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Nail salons in Greenville County, SC

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for nail salons in Greenville County, SC, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #573 of 1,328 scored counties
#9 of 31 scored counties in South Carolina

Listings
145
43 chain locations (30%)
Official establishments
37
+42.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$203.8M
On personal care products and services · $924 a household
Spending per listing
$1.4M
16% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.6
10% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
583,125
+10.6% 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

Households in Greenville County spend about $203.8M a year on personal care products and services, or $924 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.4M of household spending for each salon on map listings, 16% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.

There are 145 nail salons on map listings in Greenville County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 30% of them, against 27% across the U.S. That comes to 6.6 for every 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 6.0.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in Greenville County was 37 in 2023, up 42.3% from 2019. That is one for every 5,961 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Another 888 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $60K have gone to businesses classed as nail salons in Greenville County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Greenville County grew 10.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Greenville County scores 54 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for nail salons, ranking #573 of 1,328 scored counties and #9 of 31 scored counties in South Carolina.

How Greenville 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.

Nail salons in Greenville County, SC compared with South Carolina and the U.S.
MeasureGreenville CountySouth CarolinaU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.66.26.0
Spending per listing$1.4M$1.4M$1.7M
Households per official establishment5,9616,7453,754
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+42.3%+38.3%+23.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+10.6%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$924$871$1,005
Median household income$76,932$69,324$80,734
Groundwork market score5442

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
26 → 37+42.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
93
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
888Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
14543 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
122The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$60K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
583,125+10.6% since 2020
Households
220,565
Median age
39.2
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
786 sq. mi.
People per square mile
697
Median household income
$76,932+27.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$106,098
Median home value
$299,000
Jobs located here
308,999
Daytime population
615,764Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Nail salons across South Carolina

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The highest-scoring counties in South Carolina for nail salons, numbered among those based in South Carolina, with Greenville County marked.

Top counties in South Carolina

Counties in South Carolina ranked for nail salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Lancaster County, SC71215.2$1.8M+18.3%#140 of 1,328
2Laurens County, SC6951.9$4.1M+6.2%#160 of 1,328
3Anderson County, SC65354.2$2M+7.7%#269 of 1,328
4Kershaw County, SC65124.5$1.9M+11.6%#273 of 1,328
5York County, SC61796.9$1.4M+8.1%#383 of 1,328
6Aiken County, SC59405.7$1.5M+7.3%#437 of 1,328
7Spartanburg County, SC58725.5$1.5M+15.6%#466 of 1,328
8Oconee County, SC55154.3$1.9M+6.3%#538 of 1,328
9Greenville County, SC541456.6$1.4M+10.6%#573 of 1,328
10Cherokee County, SC5373.2$2.3M+3.7%#587 of 1,328

Other business types in Greenville County

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

Questions

How many nail salons are in Greenville County, SC?

As of September 2026, map listings count 145 nail salons in Greenville County. 43 of them (30%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 37 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023, up 42.3% from 2019. Official counts list 888 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Greenville County, SC spend on personal care products and services?

About $203.8M a year, or $924 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 145 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.4M 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 220,565 households in Greenville County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Greenville County, SC compare with the U.S. for nail salons?

Greenville County has 6.6 nail salons per 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.4M, 16% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, Greenville County would have about 122, against 145 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,961 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. The official count rose 42.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +23.2% for the U.S.

How fast is Greenville County, SC growing?

Population estimates put Greenville County at 583,125 people in 2025, up 10.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 220,565 households. Median household income in Greenville County is $76,932, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.5%, 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. Greenville County scores 54 for nail salons (upper middle), #573 of 1,328 scored counties.

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