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Nail salons in Oconee County, SC

The nail salons in Oconee County, SC, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 55 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #538 of 1,328 scored counties
#8 of 31 scored counties in South Carolina

Listings
15
7 chain locations (47%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$28.8M
On personal care products and services · $835 a household
Spending per listing
$1.9M
15% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.3
28% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
83,775
+6.3% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 15 nail salons in Oconee County. Of those, 7 are chain locations, or 47%, against 27% across the U.S. That comes to 4.3 for every 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.

Households in Oconee County spend about $28.8M a year on personal care products and services, or $835 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.9M of household spending for each salon on map listings, 15% 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.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in Oconee County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 46 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in Oconee County from 2020 to 2025 at +6.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for nail salons in Oconee County is 55 (upper middle), #538 of 1,328 scored counties and #8 of 31 scored counties in South Carolina.

How Oconee 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 Oconee County, SC compared with South Carolina and the U.S.
MeasureOconee CountySouth CarolinaU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.36.26.0
Spending per listing$1.9M$1.4M$1.7M
Households per official establishmentn/a6,7453,754
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+38.3%+23.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.3%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$835$871$1,005
Median household income$62,388$69,324$80,734
Groundwork market score5542

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
46Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
157 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
17The 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 Oconee 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 Oconee County

Population, 2025 estimate
83,775+6.3% since 2020
Households
34,515
Median age
45.8
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
627 sq. mi.
People per square mile
128
Median household income
$62,388+27.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$91,233
Median home value
$237,100
Jobs located here
24,938
Daytime population
73,699Residents 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 Oconee 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 Oconee County

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

Questions

How many nail salons are in Oconee County, SC?

Oconee County has 15 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. 7 of them (47%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in Oconee County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 46 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $28.8M a year, or $835 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.9M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 34,515 households in Oconee County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Oconee County has 4.3 nail salons per 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.9M, 15% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, Oconee County would have about 17, against 15 on map listings.

How fast is Oconee County, SC growing?

Population estimates put Oconee County at 83,775 people in 2025, up 6.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 34,515 households. The median household income in Oconee County is $62,388 a year, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.0% 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. Oconee County scores 55 for nail salons (upper middle), #538 of 1,328 scored counties.

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