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Nail salons in Grant County, WV

The nail salons in Grant County, WV, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.

Listings
2
1 chain location (50%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$3.4M
On personal care products and services · $775 a household
Spending per listing
$1.7M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
4.6
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
11,041
+0.4% 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 Grant County comes to about $3.4M a year: $775 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. Spread across 2 nail salons, that is $1.7M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.

Grant County has 2 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. That is 4.6 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for nail salons in Grant County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts also show 8 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show Grant County grew 0.4% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 nail salons on map listings, Grant County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Grant County 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.

Nail salons in Grant County, WV compared with West Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureGrant CountyWest VirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.64.16.0
Spending per listing$1.7M$2M$1.7M
Households per official establishmentn/a13,2483,754
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+77.4%+23.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.4%−1.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$775$802$1,005
Median household income$62,361$59,608$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored40

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
8Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
21 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2The 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 Grant County, 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 Grant County

Population, 2025 estimate
11,041+0.4% since 2020
Households
4,393
Median age
47.7
Homes lived in by their owners
81%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
477 sq. mi.
People per square mile
23
Median household income
$62,361+47.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$73,987
Median home value
$175,100
Jobs located here
3,871
Daytime population
9,747Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Nail salons across West Virginia

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The highest-scoring counties in West Virginia for nail salons, numbered among those based in West Virginia, with Grant County marked.

Top counties in West Virginia

Counties in West Virginia ranked for nail salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Jefferson County, WV8283.5$2.9M+9.2%#30 of 1,328
2Berkeley County, WV70214.1$2.2M+13.7%#152 of 1,328
3Monongalia County, WV47327.2$1.2M+2.0%#790 of 1,328
4Ohio County, WV4084.4$1.9M−4.4%#946 of 1,328
5Marion County, WV39104.3$1.9M−1.2%#963 of 1,328
6Mercer County, WV3883.3$2.3M−3.4%#979 of 1,328
7Kanawha County, WV37395.1$1.6M−4.3%#1,004 of 1,328
8Putnam County, WV36146.0$1.6M−1.0%#1,023 of 1,328
9Cabell County, WV31266.6$1.2M−3.2%#1,129 of 1,328
10Raleigh County, WV30165.5$1.3M−3.5%#1,140 of 1,328
Grant County, WVNot scored24.6$1.7M+0.4%

Other business types in Grant County

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

Questions

How many nail salons are in Grant County, WV?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 nail salons in Grant County. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in Grant County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 8 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Grant County, WV spend on personal care products and services?

About $3.4M a year, or $775 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.7M 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 4,393 households in Grant County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Grant County, WV compare with the U.S. for nail salons?

Grant County has 2 nail salons on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending.

How fast is Grant County, WV growing?

Population estimates put Grant County at 11,041 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,393 households. Median household income in Grant County is $62,361, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 47.7%, 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. Grant County has no market score for nail salons: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Grant County. It maps the nail salons on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.

How the score works · Top markets for nail salons · All 56 business types in Grant County

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