% across the U.S. That comes to 7.8 for every 10,000 households, 30% above the U.S. rate of 6.0.
Household spending on personal care products and services in the Shreveport-Bossier City metro area comes to about $124.7M a year: $794 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1M per salon, 39% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which nail salons share with other businesses in the trade.
In 2023, official counts showed 38 businesses with payroll in the Shreveport-Bossier City metro area classed as nail salons, up 23.3% from 2019. That is one for every 4,134 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Shreveport-Bossier City metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −2.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Shreveport-Bossier City 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 | Shreveport-Bossier City metro area | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.8 | 7.7 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1M | $1.1M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,134 | 3,361 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +23.3% | +28.5% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.3% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $794 | $826 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $55,925 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 11 | 7 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 38+23.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 127
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 373Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 12350 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 75The 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 Shreveport-Bossier City 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 Shreveport-Bossier City metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 383,474−2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 157,101
- Median age
- 39.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 2,596 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 149
- Median household income
- $55,925+20.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,202
- Median home value
- $191,600
- Jobs located here
- 164,574
- Daytime population
- 392,944Residents 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 Shreveport-Bossier City 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 Shreveport-Bossier City 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 spas21
- Hair salons25
- Barbershops27
- Nail salons11
- Spas and skin care28
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA metro area?
There are 123 nail salons on map listings in the Shreveport-Bossier City metro area as of September 2026. 50 of them (41%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 38 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023, up 23.3% from 2019. Official counts also show 373 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $124.7M a year, or $794 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 123 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 157,101 households in the Shreveport-Bossier City metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA metro area compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
The Shreveport-Bossier City metro area has 7.8 nail salons per 10,000 households, 30% above the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1M, 39% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, the Shreveport-Bossier City metro area would have about 75, against 123 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,134 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. The official count rose 23.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +23.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Shreveport-Bossier City metro area at 383,474 people in 2025, down 2.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 157,101 households. The median household income in the Shreveport-Bossier City metro area is $55,925 a year, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.5% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. The Shreveport-Bossier City metro area scores 11 for nail salons (low), #384 of 387 scored metro areas.
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