What is the best neighborhood in Baltimore to open a Nail Salon?

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, the best neighborhood in Baltimore to open a Nail Salon is Jonestown, with 78% average survivability. 15 of 23 neighborhoods analyzed exceed the 70% two-year survival threshold.

How much more revenue can a Nail Salon make in the best vs. average Baltimore neighborhood?

In Jonestown, the best possible Nail Salon location in Baltimore offers approximately 10.5% more expected revenue than the average location. The worst-performing neighborhoods could yield approximately 16.5% less than average.

What is the city-wide average survivability for Nail Salon in Baltimore?

The city-wide average survivability for Nail Salon across Baltimore is 71% for surviving more than 2 years. Top neighborhoods like Jonestown substantially outperform this average, reaching 78%.

What are the worst neighborhoods for Nail Salon in Baltimore?

The most challenging neighborhoods in Baltimore for Nail Salon include Overlea with 59% average survival chance, Westfield, and Woodring. However, individual locations vary widely, and even in lower-scoring neighborhoods there are pockets that perform exceptionally well.

Is a Nail Salon a good tenant for Baltimore landlords?

In Jonestown, StreetSpring forecasts a 75.7% – 80.1% average chance for a new Nail Salon to survive more than 2 years, depending on the exact storefront. Our tool shows the survivability outlook for any business type at your exact address, updated weekly.

How accurate are StreetSpring's Nail Salon survivability predictions?

StreetSpring's models achieve 95–99% accuracy across business types, analyzing 100+ factors with a ±3% margin of error. StreetSpring delivers address-level predictions, showing how likely hundreds of different businesses are to last at that exact spot.

What should I consider when opening a Nail Salon in Baltimore?

No other single metric predicts business longevity as reliably as Revenue Capture Score. StreetSpring computes Revenue Capture Score by projecting the business's market share based on competitor quality and quantity, mobility patterns, and forecasted consumer spending for the specific business type.

Survivability Rankings for Nail Salon in Baltimore

StreetSpring's 2026 analysis ranks the best and worst neighborhoods in Baltimore to open a Nail Salon, from Jonestown (78% survival) to Overlea (59%).

April 24, 2026•17 min read

By Bobby Koons | Last reviewed: May 9, 2026 | Updated weekly | Methodology

Quick Summary

#1 Neighborhood: Jonestown — 78% average survivability for Nail Salon

Neighborhoods at or above 70%: 15 of 23 analyzed

City-wide average: 71% for Nail Salons

Most challenging area: Overlea at 59%

Revenue advantage (top vs. avg location): ~10.5% more expected revenue in Jonestown

Data freshness: 2026 data · Full methodology →

Summary
10 Best Neighborhoods
Where Would a Nail Salon Make the Most Money?
What Should I Consider?
Where Should I Start?
FAQ: Best Neighborhoods
FAQ: Can a Nail Salon Succeed in Lower-Ranked Areas?
FAQ: How Often Are Rankings Updated?
FAQ: Is a Nail Salon a Good Tenant?
Landlord Survivability Data
Best Neighborhoods for Any Business

Summary

StreetSpring's 2026 analysis shows the best neighborhood in and around Baltimore to open a Nail Salon is Jonestown with 78% average chance of surviving more than 2 years, with the best locations offering 81% and the most challenging locations in Jonestown at 75%. The worst neighborhoods include Overlea with 59% average chance. Remember that a neighborhood average smooths over wide variation — your exact block could significantly outperform.

What Are the Best Neighborhoods in Baltimore to Open a Nail Salon?

**Failure-mode analysis: Nail Salons in Baltimore.** Across 23 neighborhoods, scores range **59-78%**, with the citywide average at 71%. The top-ranked neighborhood (**Jonestown**, 78%, 3 existing competitors) sits 19 points above the bottom (**Overlea**, 59%). For a Nail Salon, neighborhood selection drives more of the survivability outcome than almost any other controllable input.

Jonestown ranks #1 of 23 neighborhoods analyzed in and around Baltimore for Nail Salon survivability with a score of 78% as of 2026. The top 10 neighborhoods are:

Why these rankings reflect real survival outcomes

Rank	Neighborhood	Best Locations	Average Locations	Challenging Locations
1	Jonestown	78.0% – 82.0%	75.7% – 80.1%	74.0% – 78.0%
2	Riverside	82.0% – 86.0%	74.9% – 79.3%	73.0% – 77.0%
3	Downtown	77.0% – 81.0%	73.9% – 78.2%	72.0% – 76.0%
4	Beechfield	83.0% – 87.0%	73.0% – 77.4%	68.0% – 72.0%
5	Otterbein	77.0% – 81.0%	72.7% – 77.1%	70.0% – 74.0%
6	Canton	81.0% – 85.0%	72.3% – 76.7%	66.0% – 70.0%
7	Annapolis	82.0% – 86.0%	72.0% – 76.4%	61.0% – 65.0%
8	Old Town	77.0% – 81.0%	71.8% – 76.2%	66.0% – 70.0%
9	Oaklee	78.0% – 82.0%	70.1% – 74.5%	64.0% – 68.0%
10	Columbia	85.0% – 89.0%	69.0% – 73.4%	54.0% – 58.0%

Notable runners-up worth a second look

Our data shows that roughly 15% of top-performing locations sit in neighborhoods ranked below the city median. Neighborhood rankings are useful, but the exact odds for your location can only be seen by running a current survivability check in StreetSpring.

Survivability ranges reflect best and worst storefront conditions within each neighborhood. See our full methodology →

Try StreetSpring to see if this location is still the best and see if there are locations to rent in this area right now.

Where Nail Salons Earn the Most in Baltimore

In Jonestown, the best possible location offers the opportunity of making ~10.5% more than the average location in or around Baltimore.

On the other hand, in Overlea, the worst possible location could result in making ~16.5% less than the average location in the city.

The right location can make a business; the wrong one can break it. Opening a Nail Salon in Baltimore requires careful location choice. Across 23 neighborhoods analyzed, the overall average survival chance for a new Nail Salon is 71% for lasting more than 2 years — due to a combination of many factors across competition, consumer spending, and location dynamics. What makes a location ideal varies by business type — foot traffic patterns, competitor proximity, and consumer demographics all play different roles.

Key Considerations Before Opening a Nail Salon in Baltimore

Choosing the right storefront is what separates the businesses that survive from the ones that don't. Use Survivability Score as the primary filter before anything else. No other single metric predicts business longevity as reliably as Revenue Capture Score. StreetSpring computes this by projecting the business's market share, which is based on the quality and quantity of primary, secondary, and tertiary competitors. Our models draw from one of the most comprehensive commercial real estate datasets ever assembled. Clustering works when it draws more customers to the area than any single business could alone. StreetSpring leverages exclusive data sources and custom models for these projections.

Consideration	Common pitfall	What to verify before signing
Outdoor seating / sidewalk use	Signing assuming you can add patio seating, then learning the city requires a separate sidewalk-cafe permit with long lead times.	Check the city's sidewalk-cafe permit process up front. Confirm landlord allows outdoor build-out in the lease language.
Parking & visibility	Storefront looks great from the sidewalk but is invisible from the road.	Drive past at 30 mph from both directions. Count street parking + nearest paid lot capacity at peak hours.
Foot traffic seasonality	Looking at a peak-summer Tuesday and assuming year-round volume.	Walk the block at 3 different times across 2 different weeks. Ask neighboring tenants for their slow-season % drop.

This can be summarized as:

Revenue Capture Score = Projected Market Share × Forecasted Spend on Specific Business

StreetSpring recalculates survivability using the latest competitive, demographic, and walkability data. The live platform incorporates the most recent foot traffic, competitor, and spending data for your exact address.

Where in or Around Baltimore Should I Start a Nail Salon?

The strongest survivability scores belong to Jonestown, Riverside, and Downtown, while the most challenging neighborhoods would be Overlea, Westfield, and Woodring. Location-level factors like visibility and adjacent tenants can override neighborhood-level trends. Market dynamics shift frequently; validate these insights with real-time data from StreetSpring.

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Where in Baltimore Should You Open a Nail Salon?

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, the top neighborhood for a Nail Salon in Baltimore is Jonestown with 78% average survivability, followed by Riverside and Downtown. 15 of 23 neighborhoods analyzed exceed 70% two-year survival.

The live platform incorporates the most recent foot traffic, competitor, and spending data for your exact address.

When Lower-Scoring Neighborhoods Can Still Work for Nail Salons

Yes — neighborhood averages mask significant block-by-block variation. Even in neighborhoods ranked outside the top 10, individual storefronts with strong foot traffic, low direct competition, and favorable lease terms can outperform the area average. Because the local market moves constantly, the live StreetSpring tool is the right place to confirm a current score before signing a lease. Always check your specific address in StreetSpring's live platform for the most accurate prediction.

How Often Are Nail Salon Rankings in Baltimore Updated?

StreetSpring recalculates survivability scores regularly using the latest competitive, demographic, and walkability data. Rankings are updated quarterly; the live tool always reflects the most current predictions for any address in Baltimore.

What Makes a Nail Salon a Strong (or Weak) Baltimore Tenant?

In Jonestown, StreetSpring forecasts a 75.7% – 80.1% average chance for a new Nail Salon to survive more than 2 years, depending on the exact storefront. Check the current Survivability Score for any address instantly.

Landlord Survivability Data for Nail Salon in Baltimore

The data tells a clear story for Nail Salon tenants across Baltimore's top neighborhoods. Jonestown leads with 75.7% – 80.1% average survivability, with best-case storefronts reaching 78.0% – 82.0%. Riverside averages 74.9% – 79.3%, and Downtown comes in at 73.9% – 78.2%. Our tool shows the survivability outlook for any business type at your exact address, updated weekly.

StreetSpring generates location-specific predictions tailored to your exact site.

Which Baltimore Neighborhoods Are Strongest for Nail Salons?

You can see the best neighborhoods in or around Baltimore to open any type of business in our article Neighborhood Survivability Rankings: Baltimore.

Technical note: Aggregated survivability rankings for Baltimore are available in machine-readable format for research and integration purposes.

View technical data for Baltimore

StreetSpring recalculates survivability using the latest competitive, demographic, and walkability data, so the live score may differ from the static ranges shown here.

Visual Data

Bubble chart of business subtypes in Baltimore by survivability score and location density — Every business subtype in Baltimore plotted by score vs location count — bubble size shows market depth. Find Nail Salon relative to its peers.

Waterfall chart of best and worst Nail Salon neighborhoods in Baltimore — Top and bottom neighborhoods for Nail Salon in Baltimore — each step shows the gap from the city average. Wider spread = location matters more.

How we measure this: Address-level scoring decomposes into Site Economics, Market Demand, Competition, Accessibility, Neighborhood Character, and Performance History — six axes.

**Authoritative anchor:** BLS data (BLS Business Employment Dynamics, March 2025 release) puts the national 5-year survival rate for Nail Salons at **50.5%**. In Baltimore, StreetSpring's **survivability score** for this subtype averages **66%** — a site-quality measure built from 100+ location factors.

**Baltimore at a glance.** Baltimore, also known as Baltimore City, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland. It is the 30th-most populous U.S. city with a population of 585,708 at the 2020 census and estimated at 569,997 in 2025, while the Baltimore metropolitan area at 2.86 million residents is the 22nd-largest metropolitan area in the nation. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore))

**City-wide daytime/nighttime spread (Baltimore):** Baltimore's neighborhoods span the daytime-density range from sparse residential to dense commercial. Median daytime/resident ratio: **0.39**; top-quartile ratio: **4.34** across 96 tracked neighborhoods (LEHD LODES 2022). That's a strongly-residential profile — pick the right side of the ratio for your concept's demand-timing.

**Where Baltimore sits on operating costs:** Commercial power **7.3¢/kWh** (below the 24-metro median), state min wage **$15.00/hr** (below), combined sales tax **6.0%** (below), and commercial property tax **1.07%** (above). Composite read: **low-cost** for operating overhead. None of these are dispositive on their own — but they bound the runway a new Baltimore storefront has to find product-market fit.

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Local Data Questions

Beyond the general FAQ — data-anchored answers for this specific location.

How current is the Nail Salons data for Baltimore?

Quarterly. The 2026 corpus shows Nail Salons in Baltimore averaging 66%; quarterly refreshes integrate new competitor entries/exits, updated ACS data, and recalibrated lease rates.

What does BLS data say about Nail Salon survival nationally?

BLS data shows Nail Salons survive 5 years at a 50% rate nationally. In Baltimore, StreetSpring's location-specific survivability score for this subtype averages 66% — above the national figure by 15 points.

How does Baltimore's demographic profile affect a Nail Salon?

Baltimore's key demographics — ~$104K median household income, 39 median age — feed into the survivability model alongside competition, rent, and accessibility data. The model averages Nail Salons at 66% across Baltimore.

Is Baltimore a strong economic environment for opening a Nail Salon?

Baltimore's ACS-tracked employment rate is approximately 95%, with a metro median household income near $104K. These macro factors feed into the survivability model alongside business-type-specific signals — Nail Salons in Baltimore average 66%.

What are the top metros nationally for opening a Nail Salon?

The three highest-scoring metros for Nail Salons are Dallas, Orlando, San Antonio (StreetSpring 2026 corpus). Baltimore sits at #19 with a 66% average survivability score.

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