Beauty and personal care · County · Tennessee
Nail salons in Blount County, TN
How Blount County, TN 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 #138 of 1,328 scored counties
#4 of 43 scored counties in Tennessee
- Listings
- 25
- 6 chain locations (24%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $50.4M
- On personal care products and services · $908 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- 21% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.5
- 25% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 143,820
- +6.0% since 2020
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What this means
At $908 per household (10% below the U.S. average), households in Blount County spend about $50.4M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 25 nail salons, that is $2M per salon, 21% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.
Blount County has 25 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 6 are chain locations, or 24%, against 27% across the U.S. That comes to 4.5 for every 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in Blount County was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 13,881 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Official counts also show 88 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $100K has gone to businesses classed as nail salons in Blount County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Blount County grew 6.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Blount County scores 71 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for nail salons, ranking #138 of 1,328 scored counties and #4 of 43 scored counties in Tennessee. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Blount County compares
The same measures for Tennessee 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 | Blount County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.5 | 5.9 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $1.5M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 13,881 | 8,995 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +61.9% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.0% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $908 | $874 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $77,365 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 71 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 13
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $401K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 88Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 256 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 30The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $100K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as nail salons in Blount 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 Blount County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 143,820+6.0% since 2020
- Households
- 55,522
- Median age
- 44.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 559 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 249
- Median household income
- $77,365+36.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $101,400
- Median home value
- $320,500
- Jobs located here
- 56,831
- Daytime population
- 134,383Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Tennessee
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Maury County, TN | 78 | 16 | 3.8 | $2.4M | +16.0% | #62 of 1,328 |
| 2Jefferson County, TN | 75 | 5 | 2.3 | $3.6M | +9.3% | #82 of 1,328 |
| 3Cheatham County, TN | 74 | 5 | 3.1 | $3.1M | +4.1% | #101 of 1,328 |
| 4Blount County, TN | 71 | 25 | 4.5 | $2M | +6.0% | #138 of 1,328 |
| 5Fayette County, TN | 69 | 7 | 4.1 | $2.3M | +7.7% | #175 of 1,328 |
| 6Loudon County, TN | 69 | 12 | 5.0 | $1.9M | +15.6% | #181 of 1,328 |
| 7Robertson County, TN | 68 | 14 | 5.0 | $1.9M | +9.9% | #197 of 1,328 |
| 8Greene County, TN | 64 | 8 | 2.8 | $2.7M | +5.0% | #286 of 1,328 |
| 9Williamson County, TN | 62 | 72 | 7.8 | $1.6M | +9.0% | #354 of 1,328 |
| 10Wilson County, TN | 62 | 47 | 7.9 | $1.3M | +17.8% | #357 of 1,328 |
Other business types in Blount 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 salons74
- Barbershops74
- Nail salons71
- Spas and skin care81
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in Blount County, TN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 25 nail salons in Blount County. 6 of them (24%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023. Another 88 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Blount County, TN spend on personal care products and services?
About $50.4M a year, or $908 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 25 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $2M 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 55,522 households in Blount County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Blount County, TN compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Blount County has 4.5 nail salons per 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $2M, 21% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, Blount County would have about 30, against 25 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 13,881 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S.
How fast is Blount County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Blount County at 143,820 people in 2025, up 6.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 55,522 households. Median household income in Blount County is $77,365, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 36.5%, 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. Blount County scores 71 for nail salons (upper middle), #138 of 1,328 scored counties.
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