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Nail salons in Lewis County, WV

The nail salons in Lewis 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 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$5.6M
On personal care products and services · $797 a household
Spending per listing
$5.6M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
1.4
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
16,394
−3.7% 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 Lewis County comes to about $5.6M a year: $797 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. That works out to $5.6M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.

Lewis County has 1 nail salon on map listings as of September 2026. That is 1.4 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for nail salons in Lewis County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts also show 5 one-person businesses without payroll.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Lewis County declined 3.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 nail salon on map listings, Lewis County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Lewis 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 Lewis County, WV compared with West Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureLewis CountyWest VirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.44.16.0
Spending per listing$5.6M$2M$1.7M
Households per official establishmentn/a13,2483,754
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+77.4%+23.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.7%−1.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$797$802$1,005
Median household income$56,477$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
5Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
10 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 Lewis 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 Lewis County

Population, 2025 estimate
16,394−3.7% since 2020
Households
6,967
Median age
42.1
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
387 sq. mi.
People per square mile
43
Median household income
$56,477+41.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$80,876
Median home value
$151,800
Jobs located here
6,049
Daytime population
15,995Residents 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 Lewis 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
Lewis County, WVNot scored11.4$5.6M−3.7%

Other business types in Lewis County

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

Questions

How many nail salons are in Lewis County, WV?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 nail salon in Lewis County. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in Lewis County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 5 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $5.6M a year, or $797 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 nail salon on map listings, it comes to $5.6M 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 6,967 households in Lewis County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Lewis County has 1 nail salon on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, Lewis County would have about 3, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is Lewis County, WV growing?

Population estimates put Lewis County at 16,394 people in 2025, down 3.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,967 households. Median household income in Lewis County is $56,477, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 41.5%, 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. Lewis County has no market score for nail salons: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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

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