Beauty and personal care · County · New York
Nail salons in Chenango County, NY
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for nail salons in Chenango County, NY, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 55 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #523 of 1,328 scored counties
#21 of 49 scored counties in New York
- Listings
- 5
- 2 chain locations (40%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $17.4M
- On personal care products and services · $874 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.5M
- 2.1 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.5
- 58% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 45,715
- −2.9% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 5 nail salons in Chenango County. Chain locations make up 40% of them, against 27% across the U.S. That is 2.5 per 10,000 households, 58% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Chenango County comes to about $17.4M a year: $874 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. Spread across 5 nail salons, that is $3.5M per salon, 2.1 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 Chenango County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts also show 5 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Chenango County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For nail salons, Chenango County has a Groundwork market score of 55 (upper middle): #523 of 1,328 scored counties and #21 of 49 scored counties in New York.
How Chenango County compares
The same measures for New York 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 | Chenango County | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.5 | 6.7 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3.5M | $1.6M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,780 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.2% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.9% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $874 | $1,070 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $62,948 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 55 | 26 |
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
- 5Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 52 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The 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 Chenango 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 Chenango County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 45,715−2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 19,890
- Median age
- 45.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 893 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 52
- Median household income
- $62,948+21.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,321
- Median home value
- $137,900
- Jobs located here
- 17,111
- Daytime population
- 43,231Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ulster County, NY | 76 | 18 | 2.4 | $4.3M | +1.1% | #69 of 1,328 |
| 2Otsego County, NY | 72 | 8 | 3.4 | $2.7M | +3.8% | #122 of 1,328 |
| 3Oswego County, NY | 71 | 9 | 1.9 | $4.8M | +1.0% | #128 of 1,328 |
| 4Sullivan County, NY | 71 | 9 | 2.9 | $3.4M | +2.7% | #131 of 1,328 |
| 5Columbia County, NY | 70 | 6 | 2.3 | $4.7M | −2.1% | #143 of 1,328 |
| 6Steuben County, NY | 68 | 6 | 1.5 | $5.9M | −1.6% | #183 of 1,328 |
| 7Wayne County, NY | 67 | 9 | 2.3 | $4M | +0.1% | #201 of 1,328 |
| 8Tompkins County, NY | 67 | 11 | 2.5 | $3.9M | −1.4% | #202 of 1,328 |
| 9St. Lawrence County, NY | 66 | 9 | 2.2 | $4.1M | −2.5% | #231 of 1,328 |
| 10Cattaraugus County, NY | 65 | 5 | 1.6 | $5.4M | −2.1% | #255 of 1,328 |
| 21Chenango County, NY | 55 | 5 | 2.5 | $3.5M | −2.9% | #523 of 1,328 |
Other business types in Chenango 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 spas66
- Hair salons59
- Barbershops54
- Nail salons55
- Spas and skin care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in Chenango County, NY?
Chenango County has 5 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in Chenango County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 5 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Chenango County, NY spend on personal care products and services?
About $17.4M a year, or $874 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $3.5M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 19,890 households in Chenango County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Chenango County, NY compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Chenango County has 2.5 nail salons per 10,000 households, 58% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $3.5M, 2.1 times the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, Chenango County would have about 10, against 5 on map listings.
How fast is Chenango County, NY growing?
Population estimates put Chenango County at 45,715 people in 2025, down 2.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 19,890 households. The median household income in Chenango County is $62,948 a year, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.1% 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. Chenango County scores 55 for nail salons (upper middle), #523 of 1,328 scored counties.
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