Beauty and personal care · County · Pennsylvania
Nail salons in Dauphin County, PA
How Dauphin County, PA 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 41 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #929 of 1,328 scored counties
#41 of 47 scored counties in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 75
- 18 chain locations (24%)
- Official establishments
- 48
- +20.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $118.8M
- On personal care products and services · $979 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- 5% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.2
- 3% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 293,351
- +2.3% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 75 nail salons in Dauphin County. Chain locations make up 24% of them, against 27% across the U.S. That is 6.2 per 10,000 households, 3% above the U.S. rate of 6.0.
At $979 per household (3% below the U.S. average), households in Dauphin County spend about $118.8M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $1.6M per salon, 5% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 48 businesses with payroll in Dauphin County classed as nail salons, up 20.0% from 2019. That is one for every 2,528 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Official counts list 134 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Dauphin County grew 2.3% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for nail salons in Dauphin County is 41 (lower middle), #929 of 1,328 scored counties and #41 of 47 scored counties in Pennsylvania.
How Dauphin County compares
The same measures for Pennsylvania 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 | Dauphin County | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.2 | 5.3 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $1.9M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,528 | 2,857 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +20.0% | +14.7% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.3% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $979 | $1,004 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $76,242 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 41 | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 40 → 48+20.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 188
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 134Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 7518 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 71The 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 Dauphin 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 Dauphin County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 293,351+2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 121,358
- Median age
- 39.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 525 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 552
- Median household income
- $76,242+25.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $101,388
- Median home value
- $236,400
- Jobs located here
- 201,933
- Daytime population
- 355,122Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Pennsylvania
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Adams County, PA | 86 | 9 | 2.2 | $4.6M | +3.6% | #16 of 1,328 |
| 2Pike County, PA | 85 | 6 | 2.5 | $4.1M | +7.2% | #18 of 1,328 |
| 3Centre County, PA | 74 | 14 | 2.4 | $4.1M | −0.4% | #95 of 1,328 |
| 4Carbon County, PA | 70 | 5 | 1.8 | $5M | +1.7% | #142 of 1,328 |
| 5Franklin County, PA | 69 | 22 | 3.5 | $2.8M | +3.0% | #168 of 1,328 |
| 6Schuylkill County, PA | 67 | 17 | 2.9 | $3.1M | +1.5% | #204 of 1,328 |
| 7Indiana County, PA | 65 | 9 | 2.8 | $3.1M | −0.3% | #261 of 1,328 |
| 8Crawford County, PA | 64 | 8 | 2.4 | $3.6M | −2.4% | #279 of 1,328 |
| 9Wayne County, PA | 64 | 6 | 2.9 | $3.1M | +1.1% | #283 of 1,328 |
| 10Lebanon County, PA | 63 | 17 | 3.0 | $3.3M | +2.2% | #315 of 1,328 |
| 41Dauphin County, PA | 41 | 75 | 6.2 | $1.6M | +2.3% | #929 of 1,328 |
Other business types in Dauphin 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 spas44
- Hair salons46
- Barbershops61
- Nail salons41
- Spas and skin care69
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in Dauphin County, PA?
Dauphin County has 75 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. 18 of them (24%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 48 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023, up 20.0% from 2019. Official counts also show 134 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Dauphin County, PA spend on personal care products and services?
About $118.8M a year, or $979 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 75 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.6M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 121,358 households in Dauphin County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Dauphin County, PA compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Dauphin County has 6.2 nail salons per 10,000 households, 3% above the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.6M, 5% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, Dauphin County would have about 71, against 75 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,528 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. The official count rose 20.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +23.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Dauphin County, PA growing?
Population estimates put Dauphin County at 293,351 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 121,358 households. The median household income in Dauphin County is $76,242 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.6% 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. Dauphin County scores 41 for nail salons (lower middle), #929 of 1,328 scored counties.
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