Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Pennsylvania
Nail salons in the Lebanon, PA metro area
How the Lebanon, PA metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for nail salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 62 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #79 of 387 scored metro areas
#4 of 16 scored metro areas based in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 17
- 5 chain locations (29%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $55.6M
- On personal care products and services · $981 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.3M
- 96% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.0
- 50% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 146,380
- +2.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 17 nail salons in the Lebanon metro area. Of those, 5 are chain locations, or 29%, against 27% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.0, 50% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.
Household spending on personal care products and services in the Lebanon metro area comes to about $55.6M a year: $981 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.3M of household spending for each salon on map listings, 96% 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 15 businesses with payroll in the Lebanon metro area classed as nail salons. That is one for every 3,781 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Official counts also show 46 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Lebanon metro area grew 2.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Lebanon metro area scores 62 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for nail salons, ranking #79 of 387 scored metro areas and #4 of 16 scored metro areas based in Pennsylvania. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.
How the Lebanon metro area 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 | Lebanon metro area | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.0 | 5.3 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3.3M | $1.9M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,781 | 2,857 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +14.7% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.2% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $981 | $1,004 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $78,425 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 62 | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 15
- Employees, 2023
- 54
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 46Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 175 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 33The 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 the Lebanon metro area, 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 the Lebanon metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 146,380+2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 56,712
- Median age
- 41.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 362 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 398
- Median household income
- $78,425+30.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $99,885
- Median home value
- $242,000
- Jobs located here
- 52,802
- Daytime population
- 128,058Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Pennsylvania market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Pennsylvania for nail salons, numbered among those based in Pennsylvania, with the Lebanon metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Pennsylvania
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gettysburg, PA | 85 | 9 | 2.2 | $4.6M | +3.6% | #2 of 387 |
| 2State College, PA | 71 | 14 | 2.4 | $4.1M | −0.4% | #31 of 387 |
| 3Chambersburg, PA | 66 | 22 | 3.5 | $2.8M | +3.0% | #62 of 387 |
| 4Lebanon, PA | 62 | 17 | 3.0 | $3.3M | +2.2% | #79 of 387 |
| 5Johnstown, PA | 54 | 15 | 2.7 | $3.2M | −3.2% | #150 of 387 |
| 6Reading, PA | 51 | 81 | 5.0 | $2M | +2.7% | #183 of 387 |
| 7Williamsport, PA | 50 | 13 | 2.8 | $3.2M | −1.3% | #188 of 387 |
| 8Erie, PA | 50 | 33 | 3.0 | $3M | −1.8% | #189 of 387 |
| 9Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | 50 | 187 | 5.5 | $1.9M | +3.0% | #191 of 387 |
| 10Lancaster, PA | 49 | 113 | 5.3 | $2M | +1.9% | #197 of 387 |
Other business types in the Lebanon metro area
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 spas58
- Hair salons51
- Barbershops55
- Nail salons62
- Spas and skin care71
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in the Lebanon, PA metro area?
There are 17 nail salons on map listings in the Lebanon metro area as of September 2026. 5 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023. Another 46 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Lebanon, PA metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $55.6M a year, or $981 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $3.3M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 56,712 households in the Lebanon metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Lebanon, PA metro area compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
The Lebanon metro area has 3.0 nail salons per 10,000 households, 50% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $3.3M, 96% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, the Lebanon metro area would have about 33, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,781 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S.
How fast is the Lebanon, PA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Lebanon metro area at 146,380 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 56,712 households. The median household income in the Lebanon metro area is $78,425 a year, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.1% 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. The Lebanon metro area scores 62 for nail salons (upper middle), #79 of 387 scored metro areas.
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