Beauty and personal care · County · South Carolina
Nail salons in Lancaster County, SC
How Lancaster 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 71 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #140 of 1,328 scored counties
#1 of 31 scored counties in South Carolina
- Listings
- 21
- 4 chain locations (19%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $37.3M
- On personal care products and services · $929 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 6% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.2
- 13% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 114,296
- +18.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 21 nail salons in Lancaster County. Chain locations make up 19% of them, against 27% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.2, 13% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Lancaster County comes to about $37.3M a year: $929 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.8M per salon, 6% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in Lancaster County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 13,376 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Official counts list 68 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Lancaster County from 2020 to 2025 at +18.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For nail salons, Lancaster County has a Groundwork market score of 71 (upper middle): #140 of 1,328 scored counties and #1 of 31 scored counties in South Carolina. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Lancaster 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 | Lancaster County | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.2 | 6.2 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $1.4M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 13,376 | 6,745 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +38.3% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +18.3% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $929 | $871 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $78,869 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 71 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 12
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $324K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 68Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 214 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 22The 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 Lancaster 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 Lancaster County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 114,296+18.3% since 2020
- Households
- 40,128
- Median age
- 43.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 83%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 549 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 190
- Median household income
- $78,869+34.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $106,641
- Median home value
- $329,900
- Jobs located here
- 29,873
- Daytime population
- 88,047Residents 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 Lancaster 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 spas66
- Hair salons72
- Barbershops71
- Nail salons71
- Spas and skin care70
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in Lancaster County, SC?
There are 21 nail salons on map listings in Lancaster County as of September 2026. 4 of them (19%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023. Official counts also show 68 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Lancaster County, SC spend on personal care products and services?
About $37.3M a year, or $929 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 21 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 40,128 households in Lancaster County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lancaster County, SC compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Lancaster County has 5.2 nail salons per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.8M, 6% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, Lancaster County would have about 22, against 21 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 13,376 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S.
How fast is Lancaster County, SC growing?
Population estimates put Lancaster County at 114,296 people in 2025, up 18.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 40,128 households. The median household income in Lancaster County is $78,869 a year, 2% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 34.0% 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. Lancaster County scores 71 for nail salons (upper middle), #140 of 1,328 scored counties.
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