Beauty and personal care · County · South Carolina
Nail salons in Aiken County, SC
How Aiken County, SC 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 59 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #437 of 1,328 scored counties
#6 of 31 scored counties in South Carolina
- Listings
- 40
- 17 chain locations (43%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $60.9M
- On personal care products and services · $871 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 9% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.7
- 5% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 181,515
- +7.3% since 2020
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What this means
At $871 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in Aiken County spend about $60.9M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $1.5M of household spending for each salon on map listings, 9% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.
Aiken County has 40 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. 17 of them (43%) are chain locations, against 27% across the U.S. That is 5.7 per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.
Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in Aiken County in 2023. That is one for every 11,653 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Official counts list 216 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Aiken County grew 7.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for nail salons in Aiken County is 59 (upper middle), #437 of 1,328 scored counties and #6 of 31 scored counties in South Carolina.
How Aiken County compares
The same measures for South Carolina 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 | Aiken County | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.7 | 6.2 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $1.4M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 11,653 | 6,745 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +38.3% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.3% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $871 | $871 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $70,609 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 59 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 7
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $196K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 216Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4017 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 37The 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 Aiken 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 Aiken County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 181,515+7.3% since 2020
- Households
- 69,916
- Median age
- 42.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,071 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 163
- Median household income
- $70,609+37.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,371
- Median home value
- $218,000
- Jobs located here
- 65,453
- Daytime population
- 171,299Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in South Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lancaster County, SC | 71 | 21 | 5.2 | $1.8M | +18.3% | #140 of 1,328 |
| 2Laurens County, SC | 69 | 5 | 1.9 | $4.1M | +6.2% | #160 of 1,328 |
| 3Anderson County, SC | 65 | 35 | 4.2 | $2M | +7.7% | #269 of 1,328 |
| 4Kershaw County, SC | 65 | 12 | 4.5 | $1.9M | +11.6% | #273 of 1,328 |
| 5York County, SC | 61 | 79 | 6.9 | $1.4M | +8.1% | #383 of 1,328 |
| 6Aiken County, SC | 59 | 40 | 5.7 | $1.5M | +7.3% | #437 of 1,328 |
| 7Spartanburg County, SC | 58 | 72 | 5.5 | $1.5M | +15.6% | #466 of 1,328 |
| 8Oconee County, SC | 55 | 15 | 4.3 | $1.9M | +6.3% | #538 of 1,328 |
| 9Greenville County, SC | 54 | 145 | 6.6 | $1.4M | +10.6% | #573 of 1,328 |
| 10Cherokee County, SC | 53 | 7 | 3.2 | $2.3M | +3.7% | #587 of 1,328 |
Other business types in Aiken 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 spas52
- Hair salons61
- Barbershops45
- Nail salons59
- Spas and skin care58
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in Aiken County, SC?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 40 nail salons in Aiken County. 17 of them (43%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023. Official counts also show 216 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Aiken County, SC spend on personal care products and services?
About $60.9M a year, or $871 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 40 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.5M 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 69,916 households in Aiken County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Aiken County, SC compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Aiken County has 5.7 nail salons per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.5M, 9% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, Aiken County would have about 37, against 40 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 11,653 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S.
How fast is Aiken County, SC growing?
Population estimates put Aiken County at 181,515 people in 2025, up 7.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 69,916 households. Median household income in Aiken County is $70,609, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 37.4%, 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. Aiken County scores 59 for nail salons (upper middle), #437 of 1,328 scored counties.
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