Beauty and personal care · County · Massachusetts
Nail salons in Franklin County, MA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for nail salons in Franklin County, MA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 69 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #159 of 1,328 scored counties
#2 of 12 scored counties in Massachusetts
- Listings
- 6
- 1 chain location (17%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $30.3M
- On personal care products and services · $960 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.1M
- 3 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.9
- 68% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 70,698
- −0.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 nail salons in Franklin County. One of them (17%) is a chain location, against 27% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.9, 68% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Franklin County comes to about $30.3M a year: $960 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. That is about $5.1M of household spending for each salon on map listings, 3 times 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 Franklin County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts also show 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Franklin County declined 0.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for nail salons in Franklin County is 69 (upper middle), #159 of 1,328 scored counties and #2 of 12 scored counties in Massachusetts. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Franklin County compares
The same measures for Massachusetts 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 | Franklin County | Massachusetts | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.9 | 6.9 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $5.1M | $1.7M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 2,532 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +18.7% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.3% | +2.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $960 | $1,165 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $74,907 | $103,960 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 69 | 43 |
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
- 4Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 61 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 18The 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 Franklin 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 Franklin County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 70,698−0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 31,570
- Median age
- 47.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 699 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 101
- Median household income
- $74,907+22.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,042
- Median home value
- $329,000
- Jobs located here
- 25,416
- Daytime population
- 59,931Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Massachusetts
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hampshire County, MA | 80 | 29 | 4.7 | $2.3M | +10.4% | #50 of 1,328 |
| 2Franklin County, MA | 69 | 6 | 1.9 | $5.1M | −0.3% | #159 of 1,328 |
| 3Berkshire County, MA | 63 | 21 | 3.6 | $2.7M | −1.2% | #320 of 1,328 |
| 4Worcester County, MA | 60 | 193 | 5.7 | $1.9M | +3.7% | #399 of 1,328 |
| 5Middlesex County, MA | 51 | 466 | 7.3 | $1.8M | +2.8% | #668 of 1,328 |
| 6Barnstable County, MA | 51 | 71 | 6.7 | $1.7M | +2.4% | #672 of 1,328 |
| 7Suffolk County, MA | 49 | 186 | 5.7 | $2M | +0.1% | #726 of 1,328 |
| 8Plymouth County, MA | 48 | 156 | 7.7 | $1.6M | +3.5% | #761 of 1,328 |
| 9Hampden County, MA | 45 | 118 | 6.4 | $1.5M | +0.2% | #838 of 1,328 |
| 10Essex County, MA | 43 | 238 | 7.6 | $1.5M | +2.3% | #891 of 1,328 |
Other business types in Franklin 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 spas64
- Hair salons65
- Barbershops63
- Nail salons69
- Spas and skin care66
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in Franklin County, MA?
There are 6 nail salons on map listings in Franklin County as of September 2026. One of them (17%) is a chain location. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in Franklin County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Franklin County, MA spend on personal care products and services?
About $30.3M a year, or $960 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $5.1M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 31,570 households in Franklin County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Franklin County, MA compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Franklin County has 1.9 nail salons per 10,000 households, 68% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $5.1M, 3 times the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, Franklin County would have about 18, against 6 on map listings.
How fast is Franklin County, MA growing?
Population estimates put Franklin County at 70,698 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 31,570 households. The median household income in Franklin County is $74,907 a year, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.9% 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. Franklin County scores 69 for nail salons (upper middle), #159 of 1,328 scored counties.
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