Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Washington
Nail salons in the Centralia, WA area
How the Centralia, WA area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for nail salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #154 of 387 scored small-town markets
#7 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Washington
- Listings
- 15
- 7 chain locations (47%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $31.5M
- On personal care products and services · $958 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.1M
- 26% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.6
- 23% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 88,062
- +6.7% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 15 nail salons in the Centralia area. 7 of them (47%) are chain locations, against 27% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.6, 23% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.
At $958 per household (5% below the U.S. average), households in the Centralia area spend about $31.5M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 15 nail salons, that is $2.1M per salon, 26% 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 11 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in the Centralia area in 2023. That is one for every 2,992 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Another 10 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Centralia area grew 6.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For nail salons, the Centralia area has a Groundwork market score of 56 (upper middle): #154 of 387 scored small-town markets and #7 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Washington.
How the Centralia area compares
The same measures for Washington 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 | Centralia area | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.6 | 5.3 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $2.1M | $2.1M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,992 | 2,484 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.8% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.7% | +3.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $958 | $1,137 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $74,796 | $98,141 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 56 | 56 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11
- Employees, 2023
- 40
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 10Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 157 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 19The 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 the Centralia 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 Centralia area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 88,062+6.7% since 2020
- Households
- 32,916
- Median age
- 42.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 2,403 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 35
- Median household income
- $74,796+39.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,194
- Median home value
- $385,800
- Jobs located here
- 25,436
- Daytime population
- 72,396Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Washington
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Shelton, WA | 93 | 7 | 2.7 | $3.8M | +7.8% | #1 of 387 |
| 2Port Townsend, WA | 71 | 6 | 3.7 | $2.7M | +2.7% | #54 of 387 |
| 3Port Angeles, WA | 69 | 11 | 3.1 | $3M | +1.1% | #71 of 387 |
| 4Aberdeen, WA | 66 | 13 | 4.2 | $2.1M | +3.0% | #92 of 387 |
| 5Ellensburg, WA | 64 | 8 | 4.0 | $2.5M | +4.2% | #100 of 387 |
| 6Moses Lake, WA | 62 | 19 | 5.4 | $1.8M | +6.3% | #119 of 387 |
| 7Centralia, WA | 56 | 15 | 4.6 | $2.1M | +6.7% | #154 of 387 |
| 8Oak Harbor, WA | 50 | 17 | 4.7 | $2.3M | −1.5% | #207 of 387 |
Other business types in the Centralia 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 spas66
- Hair salons81
- Barbershops89
- Nail salons56
- Spas and skin care63
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in the Centralia, WA area?
There are 15 nail salons on map listings in the Centralia area as of September 2026. 7 of them (47%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023. Official counts list 10 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Centralia, WA area spend on personal care products and services?
About $31.5M 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 15 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $2.1M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 32,916 households in the Centralia area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Centralia, WA area compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
The Centralia area has 4.6 nail salons per 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $2.1M, 26% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, the Centralia area would have about 19, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,992 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S.
How fast is the Centralia, WA area growing?
Population estimates put the Centralia area at 88,062 people in 2025, up 6.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 32,916 households. The median household income in the Centralia area is $74,796 a year, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 39.9% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Centralia area scores 56 for nail salons (upper middle), #154 of 387 scored small-town markets.
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