For most nail salon profiles the best primary category is Nail salon — use it when: manicures, pedicures, gel and acrylics. Beauty profiles often over-add categories for one-off services. If a treatment is a small share of bookings, list it as a service instead of a category.
Open the free tool for a nail salon → tick what you really offer and get a copy-ready setup sheet
Primary category
- Nail salon — Manicures, pedicures, gel and acrylics who else uses it
Secondary (additional) categories
Add one only if the condition is genuinely true at this location. Fewer, accurate categories beat a full list of nine.
- Waxing hair removal service — only if: waxing services who else uses it
- Eyelash salon — only if: eyelash extensions who else uses it
- Facial spa — only if: facials who else uses it
Categories to avoid
These are often added to nail salon profiles but usually describe a different or broader business:
- Beauty supply store
- Podiatrist
Address or service area?
Usually a storefront: show the full address exactly as it appears on your signage, and keep it identical on Google, Apple Business Connect, Bing Places and your website. Service-area vs storefront rules.
Starter services to add
Categories say what you are; services say what you do. Good first entries:
- Gel manicure
- Spa pedicure
- Acrylic full set
Check before you change anything
Search “nail salon” on Google Maps in your own area, open the top few profiles and note their primary category (shown under the business name). Use what's common as a sanity check, not a template — your categories must describe your business. Ready to switch? How to change your category safely.
Profile problems?
Suspended, stuck in verification, or not showing on Maps? See the free fix guides: suspended profile · verification failed · not on Maps · name rules.