1.8× The typical nail salon or beauty studio for sale in the US asks 1.8 times its yearly cash flow.
We read 639 nail salons and beauty studios listed for sale on a major online marketplace and compared each asking price with the cash flow its seller reported.
The findings in eight sentences.
- The middle half of nail salons and beauty studios ask between 1.1 and 2.7 times their yearly cash flow.
- Nail salons and beauty studios ask less than the typical business for sale, which asks 2.6 times.
- The typical asking price for a nail salon or beauty studio is $179,000.
- Measured against revenue, the typical nail salon or beauty studio asks 0.5 times its yearly sales.
- 12% of nail salons and beauty studios for sale offer seller financing, against 22% overall.
- 28% of owners who say why they're selling are retiring.
- 16% of nail salons and beauty studios for sale show no revenue, cash flow or EBITDA, against 18% overall.
- 14% of the nail salons and beauty studios for sale are listed in New York, 13% in Texas and 10% in Arizona.
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Of the health, beauty and fitness industries, nail salons and beauty studios ask less than most.
Home health and senior care agencies and pharmacies ask the most, 3.0 times their yearly cash flow, and assisted living and care homes the least, 1.4 times.
- Home health and senior care agencies: median 3.0×, middle half from 2.0× to 4.0×
- Pharmacies: median 3.0×, middle half from 2.2× to 4.8×
- Gyms, fitness studios and spas: median 2.7×, middle half from 2.0× to 3.5×
- Medical practices: median 2.6×, middle half from 1.9× to 3.6×
- Hair salons and barbershops: median 2.0×, middle half from 1.4× to 3.0×
- Chiropractic practices: median 1.8×, middle half from 1.6× to 2.6×
- Nail salons and beauty studios: median 1.8×, middle half from 1.1× to 2.7×
- Assisted living and care homes: median 1.4×, middle half from 1.0× to 2.8×
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In 2019, before ChatGPT, the median asking multiple for nail salons and beauty studios was 1.9× cash flow. Measured the same way today, it is down 5%. How every industry moved since
57% of nail salons and beauty studios ask less than two times their yearly cash flow.
33% ask between two and four, and 10% more than four.
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Nail salons and beauty studios ask 1.4 to 2.1 times at each size.
The typical ask is 2.0 times below $100,000 of yearly cash flow, 1.4 times at $100,000 to $250,000 and 2.1 times at $250,000 to $500,000.
- Under $100k: median 2.0×, middle half from 1.1× to 2.9×
- $100k to $250k: median 1.4×, middle half from 1.1× to 2.2×
- $250k to $500k: median 2.1×, middle half from 1.4× to 3.0×
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What nail salons and beauty studios for sale say they run on.
15% of nail salons and beauty studios for sale say what they run on, and 70% of those name scheduling, dispatch or industry software. 5% of nail salons and beauty studios for sale pitch technology as a way to grow.
- Scheduling, dispatch or industry software: 70%
- Point-of-sale or payment system: 47%
- Online booking, ordering or store: 39%
- Accounting or payroll software: 1%
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Each bar is a share of the listings that say what they run on. A listing can name several.
What a nail salon or beauty studio like yours would ask.
The middle half of similar listings ask
$116,000 to $240,000
The typical one asks $153,000, 1.4× its yearly cash flow.
Based on nail salons and beauty studios with $100k to $250k of yearly cash flow. These are asking prices, not sale prices or appraisals.
After the close.
We write the software a newly bought business runs on, one process at a time, such as quoting, scheduling or billing, and the new owner keeps the code. How we work with buyers and operating partners.
The data.
We read the listings on September 24, 2026, and their full details from September 25 to 30, 2026.
Questions
What multiple of cash flow do nail salons and beauty studios sell for?
Nail salons and beauty studios listed for sale in the US ask a median 1.8 times their yearly cash flow (seller's discretionary earnings), and the middle half ask between 1.1 and 2.7 times. Sale prices usually come in lower.
How much does it cost to buy a nail salon or beauty studio?
The typical nail salon or beauty studio for sale asks $179,000, and the middle half ask between $110,000 and $299,000. Sale prices usually come in lower.
How many nail salons and beauty studios for sale offer seller financing?
12% of nail salons and beauty studios for sale offer seller financing, against 22% overall.
What multiple of revenue do nail salons and beauty studios ask?
The typical nail salon or beauty studio for sale asks 0.5 times its yearly sales, and the middle half ask between 0.3 and 0.7 times.
What software do nail salons and beauty studios use?
15% of nail salons and beauty studios for sale say in their listing what they run on. Of those, 70% name scheduling, dispatch or industry software, 47% a point-of-sale or payment system, 39% online booking, ordering or an online store and 1% accounting or payroll software.
Why are nail salons and beauty studios for sale?
28% of owners who give a reason are retiring. 27% are moving on to other businesses or interests, and 21% are relocating.
How we did it
We read every listing on a major US online marketplace for businesses for sale on September 24, 2026, and went back to each one from September 25 to 30, 2026 for its full details. This page covers the 639 established nail salons and beauty studios among them. 417 show both an asking price and a cash flow, and 413 of those are left after the exclusions below.
Older listings use a flat list of named categories, and newer ones a two-level list whose subcategories have no names. A listing without its own photo shows its category's default photo. Each default photo almost always shows up in a single newer subcategory, so each named category joins the subcategory where its photo appears. Listings filed as nail salons, massage and tanning salons are on this page.
A multiple is the asking price divided by the seller's discretionary earnings the listing reports. We left out multiples below 0.3 or above 20, and listings whose price includes the property. Prices and cash flows on this page come from the listings with a multiple. These are asking prices, and a business usually sells for less than it asks. The full method.
The section on what nail salons and beauty studios run on counts what listings say. A page has it when at least 30 of its listings say what they run on.
Cite this page
Fulkerson Advisors (2026). What nail salons and beauty studios for sale ask. From What Small Businesses for Sale Ask: 39,587 US Listings, September 2026. https://www.fulkersonadvisors.com/research/small-business-multiples/nail-salons-beauty-studios
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