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Nail salons in Halifax County, NC

How Halifax County, NC 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 17 out of 100: Low

Ranked #1,256 of 1,328 scored counties
#69 of 72 scored counties in North Carolina

Listings
10
4 chain locations (40%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$14.5M
On personal care products and services · $712 a household
Spending per listing
$1.5M
13% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.9
18% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
46,534
−3.9% 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

Halifax County scores 17 (low) on the Groundwork market score for nail salons, ranking #1,256 of 1,328 scored counties and #69 of 72 scored counties in North Carolina. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

As of September 2026, map listings count 10 nail salons in Halifax County. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 40%, against 27% across the U.S. That comes to 4.9 for every 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.

Household spending on personal care products and services in Halifax County comes to about $14.5M a year: $712 per household, 29% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.5M of household spending for each salon on map listings, 13% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. 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 Halifax County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Population estimates put the population change in Halifax County from 2020 to 2025 at −3.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Halifax County compares

The same measures for North Carolina 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 Halifax County, NC compared with North Carolina and the U.S.
MeasureHalifax CountyNorth CarolinaU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.96.46.0
Spending per listing$1.5M$1.4M$1.7M
Households per official establishmentn/a7,5133,754
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+55.7%+23.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.9%+7.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$712$897$1,005
Median household income$45,590$72,388$80,734
Groundwork market score1745

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
42Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
104 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 Halifax 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 Halifax County

Population, 2025 estimate
46,534−3.9% since 2020
Households
20,383
Median age
43.1
Homes lived in by their owners
63%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
724 sq. mi.
People per square mile
66
Median household income
$45,590+28.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$63,278
Median home value
$106,200
Jobs located here
14,278
Daytime population
42,838Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Nail salons across North Carolina

Every North Carolina market ranked →

The highest-scoring counties in North Carolina for nail salons, numbered among those based in North Carolina, with Halifax County marked.

Top counties in North Carolina

Counties in North Carolina ranked for nail salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Chatham County, NC88113.3$3.1M+11.0%#7 of 1,328
2Orange County, NC87183.1$3.3M+6.1%#12 of 1,328
3Franklin County, NC7593.2$2.8M+18.8%#85 of 1,328
4Lincoln County, NC74184.9$1.9M+13.2%#110 of 1,328
5Davie County, NC6974.1$2.3M+6.9%#177 of 1,328
6Henderson County, NC68173.3$2.6M+5.0%#191 of 1,328
7Johnston County, NC67404.7$2M+17.9%#219 of 1,328
8Brunswick County, NC67385.5$1.6M+26.5%#228 of 1,328
9Union County, NC66516.1$1.8M+11.7%#251 of 1,328
10Rowan County, NC65213.6$2.3M+5.6%#267 of 1,328
69Halifax County, NC17104.9$1.5M−3.9%#1,256 of 1,328

Other business types in Halifax County

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

Questions

How many nail salons are in Halifax County, NC?

Halifax County has 10 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in Halifax County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 42 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Halifax County, NC spend on personal care products and services?

About $14.5M a year, or $712 per household. That is 29% below the U.S. average (an index of 71, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 20,383 households in Halifax County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Halifax County, NC compare with the U.S. for nail salons?

Halifax County has 4.9 nail salons per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.5M, 13% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, Halifax County would have about 9, against 10 on map listings.

How fast is Halifax County, NC growing?

Population estimates put Halifax County at 46,534 people in 2025, down 3.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 20,383 households. The median household income in Halifax County is $45,590 a year, 44% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.4% 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. Halifax County scores 17 for nail salons (low), #1,256 of 1,328 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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