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Nail salons in Amelia County, VA

How Amelia County, VA compares with other counties and the U.S. for nail salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.

Listings
1
1 chain location (100%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$4.6M
On personal care products and services · $844 a household
Spending per listing
$4.6M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
1.8
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
13,632
+2.7% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

As of September 2026, map listings count 1 nail salon in Amelia County. That is 1.8 per 10,000 households.

At $844 per household (16% below the U.S. average), households in Amelia County spend about $4.6M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $4.6M of household spending for each salon on map listings. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which nail salons share with other businesses in the trade.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in Amelia County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates show Amelia County grew 2.7% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 nail salon on map listings, Amelia County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Amelia County compares

The same measures for Virginia 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.

Nail salons in Amelia County, VA compared with Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureAmelia CountyVirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.86.06.0
Spending per listing$4.6M$1.7M$1.7M
Households per official establishmentn/a3,6193,754
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+28.3%+23.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.7%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$844$1,023$1,005
Median household income$76,717$93,170$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored44

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
11 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 Amelia 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 Amelia County

Population, 2025 estimate
13,632+2.7% since 2020
Households
5,417
Median age
43.9
Homes lived in by their owners
83%
Vehicles per household
2.6
Land area
358 sq. mi.
People per square mile
38
Median household income
$76,717+32.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$87,454
Median home value
$282,400
Jobs located here
2,451
Daytime population
9,593Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Nail salons across Virginia

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The highest-scoring counties in Virginia for nail salons, numbered among those based in Virginia, with Amelia County marked.

Top counties in Virginia

Counties in Virginia ranked for nail salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Louisa County, VA8353.2$3M+13.6%#27 of 1,328
2Powhatan County, VA8254.4$2.5M+7.0%#32 of 1,328
3Fauquier County, VA81134.9$2.4M+4.8%#41 of 1,328
4King George County, VA8154.9$2.2M+10.5%#43 of 1,328
5Orange County, VA7753.4$3M+10.1%#67 of 1,328
6Culpeper County, VA7494.8$2.1M+9.3%#108 of 1,328
7Richmond city, VA69343.3$2.6M+4.6%#170 of 1,328
8Albemarle County, VA68194.1$2.6M+5.1%#190 of 1,328
9Frederick County, VA66164.5$2.3M+8.8%#246 of 1,328
10Isle of Wight County, VA6463.8$2.6M+6.7%#289 of 1,328
Amelia County, VANot scored11.8$4.6M+2.7%

Other business types in Amelia County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many nail salons are in Amelia County, VA?

Amelia County has 1 nail salon on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in Amelia County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Amelia County, VA spend on personal care products and services?

About $4.6M a year, or $844 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 nail salon on map listings, it comes to $4.6M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,417 households in Amelia County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Amelia County, VA compare with the U.S. for nail salons?

Amelia County has 1 nail salon on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, Amelia County would have about 3, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is Amelia County, VA growing?

Population estimates put Amelia County at 13,632 people in 2025, up 2.7% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,417 households. The median household income in Amelia County is $76,717 a year, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.4% 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. Amelia County has no market score for nail salons: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for nail salons · All 56 business types in Amelia County

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