Beauty and personal care · County · New York
Nail salons in Onondaga County, NY
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for nail salons in Onondaga County, NY, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 37 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,001 of 1,328 scored counties
#38 of 49 scored counties in New York
- Listings
- 105
- 28 chain locations (27%)
- Official establishments
- 101
- +9.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $195.5M
- On personal care products and services · $989 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.9M
- 11% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.3
- 12% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 466,584
- −1.9% since 2020
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What this means
For nail salons, Onondaga County has a Groundwork market score of 37 (lower middle): #1,001 of 1,328 scored counties and #38 of 49 scored counties in New York. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Onondaga County comes to about $195.5M a year: $989 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.9M of household spending for each salon on map listings, 11% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.
Onondaga County has 105 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. 28 of them (27%) are chain locations, against 27% across the U.S. That comes to 5.3 for every 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.
Official counts show 101 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in Onondaga County in 2023, up 9.8% from 2019. That is one for every 1,958 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $408K have gone to businesses classed as nail salons in Onondaga County. Population estimates show Onondaga County declined 1.9% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Onondaga 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 | Onondaga County | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.3 | 6.7 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.9M | $1.6M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,958 | 1,780 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +9.8% | +1.2% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.9% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $989 | $1,070 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $76,945 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 37 | 26 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 92 → 101+9.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 436
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $9.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 112Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10528 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 117The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $408K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as nail salons in Onondaga 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 Onondaga County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 466,584−1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 197,760
- Median age
- 40.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.5
- Land area
- 778 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 605
- Median household income
- $76,945+25.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $102,088
- Median home value
- $200,200
- Jobs located here
- 255,873
- Daytime population
- 512,646Residents 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 |
| 38Onondaga County, NY | 37 | 105 | 5.3 | $1.9M | −1.9% | #1,001 of 1,328 |
Other business types in Onondaga 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 spas36
- Hair salons47
- Barbershops52
- Nail salons37
- Spas and skin care43
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in Onondaga County, NY?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 105 nail salons in Onondaga County. 28 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 101 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023, up 9.8% from 2019. Official counts list 112 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Onondaga County, NY spend on personal care products and services?
About $195.5M a year, or $989 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 105 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.9M 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 197,760 households in Onondaga County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Onondaga County, NY compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Onondaga County has 5.3 nail salons per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.9M, 11% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, Onondaga County would have about 117, against 105 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,958 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. The official count rose 9.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +23.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Onondaga County, NY growing?
Population estimates put Onondaga County at 466,584 people in 2025, down 1.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 197,760 households. Median household income in Onondaga County is $76,945, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.4%, 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. Onondaga County scores 37 for nail salons (lower middle), #1,001 of 1,328 scored counties.
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