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Nail salons in Shelby County, TN
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for nail salons in Shelby County, TN, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 21 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,231 of 1,328 scored counties
#42 of 43 scored counties in Tennessee
- Listings
- 328
- 108 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- 84
- +27.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $311.1M
- On personal care products and services · $858 a household
- Spending per listing
- $948K
- 43% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.0
- 50% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 910,226
- −2.1% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for nail salons in Shelby County is 21 (low), #1,231 of 1,328 scored counties and #42 of 43 scored counties in Tennessee. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Shelby County spend about $311.1M a year on personal care products and services, or $858 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. Spread across 328 nail salons, that is $948K per salon, 43% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.
Shelby County has 328 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 108 are chain locations, or 33%, against 27% across the U.S. That comes to 9.0 for every 10,000 households, 50% above the U.S. rate of 6.0.
Official counts show 84 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in Shelby County in 2023, up 27.3% from 2019. That is one for every 4,318 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $3.5M have gone to businesses classed as nail salons in Shelby County. Population estimates show Shelby County declined 2.1% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Shelby 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 | Shelby County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.0 | 5.9 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $948K | $1.5M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,318 | 8,995 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +27.3% | +61.9% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.1% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $858 | $874 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $63,767 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 21 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 66 → 84+27.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 418
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $12.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 2,119Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 328108 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 186The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $3.5M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as nail salons in Shelby 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 Shelby County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 910,226−2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 362,741
- Median age
- 36.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 54%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 753 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,221
- Median household income
- $63,767+23.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $96,646
- Median home value
- $249,100
- Jobs located here
- 497,377
- Daytime population
- 1,001,197Residents 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 |
| 42Shelby County, TN | 21 | 328 | 9.0 | $948K | −2.1% | #1,231 of 1,328 |
Other business types in Shelby 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 spas22
- Hair salons29
- Barbershops37
- Nail salons21
- Spas and skin care29
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in Shelby County, TN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 328 nail salons in Shelby County. 108 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 84 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023, up 27.3% from 2019. Official counts list 2,119 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Shelby County, TN spend on personal care products and services?
About $311.1M a year, or $858 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 328 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $948K 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 362,741 households in Shelby County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Shelby County, TN compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Shelby County has 9.0 nail salons per 10,000 households, 50% above the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $948K, 43% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, Shelby County would have about 186, against 328 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,318 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. The official count rose 27.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +23.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Shelby County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Shelby County at 910,226 people in 2025, down 2.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 362,741 households. Median household income in Shelby County is $63,767, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.4%, 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. Shelby County scores 21 for nail salons (low), #1,231 of 1,328 scored counties.
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