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Nail salons in Montgomery County, NY

How Montgomery 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 53 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #582 of 1,328 scored counties
#25 of 49 scored counties in New York

Listings
7
2 chain locations (29%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$17.6M
On personal care products and services · $898 a household
Spending per listing
$2.5M
50% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.6
40% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
50,046
+1.1% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

As of September 2026, map listings count 7 nail salons in Montgomery County. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 29%, against 27% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.6, 40% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.

Households in Montgomery County spend about $17.6M a year on personal care products and services, or $898 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.5M per salon, 50% 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in Montgomery County classed as nail salons. That is one for every 3,921 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Another 7 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates show Montgomery County grew 1.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Montgomery County scores 53 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for nail salons, ranking #582 of 1,328 scored counties and #25 of 49 scored counties in New York.

How Montgomery 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 Montgomery County, NY compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureMontgomery CountyNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.66.76.0
Spending per listing$2.5M$1.6M$1.7M
Households per official establishment3,9211,7803,754
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+1.2%+23.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.1%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$898$1,070$1,005
Median household income$64,943$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market score5326

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 5
Employees, 2023
29
Annual payroll, 2023
$542K
One-person businesses, 2023
7Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
72 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
11The 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 Montgomery 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 Montgomery County

Population, 2025 estimate
50,046+1.1% since 2020
Households
19,603
Median age
40.2
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
403 sq. mi.
People per square mile
123
Median household income
$64,943+31.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$82,002
Median home value
$157,500
Jobs located here
18,287
Daytime population
48,064Residents 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 Montgomery 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
25Montgomery County, NY5373.6$2.5M+1.1%#582 of 1,328

Other business types in Montgomery County

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

Questions

How many nail salons are in Montgomery County, NY?

Montgomery County has 7 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023. Official counts list 7 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $17.6M a year, or $898 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $2.5M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 19,603 households in Montgomery County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Montgomery County has 3.6 nail salons per 10,000 households, 40% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $2.5M, 50% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, Montgomery County would have about 11, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,921 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S.

How fast is Montgomery County, NY growing?

Population estimates put Montgomery County at 50,046 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,603 households. The median household income in Montgomery County is $64,943 a year, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.3% 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. Montgomery County scores 53 for nail salons (upper middle), #582 of 1,328 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for nail salons · All 56 business types in Montgomery County

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