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Nail salons in Wayne County, NY

The nail salons in Wayne County, NY, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 67 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #201 of 1,328 scored counties
#7 of 49 scored counties in New York

Listings
9
3 chain locations (33%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$36.2M
On personal care products and services · $942 a household
Spending per listing
$4M
2.4 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.3
62% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
91,250
+0.1% 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

Household spending on personal care products and services in Wayne County comes to about $36.2M a year: $942 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. Spread across 9 nail salons, that is $4M per salon, 2.4 times the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.

Wayne County has 9 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 33%, against 27% across the U.S. That is 2.3 per 10,000 households, 62% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.

In 2023, official counts showed 6 businesses with payroll in Wayne County classed as nail salons. That is one for every 6,401 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Another 15 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates put the population change in Wayne County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Wayne County scores 67 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for nail salons, ranking #201 of 1,328 scored counties and #7 of 49 scored counties in New York. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Wayne 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 Wayne County, NY compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureWayne CountyNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.36.76.0
Spending per listing$4M$1.6M$1.7M
Households per official establishment6,4011,7803,754
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+1.2%+23.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.1%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$942$1,070$1,005
Median household income$74,506$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market score6726

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 6
Employees, 2023
12
Annual payroll, 2023
$333K
One-person businesses, 2023
15Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
93 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
22The 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 Wayne 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 Wayne County

Population, 2025 estimate
91,250+0.1% since 2020
Households
38,404
Median age
44.0
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
604 sq. mi.
People per square mile
151
Median household income
$74,506+25.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$89,779
Median home value
$170,000
Jobs located here
27,479
Daytime population
75,376Residents 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 Wayne 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

Other business types in Wayne County

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

Questions

How many nail salons are in Wayne County, NY?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 nail salons in Wayne County. 3 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023. Official counts list 15 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $36.2M a year, or $942 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $4M 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 38,404 households in Wayne County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Wayne County has 2.3 nail salons per 10,000 households, 62% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $4M, 2.4 times the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, Wayne County would have about 22, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,401 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S.

How fast is Wayne County, NY growing?

Population estimates put Wayne County at 91,250 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 38,404 households. Median household income in Wayne County is $74,506, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.3%, 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. Wayne County scores 67 for nail salons (upper middle), #201 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 Wayne County

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