Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Tennessee
Nail salons in the Jackson, TN metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for nail salons in the Jackson, TN metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 39 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #307 of 387 scored metro areas
#9 of 10 scored metro areas based in Tennessee
- Listings
- 46
- 19 chain locations (41%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $57.7M
- On personal care products and services · $797 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- 25% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.3
- 5% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 184,569
- +2.2% since 2020
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What this means
The Jackson metro area scores 39 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for nail salons, ranking #307 of 387 scored metro areas and #9 of 10 scored metro areas based in Tennessee. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 46 nail salons in the Jackson metro area. 19 of them (41%) are chain locations, against 27% across the U.S. That is 6.3 per 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 6.0.
Household spending on personal care products and services in the Jackson metro area comes to about $57.7M a year: $797 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. Spread across 46 nail salons, that is $1.3M per salon, 25% below 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.
Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in the Jackson metro area in 2023. That is one for every 12,075 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Jackson metro area grew 2.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Jackson 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 | Jackson metro area | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.3 | 5.9 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $1.5M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 12,075 | 8,995 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +61.9% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.2% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $797 | $874 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $61,177 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 39 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6
- Employees, 2023
- 30
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $880K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 152Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4619 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 35The 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 the Jackson 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 Jackson metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 184,569+2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 72,451
- Median age
- 39.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,711 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 106
- Median household income
- $61,177+30.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,447
- Median home value
- $185,300
- Jobs located here
- 84,298
- Daytime population
- 188,381Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 Jackson 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 spas38
- Hair salons36
- Barbershops23
- Nail salons39
- 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 the Jackson, TN metro area?
There are 46 nail salons on map listings in the Jackson metro area as of September 2026. 19 of them (41%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023. Official counts list 152 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Jackson, TN metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $57.7M a year, or $797 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 46 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.3M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 72,451 households in the Jackson metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Jackson, TN metro area compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
The Jackson metro area has 6.3 nail salons per 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.3M, 25% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, the Jackson metro area would have about 35, against 46 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 12,075 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S.
How fast is the Jackson, TN metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Jackson metro area at 184,569 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 72,451 households. The median household income in the Jackson metro area is $61,177 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.5% 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 Jackson metro area scores 39 for nail salons (lower middle), #307 of 387 scored metro areas.
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