Charleston, SC · Nail Salons

Nail Salons in Charleston, by the numbers.

The Census Bureau counted 74 nail salons in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area in 2023, employing 236 people with $8.8 million in annual payroll.

The local market.

Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.

Businesses

74

72nd most of 361 US metro areas

People employed

236

3.2 per business, against 4.4 across all metros

Annual payroll

$8.8 million

$37,407 per employee

Fewer than 10 employees

92%

of businesses, against 89% across all metros

Change since 2022

-6.3%

in the number of businesses (79 in 2022)

What the numbers say about Charleston.

  • Charleston ranks 72nd of 361 US metro areas by number of nail salons.
  • Businesses here run smaller than average: 3.2 employees each, against 4.4 across all metros.
  • Pay runs above the metro average: $37,407 per employee a year, against $26,291.
  • The count fell by 5 businesses since 2022.

How VERA helps nail salons in Charleston.

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Questions

Nail Salons in Charleston

How many nail salons are there in Charleston?

74 in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 236 people and paid $8.8 million in annual payroll.

Is the Charleston market for nail salons growing?

By number of businesses it shrank between 2022 and 2023: from 79 to 74 (-6.3%).

What does VERA do for nail salons in Charleston?

VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Charleston business runs on, and waits for the owner's approval before anything goes out. It is the same software everywhere; this page adds the local numbers.

Nail Salons in other markets

Other Charleston markets

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 and 2022, metropolitan statistical areas. The Bureau adds a small amount of noise to these figures to protect individual businesses. The category counted is nail salons, which can be broader or narrower than the trade itself. About the data.

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