Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Tennessee
Nail salons in the Cleveland, TN metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for nail salons in the Cleveland, TN metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 60 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #101 of 387 scored metro areas
#1 of 10 scored metro areas based in Tennessee
- Listings
- 23
- 12 chain locations (52%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $41.3M
- On personal care products and services · $826 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 8% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.6
- 23% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 134,057
- +6.1% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 23 nail salons in the Cleveland metro area. Of those, 12 are chain locations, or 52%, against 27% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.6, 23% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.
Household spending on personal care products and services in the Cleveland metro area comes to about $41.3M a year: $826 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.8M of household spending for each salon on map listings, 8% 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 the Cleveland metro area was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 16,673 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Official counts also show 127 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $275K has gone to businesses classed as nail salons in the Cleveland metro area.
Population estimates show the Cleveland metro area grew 6.1% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For nail salons, the Cleveland metro area has a Groundwork market score of 60 (upper middle): #101 of 387 scored metro areas and #1 of 10 scored metro areas based in Tennessee.
How the Cleveland metro area 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 | Cleveland metro area | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.6 | 5.9 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $1.5M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 16,673 | 8,995 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +61.9% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.1% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $826 | $874 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $66,135 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 60 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 22
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $661K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 127Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2312 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 25The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $275K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as nail salons in the Cleveland metro area, 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 the Cleveland metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 134,057+6.1% since 2020
- Households
- 50,020
- Median age
- 41.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 763 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 169
- Median household income
- $66,135+32.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,584
- Median home value
- $247,000
- Jobs located here
- 44,994
- Daytime population
- 118,518Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Tennessee market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Tennessee for nail salons, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with the Cleveland metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Tennessee
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Cleveland, TN | 60 | 23 | 4.6 | $1.8M | +6.1% | #101 of 387 |
| 2Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN | 58 | 514 | 6.2 | $1.6M | +8.7% | #123 of 387 |
| 3Knoxville, TN | 56 | 189 | 5.0 | $1.8M | +6.9% | #141 of 387 |
| 4Chattanooga, TN-GA | 53 | 150 | 6.5 | $1.4M | +5.3% | #168 of 387 |
| 5Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA | 51 | 57 | 4.4 | $1.8M | +2.3% | #184 of 387 |
| 6Clarksville, TN-KY | 48 | 92 | 7.4 | $1.1M | +8.5% | #216 of 387 |
| 7Morristown, TN | 47 | 22 | 4.6 | $1.8M | +7.9% | #221 of 387 |
| 8Johnson City, TN | 44 | 51 | 5.7 | $1.4M | +4.3% | #250 of 387 |
| 9Jackson, TN | 39 | 46 | 6.3 | $1.3M | +2.2% | #307 of 387 |
| 10Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 21 | 416 | 8.0 | $1.1M | −0.3% | #376 of 387 |
Other business types in the Cleveland metro area
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 spas59
- Hair salons56
- Barbershops46
- Nail salons60
- Spas and skin care60
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in the Cleveland, TN metro area?
There are 23 nail salons on map listings in the Cleveland metro area as of September 2026. 12 of them (52%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023. Another 127 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Cleveland, TN metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $41.3M a year, or $826 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 23 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 50,020 households in the Cleveland metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Cleveland, TN metro area compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
The Cleveland metro area has 4.6 nail salons per 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.8M, 8% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, the Cleveland metro area would have about 25, against 23 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 16,673 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S.
How fast is the Cleveland, TN metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Cleveland metro area at 134,057 people in 2025, up 6.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 50,020 households. The median household income in the Cleveland metro area is $66,135 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.5% 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. The Cleveland metro area scores 60 for nail salons (upper middle), #101 of 387 scored metro areas.
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