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Nail salons in Richmond County, NY

How Richmond 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 33 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,088 of 1,328 scored counties
#45 of 49 scored counties in New York

Listings
151
14 chain locations (9%)
Official establishments
150
+3.5% since 2019
Household spending a year
$191.9M
On personal care products and services · $1,124 a household
Spending per listing
$1.3M
24% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.8
47% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
501,290
+1.3% 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

The Groundwork market score for nail salons in Richmond County is 33 (lower middle), #1,088 of 1,328 scored counties and #45 of 49 scored counties in New York. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

At $1,124 per household (12% above the U.S. average), households in Richmond County spend about $191.9M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $1.3M per salon, 24% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.

Richmond County has 151 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 14 are chain locations, or 9%, against 27% across the U.S. That is 8.8 per 10,000 households, 47% above the U.S. rate of 6.0.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in Richmond County was 150 in 2023, up 3.5% from 2019. That is one for every 1,139 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Population estimates show Richmond County grew 1.3% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Richmond 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 Richmond County, NY compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureRichmond CountyNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.86.76.0
Spending per listing$1.3M$1.6M$1.7M
Households per official establishment1,1391,7803,754
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+3.5%+1.2%+23.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.3%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$1,124$1,070$1,005
Median household income$98,333$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market score3326

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
145 → 150+3.5% over the period
Employees, 2023
668
Annual payroll, 2023
$11M
One-person businesses, 2023
129Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
15114 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
115The 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 Richmond 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 Richmond County

Population, 2025 estimate
501,290+1.3% since 2020
Households
170,777
Median age
41.0
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.4
Land area
58 sq. mi.
People per square mile
8,604
Median household income
$98,333+18.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$124,747
Median home value
$675,500
Jobs located here
129,021
Daytime population
400,150Residents 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 Richmond 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
45Richmond County, NY331518.8$1.3M+1.3%#1,088 of 1,328

Other business types in Richmond County

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

Questions

How many nail salons are in Richmond County, NY?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 151 nail salons in Richmond County. 14 of them (9%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 150 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023, up 3.5% from 2019. Official counts list 129 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $191.9M a year, or $1,124 per household. That is 12% above the U.S. average (an index of 112, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 151 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.3M 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 170,777 households in Richmond County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Richmond County has 8.8 nail salons per 10,000 households, 47% above the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.3M, 24% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, Richmond County would have about 115, against 151 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,139 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. The official count rose 3.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +23.2% for the U.S.

How fast is Richmond County, NY growing?

Population estimates put Richmond County at 501,290 people in 2025, up 1.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 170,777 households. Median household income in Richmond County is $98,333, 22% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 18.8%, 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. Richmond County scores 33 for nail salons (lower middle), #1,088 of 1,328 scored counties.

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