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Nail salons in Marion County, OH
How Marion 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 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #593 of 1,328 scored counties
#45 of 52 scored counties in Ohio
- Listings
- 11
- 3 chain locations (27%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $21.4M
- On personal care products and services · $868 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.9M
- 17% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.5
- 25% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 65,115
- −0.4% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on personal care products and services in Marion County comes to about $21.4M a year: $868 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.9M of household spending for each salon on map listings, 17% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.
Marion County has 11 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 27% of them, against 27% across the U.S. That is 4.5 per 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in Marion County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 8,228 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Another 22 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates put the population change in Marion County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For nail salons, Marion County has a Groundwork market score of 53 (upper middle): #593 of 1,328 scored counties and #45 of 52 scored counties in Ohio.
How Marion 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 | Marion County | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.5 | 4.0 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.9M | $2.5M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 8,228 | 6,424 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +17.9% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.4% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $868 | $976 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $59,371 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 3
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $85K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 22Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 113 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The 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 Marion 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 Marion County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 65,115−0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 24,683
- Median age
- 40.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 404 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 161
- Median household income
- $59,371+25.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $76,921
- Median home value
- $156,800
- Jobs located here
- 23,364
- Daytime population
- 60,757Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 45Marion County, OH | 53 | 11 | 4.5 | $1.9M | −0.4% | #593 of 1,328 |
Other business types in Marion 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 spas48
- Hair salons53
- Barbershops40
- Nail salons53
- Spas and skin care41
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in Marion County, OH?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 nail salons in Marion County. 3 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023. Official counts list 22 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Marion County, OH spend on personal care products and services?
About $21.4M a year, or $868 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.9M 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 24,683 households in Marion County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Marion County, OH compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Marion County has 4.5 nail salons per 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.9M, 17% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, Marion County would have about 13, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,228 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S.
How fast is Marion County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Marion County at 65,115 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 24,683 households. Median household income in Marion County is $59,371, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.0%, 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. Marion County scores 53 for nail salons (upper middle), #593 of 1,328 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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