Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · New Hampshire
Nail salons in the Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT area
The nail salons in the Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 87 out of 100: High
Ranked #7 of 387 scored small-town markets
#2 of 4 scored small-town markets based in New Hampshire
- Listings
- 26
- 6 chain locations (23%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $94.5M
- On personal care products and services · $1,030 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.6M
- 2.2 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.8
- 53% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 224,500
- +1.5% since 2020
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What this means
The Lebanon-Claremont area scores 87 (high) on the Groundwork market score for nail salons, ranking #7 of 387 scored small-town markets and #2 of 4 scored small-town markets based in New Hampshire. That puts it in the top 10% of small-town markets for nail salons.
Households in the Lebanon-Claremont area spend about $94.5M a year on personal care products and services, or $1,030 per household, 2% above the U.S. average. Spread across 26 nail salons, that is $3.6M per salon, 2.2 times the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.
The Lebanon-Claremont area has 26 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. 6 of them (23%) are chain locations, against 27% across the U.S. That is 2.8 per 10,000 households, 53% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in the Lebanon-Claremont area was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 18,352 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Lebanon-Claremont area grew 1.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Lebanon-Claremont area compares
The same measures for New Hampshire 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 | Lebanon-Claremont area | New Hampshire | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.8 | 5.1 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3.6M | $2.2M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 18,352 | 3,232 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +10.3% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.5% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,030 | $1,123 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $83,269 | $99,031 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 87 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5
- Employees, 2023
- 17
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $611K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 41Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 266 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 57The 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 the Lebanon-Claremont 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 Lebanon-Claremont area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 224,500+1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 91,760
- Median age
- 46.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 3,903 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 57
- Median household income
- $83,269
- Average household income
- $114,219
- Median home value
- $301,900
- Jobs located here
- 102,545
- Daytime population
- 223,569Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in New Hampshire
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Keene, NH | 87 | 8 | 2.6 | $3.9M | +2.3% | #6 of 387 |
| 2Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT | 87 | 26 | 2.8 | $3.6M | +1.5% | #7 of 387 |
| 3Laconia, NH | 64 | 9 | 3.4 | $3.1M | +2.1% | #98 of 387 |
| 4Concord, NH | 56 | 31 | 5.1 | $2.1M | +2.6% | #153 of 387 |
Other business types in the Lebanon-Claremont 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 spas72
- Hair salons70
- Barbershops83
- Nail salons87
- Spas and skin care74
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in the Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 26 nail salons in the Lebanon-Claremont area. 6 of them (23%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023. Another 41 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT area spend on personal care products and services?
About $94.5M a year, or $1,030 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 26 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $3.6M 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 91,760 households in the Lebanon-Claremont area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT area compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
The Lebanon-Claremont area has 2.8 nail salons per 10,000 households, 53% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $3.6M, 2.2 times the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, the Lebanon-Claremont area would have about 57, against 26 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 18,352 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S.
How fast is the Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT area growing?
Population estimates put the Lebanon-Claremont area at 224,500 people in 2025, up 1.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 91,760 households. Median household income in the Lebanon-Claremont area is $83,269, 3% above the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Lebanon-Claremont area scores 87 for nail salons (high), #7 of 387 scored small-town markets.
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