Beauty and personal care · County · Virginia
Nail salons in Hampton city, VA
How Hampton 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 26 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,189 of 1,328 scored counties
#54 of 64 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 40
- 11 chain locations (28%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $49.5M
- On personal care products and services · $852 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 26% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.9
- 15% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 137,315
- 0.0% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for nail salons in Hampton city is 26 (lower middle), #1,189 of 1,328 scored counties and #54 of 64 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 40 nail salons in Hampton city. 11 of them (28%) are chain locations, against 27% across the U.S. That is 6.9 per 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 6.0.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Hampton city comes to about $49.5M a year: $852 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. Spread across 40 nail salons, that is $1.2M per salon, 26% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which nail salons share with other businesses in the trade.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in Hampton city was 15 in 2023. That is one for every 3,870 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Hampton city from 2020 to 2025 at 0.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Hampton 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 | Hampton city | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.9 | 6.0 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $1.7M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,870 | 3,619 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +28.3% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | 0.0% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $852 | $1,023 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $69,621 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 26 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 15
- Employees, 2023
- 49
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 243Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4011 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 30The 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 Hampton 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 Hampton city
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 137,3150.0% since 2020
- Households
- 58,057
- Median age
- 38.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 57%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 52 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2,673
- Median household income
- $69,621+23.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,727
- Median home value
- $245,700
- Jobs located here
- 49,061
- Daytime population
- 130,091Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 54Hampton city, VA | 26 | 40 | 6.9 | $1.2M | 0.0% | #1,189 of 1,328 |
Other business types in Hampton 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 spas29
- Hair salons38
- Barbershops20
- Nail salons26
- Spas and skin care46
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in Hampton city, VA?
There are 40 nail salons on map listings in Hampton city as of September 2026. 11 of them (28%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023. Official counts also show 243 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Hampton city, VA spend on personal care products and services?
About $49.5M a year, or $852 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 40 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 58,057 households in Hampton city and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hampton city, VA compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Hampton city has 6.9 nail salons per 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.2M, 26% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, Hampton city would have about 30, against 40 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,870 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S.
How fast is Hampton city, VA growing?
Population estimates put Hampton city at 137,315 people in 2025, unchanged since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 58,057 households. The median household income in Hampton city is $69,621 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.7% 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. Hampton city scores 26 for nail salons (lower middle), #1,189 of 1,328 scored counties.
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