Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Tennessee
Nail salons in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA metro area
The nail salons in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 51 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #184 of 387 scored metro areas
#5 of 10 scored metro areas based in Tennessee
- Listings
- 57
- 17 chain locations (30%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $104M
- On personal care products and services · $794 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 9% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.4
- 27% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 314,834
- +2.3% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Kingsport-Bristol metro area spend about $104M a year on personal care products and services, or $794 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. Spread across 57 nail salons, that is $1.8M per salon, 9% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.
The Kingsport-Bristol metro area has 57 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 30% of them, against 27% across the U.S. That comes to 4.4 for every 10,000 households, 27% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.
In 2023, official counts showed 10 businesses with payroll in the Kingsport-Bristol metro area classed as nail salons. That is one for every 13,094 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Official counts list 217 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in the Kingsport-Bristol metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +2.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For nail salons, the Kingsport-Bristol metro area has a Groundwork market score of 51 (upper middle): #184 of 387 scored metro areas and #5 of 10 scored metro areas based in Tennessee.
How the Kingsport-Bristol 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 | Kingsport-Bristol metro area | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.4 | 5.9 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $1.5M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 13,094 | 8,995 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +61.9% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.3% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $794 | $874 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $57,792 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 51 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10
- Employees, 2023
- 18
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $563K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 217Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5717 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 62The 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 Kingsport-Bristol 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 Kingsport-Bristol metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 314,834+2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 130,939
- Median age
- 45.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 2,011 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 155
- Median household income
- $57,792+28.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,119
- Median home value
- $198,400
- Jobs located here
- 120,004
- Daytime population
- 304,648Residents 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 Kingsport-Bristol 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 Kingsport-Bristol 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 spas50
- Hair salons46
- Barbershops50
- Nail salons51
- Spas and skin care45
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 57 nail salons in the Kingsport-Bristol metro area. 17 of them (30%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023. Official counts also show 217 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $104M a year, or $794 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 57 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.8M 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 130,939 households in the Kingsport-Bristol metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA metro area compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
The Kingsport-Bristol metro area has 4.4 nail salons per 10,000 households, 27% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.8M, 9% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, the Kingsport-Bristol metro area would have about 62, against 57 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 13,094 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S.
How fast is the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Kingsport-Bristol metro area at 314,834 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 130,939 households. Median household income in the Kingsport-Bristol metro area is $57,792, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.8%, 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 Kingsport-Bristol metro area scores 51 for nail salons (upper middle), #184 of 387 scored metro areas.
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