Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Michigan
Nail salons in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for nail salons in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 60 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #100 of 387 scored metro areas
#12 of 15 scored metro areas based in Michigan
- Listings
- 966
- 273 chain locations (28%)
- Official establishments
- 161
- +77.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.8B
- On personal care products and services · $1,019 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.9M
- 12% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.5
- 8% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 4,390,913
- +0.1% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 966 nail salons in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area. Of those, 273 are chain locations, or 28%, against 27% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.5, 8% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.
Household spending on personal care products and services in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area comes to about $1.8B a year: $1,019 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That is about $1.9M of household spending for each salon on map listings, 12% 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.
Official counts show 161 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area in 2023, up 77.8% from 2019. That is one for every 10,986 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Official counts also show 5,737 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 13 SBA-backed loans worth $1.9M have gone to businesses classed as nail salons in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area.
Population estimates show the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area grew 0.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For nail salons, the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area has a Groundwork market score of 60 (upper middle): #100 of 387 scored metro areas and #12 of 15 scored metro areas based in Michigan.
How the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area compares
The same measures for Michigan 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 | Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.5 | 4.3 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.9M | $2.3M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 10,986 | 16,706 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +77.8% | +71.8% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.1% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,019 | $986 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $76,664 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 60 | 65 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 161+77.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 449
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $13.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 5,737Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 966273 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1,079The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 13
- Amount
- $1.9M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as nail salons in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area, 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 the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 4,390,913+0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 1,768,816
- Median age
- 41.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 3,893 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,124
- Median household income
- $76,664+25.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $105,167
- Median home value
- $249,700
- Jobs located here
- 1,848,019
- Daytime population
- 4,411,570Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Michigan market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Michigan for nail salons, numbered among those based in Michigan (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Michigan
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Traverse City, MI | 81 | 23 | 3.5 | $2.9M | +2.2% | #6 of 387 |
| 2Ann Arbor, MI | 76 | 53 | 3.5 | $3.1M | −0.4% | #13 of 387 |
| 3Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI | 75 | 211 | 4.8 | $2.2M | +2.8% | #18 of 387 |
| 4Monroe, MI | 74 | 13 | 2.1 | $4.9M | +0.7% | #19 of 387 |
| 5Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI | 72 | 21 | 3.1 | $2.9M | +1.8% | #27 of 387 |
| 6Midland, MI | 71 | 12 | 3.4 | $3M | +0.3% | #32 of 387 |
| South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI | 69 | 48 | 3.7 | $2.5M | +0.1% | #43 of 387 |
| 7Lansing-East Lansing, MI | 69 | 85 | 4.4 | $2.2M | +1.4% | #44 of 387 |
| 8Jackson, MI | 68 | 22 | 3.5 | $2.7M | −0.4% | #48 of 387 |
| 9Kalamazoo-Portage, MI | 68 | 50 | 4.7 | $2.1M | +0.8% | #50 of 387 |
| 12Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | 60 | 966 | 5.5 | $1.9M | +0.1% | #100 of 387 |
Other business types in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area
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 spas51
- Hair salons49
- Barbershops47
- Nail salons60
- Spas and skin care49
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area?
The Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area has 966 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. 273 of them (28%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 161 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023, up 77.8% from 2019. Another 5,737 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $1.8B a year, or $1,019 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 966 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.9M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,768,816 households in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
The Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area has 5.5 nail salons per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.9M, 12% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area would have about 1,079, against 966 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 10,986 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. The official count rose 77.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +23.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area at 4,390,913 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 1,768,816 households. The median household income in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area is $76,664 a year, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.7% 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. The Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area scores 60 for nail salons (upper middle), #100 of 387 scored metro areas.
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