Beauty and personal care · County · Maine
Nail salons in Lincoln County, ME
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for nail salons in Lincoln County, ME, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $16.1M
- On personal care products and services · $973 a household
- Spending per listing
- $16.1M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.6
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 36,595
- +3.8% since 2020
See the nail salons around any address in Lincoln County
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 1 nail salon in Lincoln County. That is 0.6 per 10,000 households.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Lincoln County comes to about $16.1M a year: $973 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. That works out to $16.1M per salon. 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 Lincoln County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts also show 7 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Lincoln County grew 3.8% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 nail salon on map listings, Lincoln County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Lincoln 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 | Lincoln County | Maine | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.6 | 3.3 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $16.1M | $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 | +3.8% | +3.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $973 | $973 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $76,875 | $74,733 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 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
- 7Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The 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 Lincoln 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 Lincoln County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 36,595+3.8% since 2020
- Households
- 16,592
- Median age
- 50.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 83%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 456 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 79
- Median household income
- $76,875+33.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $99,809
- Median home value
- $332,700
- Jobs located here
- 10,443
- Daytime population
- 32,341Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Lincoln County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the nail salons on map listings by name and distance.
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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 |
| Lincoln County, ME | Not scored | 1 | 0.6 | $16.1M | +3.8% |
Other business types in Lincoln 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 spas56
- Hair salons53
- Barbershops
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care48
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in Lincoln County, ME?
Lincoln County has 1 nail salon on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in Lincoln County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 7 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Lincoln County, ME spend on personal care products and services?
About $16.1M a year, or $973 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 nail salon on map listings, it comes to $16.1M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,592 households in Lincoln County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lincoln County, ME compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Lincoln County has 1 nail salon on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, Lincoln County would have about 10, against 1 on map listings.
How fast is Lincoln County, ME growing?
Population estimates put Lincoln County at 36,595 people in 2025, up 3.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,592 households. The median household income in Lincoln County is $76,875 a year, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.2% 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. Lincoln County has no market score for nail salons: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Lincoln County. It maps the nail salons on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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