Beauty and personal care · County · Pennsylvania
Nail salons in Erie County, PA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for nail salons in Erie County, PA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #547 of 1,328 scored counties
#17 of 47 scored counties in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 33
- 25 chain locations (76%)
- Official establishments
- 24
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $99.2M
- On personal care products and services · $897 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3M
- 80% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.0
- 50% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 265,832
- −1.8% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 33 nail salons in Erie County. Chain locations make up 76% of them, against 27% across the U.S. That is 3.0 per 10,000 households, 50% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.
Households in Erie County spend about $99.2M a year on personal care products and services, or $897 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That is about $3M of household spending for each salon on map listings, 80% 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.
Official counts show 24 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in Erie County in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 4,608 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Official counts also show 27 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Erie County declined 1.8% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for nail salons in Erie County is 54 (upper middle), #547 of 1,328 scored counties and #17 of 47 scored counties in Pennsylvania.
How Erie 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 | Erie County | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.0 | 5.3 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3M | $1.9M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,608 | 2,857 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | +14.7% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.8% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $897 | $1,004 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $63,354 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 24 → 240.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 93
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 27Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3325 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 59The 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 Erie 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 Erie County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 265,832−1.8% since 2020
- Households
- 110,587
- Median age
- 41.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 799 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 337
- Median household income
- $63,354+23.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,573
- Median home value
- $177,000
- Jobs located here
- 120,819
- Daytime population
- 270,477Residents 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 |
| 17Erie County, PA | 54 | 33 | 3.0 | $3M | −1.8% | #547 of 1,328 |
Other business types in Erie 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 spas35
- Hair salons30
- Barbershops56
- Nail salons54
- 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 Erie County, PA?
There are 33 nail salons on map listings in Erie County as of September 2026. 25 of them (76%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 24 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023, unchanged from 2019. Another 27 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Erie County, PA spend on personal care products and services?
About $99.2M a year, or $897 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 33 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $3M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 110,587 households in Erie County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Erie County, PA compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Erie County has 3.0 nail salons per 10,000 households, 50% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $3M, 80% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, Erie County would have about 59, against 33 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,608 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +23.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Erie County, PA growing?
Population estimates put Erie County at 265,832 people in 2025, down 1.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 110,587 households. The median household income in Erie County is $63,354 a year, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.0% 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. Erie County scores 54 for nail salons (upper middle), #547 of 1,328 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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