Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · West Virginia
Nail salons in the Fairmont, WV area
How the Fairmont, WV 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 42 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #251 of 387 scored small-town markets
#1 of 4 scored small-town markets based in West Virginia
- Listings
- 10
- 7 chain locations (70%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $19.4M
- On personal care products and services · $831 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.9M
- 16% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.3
- 28% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 55,584
- −1.2% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 10 nail salons in the Fairmont area. Chain locations make up 70% of them, against 27% across the U.S. That is 4.3 per 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.
Households in the Fairmont area spend about $19.4M a year on personal care products and services, or $831 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. Spread across 10 nail salons, that is $1.9M per salon, 16% 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in the Fairmont area: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 17 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Fairmont area declined 1.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Fairmont area scores 42 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for nail salons, ranking #251 of 387 scored small-town markets and #1 of 4 scored small-town markets based in West Virginia.
How the Fairmont area compares
The same measures for West 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 | Fairmont area | West Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.3 | 4.1 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.9M | $2M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 13,248 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +77.4% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.2% | −1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $831 | $802 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $67,370 | $59,608 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 42 | 40 |
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
- 17Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 107 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The 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 Fairmont 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 Fairmont area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 55,584−1.2% since 2020
- Households
- 23,339
- Median age
- 41.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 309 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 181
- Median household income
- $67,370+33.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,263
- Median home value
- $166,700
- Jobs located here
- 18,773
- Daytime population
- 50,587Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every West Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in West Virginia for nail salons, numbered among those based in West Virginia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Fairmont area marked.
Top small-town markets in West Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cumberland, MD-WV | 44 | 16 | 4.2 | $1.9M | −1.3% | #239 of 387 |
| 1Fairmont, WV | 42 | 10 | 4.3 | $1.9M | −1.2% | #251 of 387 |
| 2Clarksburg, WV | 31 | 19 | 5.4 | $1.5M | −2.4% | #319 of 387 |
| 3Bluefield, WV-VA | 25 | 17 | 4.2 | $1.8M | −3.8% | #339 of 387 |
| 4Elkins, WV | 8 | 9 | 8.4 | $910K | −3.6% | #382 of 387 |
Other business types in the Fairmont 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 spas41
- Hair salons40
- Barbershops54
- Nail salons42
- Spas and skin care40
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in the Fairmont, WV area?
The Fairmont area has 10 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. 7 of them (70%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in the Fairmont area: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 17 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Fairmont, WV area spend on personal care products and services?
About $19.4M a year, or $831 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.9M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 23,339 households in the Fairmont area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Fairmont, WV area compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
The Fairmont area has 4.3 nail salons per 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.9M, 16% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, the Fairmont area would have about 12, against 10 on map listings.
How fast is the Fairmont, WV area growing?
Population estimates put the Fairmont area at 55,584 people in 2025, down 1.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 23,339 households. The median household income in the Fairmont area is $67,370 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.9% 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 Fairmont area scores 42 for nail salons (lower middle), #251 of 387 scored small-town markets.
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