Beauty and personal care · County · South Carolina
Nail salons in Lexington County, SC
How Lexington 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 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #716 of 1,328 scored counties
#16 of 31 scored counties in South Carolina
- Listings
- 87
- 27 chain locations (31%)
- Official establishments
- 18
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $109.9M
- On personal care products and services · $901 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- 24% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.1
- 18% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 317,588
- +7.7% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on personal care products and services in Lexington County comes to about $109.9M a year: $901 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. Spread across 87 nail salons, that is $1.3M per salon, 24% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.
There are 87 nail salons on map listings in Lexington County as of September 2026. Of those, 27 are chain locations, or 31%, against 27% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.1, 18% above the U.S. rate of 6.0.
Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in Lexington County in 2023. That is one for every 6,776 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Another 438 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $800K have gone to businesses classed as nail salons in Lexington County.
Population estimates show Lexington County grew 7.7% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for nail salons in Lexington County is 50 (upper middle), #716 of 1,328 scored counties and #16 of 31 scored counties in South Carolina.
How Lexington 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 | Lexington County | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.1 | 6.2 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $1.4M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 6,776 | 6,745 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +38.3% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.7% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $901 | $871 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $77,408 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 19 → 18
- Employees, 2023
- 31
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $716K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 438Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 8727 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 66The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $800K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as nail salons in Lexington 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 Lexington County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 317,588+7.7% since 2020
- Households
- 121,964
- Median age
- 40.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 699 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 436
- Median household income
- $77,408+26.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,803
- Median home value
- $234,500
- Jobs located here
- 142,688
- Daytime population
- 310,908Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every South Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in South Carolina for nail salons, numbered among those based in South Carolina, with Lexington County marked.
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 |
| 16Lexington County, SC | 50 | 87 | 7.1 | $1.3M | +7.7% | #716 of 1,328 |
Other business types in Lexington 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 spas39
- Hair salons43
- Barbershops65
- Nail salons50
- Spas and skin care43
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in Lexington County, SC?
As of September 2026, map listings count 87 nail salons in Lexington County. 27 of them (31%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023. Official counts list 438 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Lexington County, SC spend on personal care products and services?
About $109.9M a year, or $901 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 87 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.3M 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 121,964 households in Lexington County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lexington County, SC compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Lexington County has 7.1 nail salons per 10,000 households, 18% above the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.3M, 24% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, Lexington County would have about 66, against 87 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,776 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S.
How fast is Lexington County, SC growing?
Population estimates put Lexington County at 317,588 people in 2025, up 7.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 121,964 households. Median household income in Lexington County is $77,408, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.5%, 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. Lexington County scores 50 for nail salons (upper middle), #716 of 1,328 scored counties.
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