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Nail salons in Covington city, VA

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

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
1
1 chain location (100%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$1.7M
On personal care products and services · $652 a household
Spending per listing
$1.7M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
3.9
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
5,680
−1.2% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 nail salon in Covington city. That is 3.9 per 10,000 households.

Household spending on personal care products and services in Covington city comes to about $1.7M a year: $652 per household, 35% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.7M 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 Covington city: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates put the population change in Covington city from 2020 to 2025 at −1.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Covington 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.

Nail salons in Covington city, VA compared with Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureCovington cityVirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.96.06.0
Spending per listing$1.7M$1.7M$1.7M
Households per official establishmentn/a3,6193,754
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+28.3%+23.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.2%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$652$1,023$1,005
Median household income$41,944$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
1The 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 Covington 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 Covington city

Population, 2025 estimate
5,680−1.2% since 2020
Households
2,576
Median age
40.9
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
6 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,039
Median household income
$41,944
Average household income
$54,148
Median home value
$83,500
Jobs located here
3,889
Daytime population
6,867Residents 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 Covington city 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
Covington city, VANot scored13.9$1.7M−1.2%

Other business types in Covington city

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many nail salons are in Covington city, VA?

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

How much do households in Covington city, VA spend on personal care products and services?

About $1.7M a year, or $652 per household. That is 35% below the U.S. average (an index of 65, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 nail salon on map listings, it comes to $1.7M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,576 households in Covington city and national spending patterns by income.

How does Covington city, VA compare with the U.S. for nail salons?

Covington city has 1 nail salon on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending.

How fast is Covington city, VA growing?

Population estimates put Covington city at 5,680 people in 2025, down 1.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 2,576 households. The median household income in Covington city is $41,944 a year, 48% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

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