Beauty and personal care · County · Virginia
Nail salons in Colonial Heights city, VA
How Colonial Heights city, VA compares with other counties and the U.S. for nail salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 20 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,239 of 1,328 scored counties
#57 of 64 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 15
- 7 chain locations (47%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $6.7M
- On personal care products and services · $888 a household
- Spending per listing
- $446K
- 73% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.9
- 3.3 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 18,738
- +3.2% since 2020
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What this means
Colonial Heights city scores 20 (low) on the Groundwork market score for nail salons, ranking #1,239 of 1,328 scored counties and #57 of 64 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Colonial Heights city comes to about $6.7M a year: $888 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That is about $446K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 73% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.
There are 15 nail salons on map listings in Colonial Heights city as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 47% of them, against 27% across the U.S. That comes to 19.9 for every 10,000 households, 3.3 times the U.S. rate of 6.0.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in Colonial Heights city was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 1,255 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Colonial Heights city grew 3.2%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Colonial Heights city 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.
| Measure | Colonial Heights city | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.9 | 6.0 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $446K | $1.7M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,255 | 3,619 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +28.3% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.2% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $888 | $1,023 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $76,505 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 20 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 49
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 45Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 157 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Colonial Heights city, 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 Colonial Heights city
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 18,738+3.2% since 2020
- Households
- 7,530
- Median age
- 40.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 8 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2,441
- Median household income
- $76,505+40.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,310
- Median home value
- $246,600
- Jobs located here
- 9,717
- Daytime population
- 19,297Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Virginia for nail salons, numbered among those based in Virginia, with Colonial Heights city marked.
Top counties in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Louisa County, VA | 83 | 5 | 3.2 | $3M | +13.6% | #27 of 1,328 |
| 2Powhatan County, VA | 82 | 5 | 4.4 | $2.5M | +7.0% | #32 of 1,328 |
| 3Fauquier County, VA | 81 | 13 | 4.9 | $2.4M | +4.8% | #41 of 1,328 |
| 4King George County, VA | 81 | 5 | 4.9 | $2.2M | +10.5% | #43 of 1,328 |
| 5Orange County, VA | 77 | 5 | 3.4 | $3M | +10.1% | #67 of 1,328 |
| 6Culpeper County, VA | 74 | 9 | 4.8 | $2.1M | +9.3% | #108 of 1,328 |
| 7Richmond city, VA | 69 | 34 | 3.3 | $2.6M | +4.6% | #170 of 1,328 |
| 8Albemarle County, VA | 68 | 19 | 4.1 | $2.6M | +5.1% | #190 of 1,328 |
| 9Frederick County, VA | 66 | 16 | 4.5 | $2.3M | +8.8% | #246 of 1,328 |
| 10Isle of Wight County, VA | 64 | 6 | 3.8 | $2.6M | +6.7% | #289 of 1,328 |
| 57Colonial Heights city, VA | 20 | 15 | 19.9 | $446K | +3.2% | #1,239 of 1,328 |
Other business types in Colonial Heights city
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 spas23
- Hair salons23
- Barbershops29
- Nail salons20
- Spas and skin care28
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in Colonial Heights city, VA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 15 nail salons in Colonial Heights city. 7 of them (47%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023. Official counts also show 45 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Colonial Heights city, VA spend on personal care products and services?
About $6.7M a year, or $888 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $446K 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 7,530 households in Colonial Heights city and national spending patterns by income.
How does Colonial Heights city, VA compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Colonial Heights city has 19.9 nail salons per 10,000 households, 3.3 times the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $446K, 73% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, Colonial Heights city would have about 4, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,255 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S.
How fast is Colonial Heights city, VA growing?
Population estimates put Colonial Heights city at 18,738 people in 2025, up 3.2% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,530 households. Median household income in Colonial Heights city is $76,505, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 40.3%, 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. Colonial Heights city scores 20 for nail salons (low), #1,239 of 1,328 scored counties.
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