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Nail salons in Queens County, NY
The nail salons in Queens County, NY, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,060 of 1,328 scored counties
#42 of 49 scored counties in New York
- Listings
- 565
- 45 chain locations (8%)
- Official establishments
- 508
- +2.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $885.7M
- On personal care products and services · $1,053 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- 6% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.7
- 12% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 2,358,182
- −1.1% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for nail salons in Queens County is 34 (lower middle), #1,060 of 1,328 scored counties and #42 of 49 scored counties in New York. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Queens County spend about $885.7M a year on personal care products and services, or $1,053 per household, 5% above the U.S. average. Spread across 565 nail salons, that is $1.6M per salon, 6% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.
Queens County has 565 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 8% of them, against 27% across the U.S. That comes to 6.7 for every 10,000 households, 12% above the U.S. rate of 6.0.
In 2023, official counts showed 508 businesses with payroll in Queens County classed as nail salons, up 2.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,656 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $175K have gone to businesses classed as nail salons in Queens County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Queens County declined 1.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Queens 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 | Queens County | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $1.6M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,656 | 1,780 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +2.0% | +1.2% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.1% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,053 | $1,070 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $86,136 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 34 | 26 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 498 → 508+2.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,953
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $34.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 1,750Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 56545 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 530The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $175K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as nail salons in Queens 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 Queens County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 2,358,182−1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 841,003
- Median age
- 41.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 45%
- Vehicles per household
- 0.9
- Land area
- 109 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 21,371
- Median household income
- $86,136+25.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $115,404
- Median home value
- $723,800
- Jobs located here
- 728,428
- Daytime population
- 2,069,814Residents 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 |
| 42Queens County, NY | 34 | 565 | 6.7 | $1.6M | −1.1% | #1,060 of 1,328 |
Other business types in Queens 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 spas40
- Hair salons50
- Barbershops35
- Nail salons34
- Spas and skin care42
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in Queens County, NY?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 565 nail salons in Queens County. 45 of them (8%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 508 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023, up 2.0% from 2019. Official counts list 1,750 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Queens County, NY spend on personal care products and services?
About $885.7M a year, or $1,053 per household. That is 5% above the U.S. average (an index of 105, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 565 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.6M 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 841,003 households in Queens County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Queens County, NY compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Queens County has 6.7 nail salons per 10,000 households, 12% above the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.6M, 6% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, Queens County would have about 530, against 565 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,656 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. The official count rose 2.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +23.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Queens County, NY growing?
Population estimates put Queens County at 2,358,182 people in 2025, down 1.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 841,003 households. Median household income in Queens County is $86,136, 7% above 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. Queens County scores 34 for nail salons (lower middle), #1,060 of 1,328 scored counties.
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