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Nail salons in Knox County, ME
The nail salons in Knox County, ME, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 66 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #242 of 1,328 scored counties
#7 of 8 scored counties in Maine
- Listings
- 7
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $18.1M
- On personal care products and services · $980 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.6M
- 55% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.8
- 37% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 41,117
- +1.1% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 nail salons in Knox County. None of them are chain locations, against 27% across the U.S. That is 3.8 per 10,000 households, 37% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Knox County comes to about $18.1M a year: $980 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.6M of household spending for each salon on map listings, 55% above 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in Knox County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 10 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Knox County grew 1.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Knox County scores 66 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for nail salons, ranking #242 of 1,328 scored counties and #7 of 8 scored counties in Maine. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Knox County compares
The same measures for Maine 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 | Knox County | Maine | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.8 | 3.3 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $2.6M | $2.9M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 8,180 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +69.8% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.1% | +3.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $980 | $973 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $74,096 | $74,733 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 66 | 75 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 10Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 70 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The 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 Knox County, 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 Knox County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 41,117+1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 18,484
- Median age
- 49.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 365 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 112
- Median household income
- $74,096+28.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $99,101
- Median home value
- $324,900
- Jobs located here
- 16,342
- Daytime population
- 41,779Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Maine
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Androscoggin County, ME | 83 | 9 | 1.9 | $4.7M | +4.8% | #26 of 1,328 |
| 2Sagadahoc County, ME | 80 | 5 | 3.0 | $3.3M | +3.4% | #47 of 1,328 |
| 3Hancock County, ME | 76 | 6 | 2.3 | $4M | +3.0% | #70 of 1,328 |
| 4York County, ME | 75 | 36 | 3.9 | $2.6M | +4.8% | #86 of 1,328 |
| 5Penobscot County, ME | 73 | 25 | 3.8 | $2.4M | +3.8% | #116 of 1,328 |
| 6Kennebec County, ME | 69 | 19 | 3.5 | $2.6M | +3.5% | #171 of 1,328 |
| 7Knox County, ME | 66 | 7 | 3.8 | $2.6M | +1.1% | #242 of 1,328 |
| 8Cumberland County, ME | 59 | 76 | 5.8 | $1.9M | +4.5% | #428 of 1,328 |
Other business types in Knox County
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 spas34
- Hair salons30
- Barbershops72
- Nail salons66
- Spas and skin care46
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in Knox County, ME?
There are 7 nail salons on map listings in Knox County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in Knox County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 10 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Knox County, ME spend on personal care products and services?
About $18.1M a year, or $980 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $2.6M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 18,484 households in Knox County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Knox County, ME compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Knox County has 3.8 nail salons per 10,000 households, 37% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $2.6M, 55% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, Knox County would have about 11, against 7 on map listings.
How fast is Knox County, ME growing?
Population estimates put Knox County at 41,117 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,484 households. The median household income in Knox County is $74,096 a year, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.3% 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. Knox County scores 66 for nail salons (upper middle), #242 of 1,328 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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