Beauty and personal care · County · New Jersey
Nail salons in Atlantic County, NJ
How Atlantic County, NJ compares with other counties and the U.S. for nail salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 33 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,086 of 1,328 scored counties
#20 of 21 scored counties in New Jersey
- Listings
- 81
- 26 chain locations (32%)
- Official establishments
- 61
- −3.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $109.6M
- On personal care products and services · $1,000 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.4M
- 19% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.4
- 23% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 278,657
- +1.6% since 2020
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What this means
For nail salons, Atlantic County has a Groundwork market score of 33 (lower middle): #1,086 of 1,328 scored counties and #20 of 21 scored counties in New Jersey. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $1,000 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in Atlantic County spend about $109.6M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $1.4M per salon, 19% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.
There are 81 nail salons on map listings in Atlantic County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 32% of them, against 27% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.4, 23% above the U.S. rate of 6.0.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in Atlantic County was 61 in 2023, down 3.2% from 2019. That is one for every 1,796 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Atlantic County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Atlantic County compares
The same measures for New Jersey 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 | Atlantic County | New Jersey | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.4 | 7.3 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.4M | $1.6M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,796 | 1,650 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −3.2% | +0.7% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.6% | +3.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,000 | $1,166 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $78,050 | $103,556 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 33 | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 63 → 61−3.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 224
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 76Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 8126 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 66The 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 Atlantic 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 Atlantic County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 278,657+1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 109,557
- Median age
- 42.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 556 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 497
- Median household income
- $78,050+25.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $106,343
- Median home value
- $295,000
- Jobs located here
- 123,257
- Daytime population
- 268,510Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in New Jersey
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hunterdon County, NJ | 61 | 27 | 5.3 | $2.5M | +2.3% | #365 of 1,328 |
| 2Sussex County, NJ | 61 | 30 | 5.2 | $2.3M | +2.9% | #370 of 1,328 |
| 3Mercer County, NJ | 59 | 73 | 5.1 | $2.3M | +3.3% | #420 of 1,328 |
| 4Salem County, NJ | 58 | 10 | 4.0 | $2.5M | +2.3% | #444 of 1,328 |
| 5Warren County, NJ | 55 | 26 | 5.7 | $1.9M | +3.2% | #537 of 1,328 |
| 6Ocean County, NJ | 52 | 149 | 6.1 | $1.8M | +5.6% | #626 of 1,328 |
| 7Middlesex County, NJ | 51 | 194 | 6.3 | $1.9M | +2.6% | #663 of 1,328 |
| 8Somerset County, NJ | 51 | 100 | 7.6 | $1.8M | +3.5% | #667 of 1,328 |
| 9Burlington County, NJ | 51 | 119 | 6.7 | $1.8M | +4.3% | #669 of 1,328 |
| 10Cumberland County, NJ | 48 | 23 | 4.3 | $2.2M | +2.2% | #748 of 1,328 |
| 20Atlantic County, NJ | 33 | 81 | 7.4 | $1.4M | +1.6% | #1,086 of 1,328 |
Other business types in Atlantic 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 spas37
- Hair salons52
- Barbershops36
- Nail salons33
- Spas and skin care41
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in Atlantic County, NJ?
As of September 2026, map listings count 81 nail salons in Atlantic County. 26 of them (32%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 61 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023, down 3.2% from 2019. Another 76 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Atlantic County, NJ spend on personal care products and services?
About $109.6M a year, or $1,000 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 81 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.4M 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 109,557 households in Atlantic County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Atlantic County, NJ compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Atlantic County has 7.4 nail salons per 10,000 households, 23% above the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.4M, 19% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, Atlantic County would have about 66, against 81 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,796 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. The official count fell 3.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +23.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Atlantic County, NJ growing?
Population estimates put Atlantic County at 278,657 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 109,557 households. Median household income in Atlantic County is $78,050, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.7%, 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. Atlantic County scores 33 for nail salons (lower middle), #1,086 of 1,328 scored counties.
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