Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Virginia
Nail salons in the Harrisonburg, VA metro area
The nail salons in the Harrisonburg, VA metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 41 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #275 of 387 scored metro areas
#7 of 9 scored metro areas based in Virginia
- Listings
- 24
- 8 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $44.3M
- On personal care products and services · $885 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 10% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.8
- 20% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 140,155
- +3.5% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 24 nail salons in the Harrisonburg metro area. Of those, 8 are chain locations, or 33%, against 27% across the U.S. That is 4.8 per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.
At $885 per household (12% below the U.S. average), households in the Harrisonburg metro area spend about $44.3M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 24 nail salons, that is $1.8M per salon, 10% above 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.
Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in the Harrisonburg metro area in 2023. That is one for every 3,336 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Official counts also show 75 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $150K has gone to businesses classed as nail salons in the Harrisonburg metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Harrisonburg metro area grew 3.5%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Harrisonburg metro area scores 41 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for nail salons, ranking #275 of 387 scored metro areas and #7 of 9 scored metro areas based in Virginia.
How the Harrisonburg metro area 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 | Harrisonburg metro area | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.8 | 6.0 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $1.7M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,336 | 3,619 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +28.3% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.5% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $885 | $1,023 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $75,065 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 41 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 15
- Employees, 2023
- 63
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 75Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 248 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 27The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $150K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as nail salons in the Harrisonburg metro area, 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 the Harrisonburg metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 140,155+3.5% since 2020
- Households
- 50,046
- Median age
- 37.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 867 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 158
- Median household income
- $75,065+32.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,373
- Median home value
- $309,300
- Jobs located here
- 66,301
- Daytime population
- 138,028Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Virginia for nail salons, numbered among those based in Virginia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Harrisonburg metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Charlottesville, VA | 62 | 41 | 4.5 | $2.3M | +3.1% | #84 of 387 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 56 | 1,452 | 6.1 | $1.9M | +3.3% | #138 of 387 |
| 2Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA | 55 | 26 | 5.0 | $1.7M | +3.2% | #147 of 387 |
| 3Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA | 54 | 27 | 3.8 | $2.2M | −0.1% | #155 of 387 |
| Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA | 51 | 57 | 4.4 | $1.8M | +2.3% | #184 of 387 |
| 4Richmond, VA | 46 | 345 | 6.5 | $1.5M | +5.5% | #231 of 387 |
| 5Lynchburg, VA | 44 | 65 | 6.3 | $1.3M | +2.9% | #251 of 387 |
| 6Winchester, VA-WV | 43 | 37 | 6.7 | $1.4M | +6.5% | #259 of 387 |
| 7Harrisonburg, VA | 41 | 24 | 4.8 | $1.8M | +3.5% | #275 of 387 |
| 8Roanoke, VA | 31 | 79 | 6.0 | $1.4M | +0.4% | #351 of 387 |
Other business types in the Harrisonburg metro area
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 spas52
- Hair salons64
- Barbershops37
- Nail salons41
- 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 the Harrisonburg, VA metro area?
The Harrisonburg metro area has 24 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. 8 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023. Another 75 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Harrisonburg, VA metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $44.3M a year, or $885 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 24 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 50,046 households in the Harrisonburg metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Harrisonburg, VA metro area compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
The Harrisonburg metro area has 4.8 nail salons per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.8M, 10% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, the Harrisonburg metro area would have about 27, against 24 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,336 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S.
How fast is the Harrisonburg, VA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Harrisonburg metro area at 140,155 people in 2025, up 3.5% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 50,046 households. The median household income in the Harrisonburg metro area is $75,065 a year, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.9% 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. The Harrisonburg metro area scores 41 for nail salons (lower middle), #275 of 387 scored metro areas.
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