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Nail salons in Clackamas County, OR

How Clackamas County, OR 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 47 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #776 of 1,328 scored counties
#17 of 19 scored counties in Oregon

Listings
101
25 chain locations (25%)
Official establishments
87
+6.1% since 2019
Household spending a year
$190.1M
On personal care products and services · $1,160 a household
Spending per listing
$1.9M
13% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.2
3% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
426,280
+0.9% 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

Household spending on personal care products and services in Clackamas County comes to about $190.1M a year: $1,160 per household, 15% above the U.S. average. That is about $1.9M of household spending for each salon on map listings, 13% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.

There are 101 nail salons on map listings in Clackamas County as of September 2026. 25 of them (25%) are chain locations, against 27% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.2, 3% above the U.S. rate of 6.0.

Official counts show 87 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in Clackamas County in 2023, up 6.1% from 2019. That is one for every 1,883 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Another 84 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $851K have gone to businesses classed as nail salons in Clackamas County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Clackamas County grew 0.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for nail salons in Clackamas County is 47 (lower middle), #776 of 1,328 scored counties and #17 of 19 scored counties in Oregon.

How Clackamas County compares

The same measures for Oregon 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 Clackamas County, OR compared with Oregon and the U.S.
MeasureClackamas CountyOregonU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.24.36.0
Spending per listing$1.9M$2.4M$1.7M
Households per official establishment1,8833,9963,754
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+6.1%+4.9%+23.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.9%+0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$1,160$1,036$1,005
Median household income$103,517$83,011$80,734
Groundwork market score4755

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
82 → 87+6.1% over the period
Employees, 2023
366
Annual payroll, 2023
$10.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
84Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
10125 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
114The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
4
Amount
$851K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as nail salons in Clackamas 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 Clackamas County

Population, 2025 estimate
426,280+0.9% since 2020
Households
163,845
Median age
43.0
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
1,871 sq. mi.
People per square mile
227
Median household income
$103,517+28.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$137,183
Median home value
$611,000
Jobs located here
181,774
Daytime population
404,374Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Nail salons across Oregon

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The highest-scoring counties in Oregon for nail salons, numbered among those based in Oregon, with Clackamas County marked.

Top counties in Oregon

Counties in Oregon ranked for nail salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Polk County, OR8172.1$4.9M+2.3%#34 of 1,328
2Columbia County, OR7852.4$4.2M+2.6%#57 of 1,328
3Linn County, OR77142.8$3.4M+3.0%#65 of 1,328
4Benton County, OR74133.4$3M+4.4%#102 of 1,328
5Deschutes County, OR74394.6$2.4M+6.8%#107 of 1,328
6Clatsop County, OR6652.8$3.4M−0.6%#235 of 1,328
7Jackson County, OR65323.5$2.8M−0.9%#263 of 1,328
8Lane County, OR65593.7$2.6M−0.7%#264 of 1,328
9Douglas County, OR64112.3$3.8M+0.6%#278 of 1,328
10Marion County, OR61564.4$2.2M+2.7%#372 of 1,328
17Clackamas County, OR471016.2$1.9M+0.9%#776 of 1,328

Other business types in Clackamas County

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

Questions

How many nail salons are in Clackamas County, OR?

As of September 2026, map listings count 101 nail salons in Clackamas County. 25 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 87 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023, up 6.1% from 2019. Official counts list 84 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Clackamas County, OR spend on personal care products and services?

About $190.1M a year, or $1,160 per household. That is 15% above the U.S. average (an index of 115, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 101 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 163,845 households in Clackamas County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Clackamas County, OR compare with the U.S. for nail salons?

Clackamas County has 6.2 nail salons per 10,000 households, 3% above the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.9M, 13% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, Clackamas County would have about 114, against 101 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,883 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. The official count rose 6.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +23.2% for the U.S.

How fast is Clackamas County, OR growing?

Population estimates put Clackamas County at 426,280 people in 2025, up 0.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 163,845 households. Median household income in Clackamas County is $103,517, 28% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.6%, 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. Clackamas County scores 47 for nail salons (lower middle), #776 of 1,328 scored counties.

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