Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Ohio
Nail salons in the Cleveland, OH metro area
How the Cleveland, OH metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for nail salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 51 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #182 of 387 scored metro areas
#9 of 12 scored metro areas based in Ohio
- Listings
- 392
- 107 chain locations (27%)
- Official establishments
- 223
- +15.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $912.7M
- On personal care products and services · $980 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.3M
- 39% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.2
- 30% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 2,165,775
- −0.8% since 2020
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What this means
At $980 per household (2% below the U.S. average), households in the Cleveland metro area spend about $912.7M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 392 nail salons, that is $2.3M per salon, 39% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.
There are 392 nail salons on map listings in the Cleveland metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 27% of them, against 27% across the U.S. That comes to 4.2 for every 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.
In 2023, official counts showed 223 businesses with payroll in the Cleveland metro area classed as nail salons, up 15.5% from 2019. That is one for every 4,177 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Official counts also show 1,340 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 10 SBA-backed loans worth $2.3M have gone to businesses classed as nail salons in the Cleveland metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Cleveland metro area declined 0.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Cleveland metro area scores 51 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for nail salons, ranking #182 of 387 scored metro areas and #9 of 12 scored metro areas based in Ohio.
How the Cleveland metro area compares
The same measures for Ohio 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 | Cleveland metro area | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.2 | 4.0 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $2.3M | $2.5M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,177 | 6,424 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +15.5% | +17.9% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.8% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $980 | $976 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $70,678 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 51 | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 223+15.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 943
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $29M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 1,340Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 392107 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 546The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 10
- Amount
- $2.3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as nail salons in the Cleveland metro area, 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 the Cleveland metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 2,165,775−0.8% since 2020
- Households
- 931,377
- Median age
- 42.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 2,702 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 804
- Median household income
- $70,678
- Average household income
- $98,881
- Median home value
- $215,400
- Jobs located here
- 1,071,853
- Daytime population
- 2,231,827Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Ohio market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Ohio for nail salons, numbered among those based in Ohio (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Cleveland metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Ohio
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Columbus, OH | 72 | 433 | 5.0 | $2.1M | +4.7% | #30 of 387 |
| 2Springfield, OH | 69 | 15 | 2.7 | $3.4M | −0.4% | #40 of 387 |
| 3Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 68 | 368 | 4.1 | $2.5M | +2.7% | #49 of 387 |
| 4Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH | 61 | 137 | 4.0 | $2.4M | +1.5% | #91 of 387 |
| 5Mansfield, OH | 59 | 15 | 3.0 | $2.9M | −0.1% | #104 of 387 |
| 6Toledo, OH | 58 | 106 | 4.2 | $2.2M | −1.0% | #117 of 387 |
| 7Sandusky, OH | 57 | 17 | 3.3 | $2.9M | −2.6% | #124 of 387 |
| Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH | 55 | 16 | 3.2 | $2.6M | −3.6% | #143 of 387 |
| 8Akron, OH | 54 | 128 | 4.3 | $2.3M | 0.0% | #154 of 387 |
| Wheeling, WV-OH | 51 | 20 | 3.4 | $2.4M | −3.6% | #181 of 387 |
| 9Cleveland, OH | 51 | 392 | 4.2 | $2.3M | −0.8% | #182 of 387 |
Other business types in the Cleveland metro area
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 spas45
- Hair salons41
- Barbershops45
- Nail salons51
- Spas and skin care56
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in the Cleveland, OH metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 392 nail salons in the Cleveland metro area. 107 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 223 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023, up 15.5% from 2019. Another 1,340 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Cleveland, OH metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $912.7M a year, or $980 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 392 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $2.3M 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 931,377 households in the Cleveland metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Cleveland, OH metro area compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
The Cleveland metro area has 4.2 nail salons per 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $2.3M, 39% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, the Cleveland metro area would have about 546, against 392 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,177 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. The official count rose 15.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +23.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Cleveland, OH metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Cleveland metro area at 2,165,775 people in 2025, down 0.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 931,377 households. Median household income in the Cleveland metro area is $70,678, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The Cleveland metro area scores 51 for nail salons (upper middle), #182 of 387 scored metro areas.
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