Beauty and personal care · County · Louisiana
Nail salons in St. Mary Parish, LA
How St. Mary 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 #1,263 of 1,328 scored counties
#21 of 32 scored counties 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
St. Mary Parish scores 16 (low) on the Groundwork market score for nail salons, ranking #1,263 of 1,328 scored counties and #21 of 32 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in St. Mary Parish spend about $13.8M a year on personal care products and services, or $748 per household, 26% below the U.S. average. That works out to $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.
St. Mary Parish has 14 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 64% of them, 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 St. Mary Parish 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 St. Mary Parish declined 5.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How St. Mary 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 | St. Mary Parish | 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 | 16 | 7 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 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 St. Mary 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 St. Mary Parish
- 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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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 |
| 21St. Mary Parish, LA | 16 | 14 | 7.6 | $987K | −5.3% | #1,263 of 1,328 |
Other business types in St. Mary 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 spas25
- Hair salons29
- Barbershops11
- Nail salons16
- Spas and skin care17
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in St. Mary Parish, LA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 14 nail salons in St. Mary Parish. 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 St. Mary Parish, LA 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 St. Mary Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does St. Mary Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
St. Mary Parish 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, St. Mary Parish 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 St. Mary Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put St. Mary Parish 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 St. Mary Parish 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. 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. St. Mary Parish scores 16 for nail salons (low), #1,263 of 1,328 scored counties.
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