Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Louisiana
Nail salons in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for nail salons in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 31 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #353 of 387 scored metro areas
#4 of 10 scored metro areas based in Louisiana
- Listings
- 91
- 19 chain locations (21%)
- Official establishments
- 37
- +15.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $99.7M
- On personal care products and services · $949 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.1M
- 34% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.7
- 45% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 279,108
- +5.3% since 2020
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What this means
The Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro area scores 31 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for nail salons, ranking #353 of 387 scored metro areas and #4 of 10 scored metro areas based in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Household spending on personal care products and services in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro area comes to about $99.7M a year: $949 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.1M of household spending for each salon on map listings, 34% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.
There are 91 nail salons on map listings in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 21% of them, against 27% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.7, 45% above the U.S. rate of 6.0.
In 2023, official counts showed 37 businesses with payroll in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro area classed as nail salons, up 15.6% from 2019. That is one for every 2,840 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $219K have gone to businesses classed as nail salons in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro area. Population estimates put the population change in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +5.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington 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 | Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro area | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.7 | 7.7 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.1M | $1.1M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,840 | 3,361 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +15.6% | +28.5% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.3% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $949 | $826 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $81,202 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 31 | 7 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 37+15.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 118
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 283Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 9119 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 60The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $219K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as nail salons in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington 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 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 279,108+5.3% since 2020
- Households
- 105,082
- Median age
- 41.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 845 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 322
- Median household income
- $81,202
- Average household income
- $109,896
- Median home value
- $284,000
- Jobs located here
- 97,233
- Daytime population
- 260,408Residents 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 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington 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 spas31
- Hair salons34
- Barbershops41
- Nail salons31
- Spas and skin care34
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 91 nail salons in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro area. 19 of them (21%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 37 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023, up 15.6% from 2019. Official counts also show 283 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $99.7M a year, or $949 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 91 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.1M 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 105,082 households in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA metro area compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
The Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro area has 8.7 nail salons per 10,000 households, 45% above the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.1M, 34% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro area would have about 60, against 91 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,840 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. The official count rose 15.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +23.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro area at 279,108 people in 2025, up 5.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 105,082 households. Median household income in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro area is $81,202, in line with 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 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro area scores 31 for nail salons (lower middle), #353 of 387 scored metro areas.
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