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Nail salons in Monroe County, NY

How Monroe County, NY 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 32 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,102 of 1,328 scored counties
#46 of 49 scored counties in New York

Listings
210
50 chain locations (24%)
Official establishments
140
+13.8% since 2019
Household spending a year
$314.3M
On personal care products and services · $987 a household
Spending per listing
$1.5M
10% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.6
10% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
750,506
−1.0% since 2020

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What this means

Monroe County scores 32 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for nail salons, ranking #1,102 of 1,328 scored counties and #46 of 49 scored counties in New York. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 210 nail salons in Monroe County. Chain locations make up 24% of them, against 27% across the U.S. That comes to 6.6 for every 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 6.0.

Household spending on personal care products and services in Monroe County comes to about $314.3M a year: $987 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. Spread across 210 nail salons, that is $1.5M per salon, 10% below 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.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in Monroe County was 140 in 2023, up 13.8% from 2019. That is one for every 2,274 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $190K have gone to businesses classed as nail salons in Monroe County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Monroe County declined 1.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Monroe 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.

Nail salons in Monroe County, NY compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureMonroe CountyNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.66.76.0
Spending per listing$1.5M$1.6M$1.7M
Households per official establishment2,2741,7803,754
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+13.8%+1.2%+23.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.0%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$987$1,070$1,005
Median household income$76,382$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market score3226

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
123 → 140+13.8% over the period
Employees, 2023
463
Annual payroll, 2023
$11.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
200Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
21050 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
188The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$190K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as nail salons in Monroe 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 Monroe County

Population, 2025 estimate
750,506−1.0% since 2020
Households
318,428
Median age
41.3
Homes lived in by their owners
64%
Vehicles per household
1.5
Land area
657 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,147
Median household income
$76,382+27.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$102,665
Median home value
$213,700
Jobs located here
390,979
Daytime population
792,113Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Nail salons across New York

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The highest-scoring counties in New York for nail salons, numbered among those based in New York, with Monroe County marked.

Top counties in New York

Counties in New York ranked for nail salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Ulster County, NY76182.4$4.3M+1.1%#69 of 1,328
2Otsego County, NY7283.4$2.7M+3.8%#122 of 1,328
3Oswego County, NY7191.9$4.8M+1.0%#128 of 1,328
4Sullivan County, NY7192.9$3.4M+2.7%#131 of 1,328
5Columbia County, NY7062.3$4.7M−2.1%#143 of 1,328
6Steuben County, NY6861.5$5.9M−1.6%#183 of 1,328
7Wayne County, NY6792.3$4M+0.1%#201 of 1,328
8Tompkins County, NY67112.5$3.9M−1.4%#202 of 1,328
9St. Lawrence County, NY6692.2$4.1M−2.5%#231 of 1,328
10Cattaraugus County, NY6551.6$5.4M−2.1%#255 of 1,328
46Monroe County, NY322106.6$1.5M−1.0%#1,102 of 1,328

Other business types in Monroe County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many nail salons are in Monroe County, NY?

There are 210 nail salons on map listings in Monroe County as of September 2026. 50 of them (24%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 140 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023, up 13.8% from 2019. Official counts also show 200 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Monroe County, NY spend on personal care products and services?

About $314.3M a year, or $987 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 210 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 318,428 households in Monroe County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Monroe County, NY compare with the U.S. for nail salons?

Monroe County has 6.6 nail salons per 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.5M, 10% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, Monroe County would have about 188, against 210 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,274 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. The official count rose 13.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +23.2% for the U.S.

How fast is Monroe County, NY growing?

Population estimates put Monroe County at 750,506 people in 2025, down 1.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 318,428 households. The median household income in Monroe County is $76,382 a year, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.1% 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. Monroe County scores 32 for nail salons (lower middle), #1,102 of 1,328 scored counties.

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