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Nail salons in Somerset County, ME

How Somerset County, ME compares with other counties and the U.S. for nail salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.

Listings
3
1 chain location (33%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$19.5M
On personal care products and services · $839 a household
Spending per listing
$6.5M
3.9 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.3
78% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
51,620
+2.3% 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

Households in Somerset County spend about $19.5M a year on personal care products and services, or $839 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That works out to $6.5M per salon, 3.9 times the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.

Somerset County has 3 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. That comes to 1.3 for every 10,000 households, 78% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for nail salons in Somerset County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 18 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in Somerset County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 nail salons on map listings, Somerset County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Somerset 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.

Nail salons in Somerset County, ME compared with Maine and the U.S.
MeasureSomerset CountyMaineU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.33.36.0
Spending per listing$6.5M$2.9M$1.7M
Households per official establishmentn/a8,1803,754
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+69.8%+23.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.3%+3.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$839$973$1,005
Median household income$58,179$74,733$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored75

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
18Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
31 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
12The 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 Somerset 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 Somerset County

Population, 2025 estimate
51,620+2.3% since 2020
Households
23,209
Median age
46.3
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
3,924 sq. mi.
People per square mile
13
Median household income
$58,179+31.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$76,305
Median home value
$166,900
Jobs located here
16,253
Daytime population
42,930Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Nail salons across Maine

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The highest-scoring counties in Maine for nail salons, numbered among those based in Maine, with Somerset County marked.

Top counties in Maine

Counties in Maine ranked for nail salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Androscoggin County, ME8391.9$4.7M+4.8%#26 of 1,328
2Sagadahoc County, ME8053.0$3.3M+3.4%#47 of 1,328
3Hancock County, ME7662.3$4M+3.0%#70 of 1,328
4York County, ME75363.9$2.6M+4.8%#86 of 1,328
5Penobscot County, ME73253.8$2.4M+3.8%#116 of 1,328
6Kennebec County, ME69193.5$2.6M+3.5%#171 of 1,328
7Knox County, ME6673.8$2.6M+1.1%#242 of 1,328
8Cumberland County, ME59765.8$1.9M+4.5%#428 of 1,328
Somerset County, MENot scored31.3$6.5M+2.3%

Other business types in Somerset County

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

Questions

How many nail salons are in Somerset County, ME?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 nail salons in Somerset County. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in Somerset County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 18 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Somerset County, ME spend on personal care products and services?

About $19.5M a year, or $839 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $6.5M 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 23,209 households in Somerset County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Somerset County, ME compare with the U.S. for nail salons?

Somerset County has 1.3 nail salons per 10,000 households, 78% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $6.5M, 3.9 times the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, Somerset County would have about 12, against 3 on map listings.

How fast is Somerset County, ME growing?

Population estimates put Somerset County at 51,620 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 23,209 households. Median household income in Somerset County is $58,179, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.5%, 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. Somerset County has no market score for nail salons: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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