Beauty and personal care · County · South Carolina
Nail salons in Laurens County, SC
How Laurens 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 69 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #160 of 1,328 scored counties
#2 of 31 scored counties in South Carolina
- Listings
- 5
- 2 chain locations (40%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $20.7M
- On personal care products and services · $767 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.1M
- 2.5 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.9
- 68% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 71,848
- +6.2% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 5 nail salons in Laurens County. 2 of them (40%) are chain locations, against 27% across the U.S. That is 1.9 per 10,000 households, 68% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.
At $767 per household (24% below the U.S. average), households in Laurens County spend about $20.7M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 5 nail salons, that is $4.1M per salon, 2.5 times 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in Laurens County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 23 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Laurens County grew 6.2% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For nail salons, Laurens County has a Groundwork market score of 69 (upper middle): #160 of 1,328 scored counties and #2 of 31 scored counties in South Carolina. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Laurens 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 | Laurens County | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.9 | 6.2 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.1M | $1.4M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 6,745 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +38.3% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.2% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $767 | $871 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $57,623 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 69 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 23Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 52 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The 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 Laurens 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 Laurens County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 71,848+6.2% since 2020
- Households
- 26,959
- Median age
- 41.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 713 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 96
- Median household income
- $57,623+33.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $71,325
- Median home value
- $170,600
- Jobs located here
- 19,268
- Daytime population
- 55,316Residents 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 Laurens 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 spas70
- Hair salons62
- Barbershops49
- Nail salons69
- Spas and skin care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in Laurens County, SC?
Laurens County has 5 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in Laurens County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 23 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Laurens County, SC spend on personal care products and services?
About $20.7M a year, or $767 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $4.1M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 26,959 households in Laurens County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Laurens County, SC compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Laurens County has 1.9 nail salons per 10,000 households, 68% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $4.1M, 2.5 times the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, Laurens County would have about 12, against 5 on map listings.
How fast is Laurens County, SC growing?
Population estimates put Laurens County at 71,848 people in 2025, up 6.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 26,959 households. The median household income in Laurens County is $57,623 a year, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.1% 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. Laurens County scores 69 for nail salons (upper middle), #160 of 1,328 scored counties.
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