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Nail salons in West Baton Rouge Parish, LA

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for nail salons in West Baton Rouge Parish, LA, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 37 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,006 of 1,328 scored counties
#6 of 32 scored counties in Louisiana

Listings
7
3 chain locations (43%)
Official establishments
7
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$10.1M
On personal care products and services · $917 a household
Spending per listing
$1.4M
14% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.4
7% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
28,756
+5.5% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

West Baton Rouge Parish scores 37 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for nail salons, ranking #1,006 of 1,328 scored counties and #6 of 32 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

At $917 per household (9% below the U.S. average), households in West Baton Rouge Parish spend about $10.1M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $1.4M of household spending for each salon on map listings, 14% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.

There are 7 nail salons on map listings in West Baton Rouge Parish as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 43% of them, against 27% across the U.S. That comes to 6.4 for every 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 6.0.

Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in West Baton Rouge Parish in 2023. That is one for every 1,568 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in West Baton Rouge Parish from 2020 to 2025 at +5.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How West Baton Rouge 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.

Nail salons in West Baton Rouge Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureWest Baton Rouge ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.47.76.0
Spending per listing$1.4M$1.1M$1.7M
Households per official establishment1,5683,3613,754
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+28.5%+23.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.5%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$917$826$1,005
Median household income$87,299$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score377

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6 → 7
Employees, 2023
20
Annual payroll, 2023
$399K
One-person businesses, 2023
16Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
73 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
6The 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 West Baton Rouge 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 West Baton Rouge Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
28,756+5.5% since 2020
Households
10,974
Median age
36.8
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
192 sq. mi.
People per square mile
145
Median household income
$87,299+33.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$101,837
Median home value
$229,900
Jobs located here
14,037
Daytime population
29,192Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Nail salons across Louisiana

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The highest-scoring counties in Louisiana for nail salons, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with West Baton Rouge Parish marked.

Top counties in Louisiana

Counties in Louisiana ranked for nail salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Lafourche Parish, LA50112.9$2.9M−2.0%#688 of 1,328
2St. Charles Parish, LA4873.8$2.5M−3.7%#746 of 1,328
3Tangipahoa Parish, LA39316.0$1.3M+5.8%#969 of 1,328
4Lafayette Parish, LA3910510.4$831K+6.5%#978 of 1,328
5St. Martin Parish, LA3784.1$1.9M−1.0%#1,000 of 1,328
6West Baton Rouge Parish, LA3776.4$1.4M+5.5%#1,006 of 1,328
7Livingston Parish, LA36407.5$1.2M+8.5%#1,033 of 1,328
8St. Tammany Parish, LA36918.7$1.1M+5.3%#1,035 of 1,328
9Acadia Parish, LA3583.6$2M−0.8%#1,038 of 1,328
10Terrebonne Parish, LA34266.2$1.3M−4.8%#1,066 of 1,328

Other business types in West Baton Rouge Parish

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many nail salons are in West Baton Rouge Parish, LA?

As of September 2026, map listings count 7 nail salons in West Baton Rouge Parish. 3 of them (43%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023. Official counts also show 16 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in West Baton Rouge Parish, LA spend on personal care products and services?

About $10.1M a year, or $917 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.4M 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 10,974 households in West Baton Rouge Parish and national spending patterns by income.

How does West Baton Rouge Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for nail salons?

West Baton Rouge Parish has 6.4 nail salons per 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.4M, 14% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, West Baton Rouge Parish would have about 6, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,568 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S.

How fast is West Baton Rouge Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put West Baton Rouge Parish at 28,756 people in 2025, up 5.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 10,974 households. Median household income in West Baton Rouge Parish is $87,299, 8% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.5%, 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. West Baton Rouge Parish scores 37 for nail salons (lower middle), #1,006 of 1,328 scored counties.

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