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Nail salons in Orleans County, NY

How Orleans County, NY compares with other counties and the U.S. for nail salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.

Listings
2
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$14.4M
On personal care products and services · $889 a household
Spending per listing
$7.2M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
1.2
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
39,825
−0.5% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 nail salons in Orleans County. That is 1.2 per 10,000 households.

Household spending on personal care products and services in Orleans County comes to about $14.4M a year: $889 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That is about $7.2M of household spending for each salon on map listings. 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 Orleans County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 8 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show Orleans County declined 0.5% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 nail salons on map listings, Orleans County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Orleans 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 Orleans County, NY compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureOrleans CountyNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.26.76.0
Spending per listing$7.2M$1.6M$1.7M
Households per official establishmentn/a1,7803,754
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+1.2%+23.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.5%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$889$1,070$1,005
Median household income$65,969$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored26

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
8Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
20 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
9The 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 Orleans 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 Orleans County

Population, 2025 estimate
39,825−0.5% since 2020
Households
16,220
Median age
44.6
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
391 sq. mi.
People per square mile
101
Median household income
$65,969+25.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$84,064
Median home value
$140,800
Jobs located here
11,754
Daytime population
32,968Residents 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 Orleans 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
Orleans County, NYNot scored21.2$7.2M−0.5%

Other business types in Orleans County

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

Questions

How many nail salons are in Orleans County, NY?

There are 2 nail salons on map listings in Orleans County as of September 2026. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in Orleans County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 8 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $14.4M a year, or $889 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $7.2M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,220 households in Orleans County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Orleans County has 2 nail salons on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, Orleans County would have about 9, against 2 on map listings.

How fast is Orleans County, NY growing?

Population estimates put Orleans County at 39,825 people in 2025, down 0.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 16,220 households. The median household income in Orleans County is $65,969 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.4% 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. Orleans County has no market score for nail salons: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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