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Nail salons in the Winchester, VA-WV metro area

The nail salons in the Winchester, VA-WV metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #259 of 387 scored metro areas
#6 of 9 scored metro areas based in Virginia

Listings
37
15 chain locations (41%)
Official establishments
15
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$53.2M
On personal care products and services · $958 a household
Spending per listing
$1.4M
14% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.7
12% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
152,332
+6.5% 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

Household spending on personal care products and services in the Winchester metro area comes to about $53.2M a year: $958 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.4M of household spending for each salon on map listings, 14% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.

The Winchester metro area has 37 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 15 are chain locations, or 41%, against 27% across the U.S. That is 6.7 per 10,000 households, 12% above the U.S. rate of 6.0.

Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in the Winchester metro area in 2023. That is one for every 3,701 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Official counts also show 118 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $318K have gone to businesses classed as nail salons in the Winchester metro area.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Winchester metro area grew 6.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Winchester metro area scores 43 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for nail salons, ranking #259 of 387 scored metro areas and #6 of 9 scored metro areas based in Virginia.

How the Winchester 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.

Nail salons in Winchester, VA-WV metro area compared with Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureWinchester metro areaVirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.76.06.0
Spending per listing$1.4M$1.7M$1.7M
Households per official establishment3,7013,6193,754
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+28.3%+23.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.5%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$958$1,023$1,005
Median household income$84,298$93,170$80,734
Groundwork market score4344

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
15
Employees, 2023
47
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
118Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
3715 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
32The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$318K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as nail salons in the Winchester 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 Winchester metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
152,332+6.5% since 2020
Households
55,520
Median age
42.2
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
1,063 sq. mi.
People per square mile
138
Median household income
$84,298+25.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$109,182
Median home value
$355,400
Jobs located here
64,511
Daytime population
143,084Residents 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 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 Winchester metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Virginia

Metro areas in Virginia ranked for nail salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Charlottesville, VA62414.5$2.3M+3.1%#84 of 387
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV561,4526.1$1.9M+3.3%#138 of 387
2Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA55265.0$1.7M+3.2%#147 of 387
3Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA54273.8$2.2M−0.1%#155 of 387
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA51574.4$1.8M+2.3%#184 of 387
4Richmond, VA463456.5$1.5M+5.5%#231 of 387
5Lynchburg, VA44656.3$1.3M+2.9%#251 of 387
6Winchester, VA-WV43376.7$1.4M+6.5%#259 of 387
7Harrisonburg, VA41244.8$1.8M+3.5%#275 of 387
8Roanoke, VA31796.0$1.4M+0.4%#351 of 387

Other business types in the Winchester metro area

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

Questions

How many nail salons are in the Winchester, VA-WV metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 37 nail salons in the Winchester metro area. 15 of them (41%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023. Another 118 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in the Winchester, VA-WV metro area spend on personal care products and services?

About $53.2M a year, or $958 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 37 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.4M 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 55,520 households in the Winchester metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Winchester, VA-WV metro area compare with the U.S. for nail salons?

The Winchester metro area has 6.7 nail salons per 10,000 households, 12% above the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.4M, 14% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, the Winchester metro area would have about 32, against 37 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,701 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S.

How fast is the Winchester, VA-WV metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Winchester metro area at 152,332 people in 2025, up 6.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 55,520 households. Median household income in the Winchester metro area is $84,298, 4% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.7%, 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 Winchester metro area scores 43 for nail salons (lower middle), #259 of 387 scored metro areas.

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