Beauty and personal care · County · Ohio
Nail salons in Franklin County, OH
How Franklin County, OH 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 64 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #303 of 1,328 scored counties
#28 of 52 scored counties in Ohio
- Listings
- 305
- 75 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- 73
- +82.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $561.6M
- On personal care products and services · $1,015 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 10% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.5
- 8% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,361,536
- +2.8% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 305 nail salons in Franklin County. Of those, 75 are chain locations, or 25%, against 27% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.5, 8% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Franklin County comes to about $561.6M a year: $1,015 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That works out to $1.8M per salon, 10% above 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 73 businesses with payroll in Franklin County classed as nail salons, up 82.5% from 2019. That is one for every 7,577 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Official counts list 1,388 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 11 SBA-backed loans worth $1.4M have gone to businesses classed as nail salons in Franklin County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Franklin County grew 2.8%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for nail salons in Franklin County is 64 (upper middle), #303 of 1,328 scored counties and #28 of 52 scored counties in Ohio. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Franklin County 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 | Franklin County | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.5 | 4.0 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $2.5M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 7,577 | 6,424 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +82.5% | +17.9% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.8% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,015 | $976 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $75,176 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 64 | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 40 → 73+82.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 235
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 1,388Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 30575 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 336The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 11
- Amount
- $1.4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as nail salons in Franklin 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 Franklin County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,361,536+2.8% since 2020
- Households
- 553,099
- Median age
- 36.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 53%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 532 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2,504
- Median household income
- $75,176+22.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $104,381
- Median home value
- $288,400
- Jobs located here
- 814,719
- Daytime population
- 1,507,964Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Ohio market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Ohio for nail salons, numbered among those based in Ohio, with Franklin County marked.
Top counties in Ohio
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Union County, OH | 97 | 7 | 2.9 | $4.2M | +16.5% | #1 of 1,328 |
| 2Madison County, OH | 87 | 5 | 3.2 | $3.3M | +7.1% | #11 of 1,328 |
| 3Pickaway County, OH | 86 | 5 | 2.3 | $4.3M | +7.4% | #17 of 1,328 |
| 4Licking County, OH | 84 | 18 | 2.6 | $4M | +3.8% | #23 of 1,328 |
| 5Miami County, OH | 81 | 12 | 2.7 | $3.7M | +3.4% | #36 of 1,328 |
| 6Fairfield County, OH | 81 | 30 | 5.0 | $2.2M | +6.5% | #44 of 1,328 |
| 7Warren County, OH | 79 | 30 | 3.3 | $3.7M | +5.7% | #52 of 1,328 |
| 8Clermont County, OH | 79 | 29 | 3.4 | $3.1M | +3.9% | #54 of 1,328 |
| 9Geauga County, OH | 76 | 6 | 1.7 | $7.2M | +0.3% | #68 of 1,328 |
| 10Wood County, OH | 75 | 21 | 3.9 | $2.6M | +1.5% | #87 of 1,328 |
| 28Franklin County, OH | 64 | 305 | 5.5 | $1.8M | +2.8% | #303 of 1,328 |
Other business types in Franklin 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 spas50
- Hair salons58
- Barbershops61
- Nail salons64
- Spas and skin care55
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in Franklin County, OH?
Franklin County has 305 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. 75 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 73 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023, up 82.5% from 2019. Official counts also show 1,388 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Franklin County, OH spend on personal care products and services?
About $561.6M a year, or $1,015 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 305 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 553,099 households in Franklin County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Franklin County, OH compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Franklin County has 5.5 nail salons per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.8M, 10% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, Franklin County would have about 336, against 305 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 7,577 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. The official count rose 82.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +23.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Franklin County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Franklin County at 1,361,536 people in 2025, up 2.8% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 553,099 households. The median household income in Franklin County is $75,176 a year, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.6% 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. Franklin County scores 64 for nail salons (upper middle), #303 of 1,328 scored counties.
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