Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Florida
Hair salons in the Port St. Lucie, FL metro area
How the Port St. Lucie, FL metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for hair salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 39 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #306 of 387 scored metro areas
#13 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida
- Listings
- 517
- 73 chain locations (14%)
- Official establishments
- 159
- +13.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $185.1M
- On personal care products and services · $902 a household
- Spending per listing
- $358K
- 17% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 25.2
- 8% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 568,721
- +16.0% since 2020
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What this means
The Port St. Lucie metro area scores 39 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #306 of 387 scored metro areas and #13 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 517 hair salons in the Port St. Lucie metro area. Of those, 73 are chain locations, or 14%, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 25.2, 8% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
At $902 per household (10% below the U.S. average), households in the Port St. Lucie metro area spend about $185.1M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $358K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 17% below the U.S. figure of $430K. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which hair salons share with other businesses in the trade.
Official counts show 159 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in the Port St. Lucie metro area in 2023, up 13.6% from 2019. That is one for every 1,291 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $672K have gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in the Port St. Lucie metro area. Population estimates put the population change in the Port St. Lucie metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +16.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Port St. Lucie metro area compares
The same measures for Florida and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all personal care products and services by the hair 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.
| Measure | Port St. Lucie metro area | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 25.2 | 27.3 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $358K | $333K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,291 | 1,162 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +13.6% | +15.0% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +16.0% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $902 | $911 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $74,514 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 39 | 27 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 159+13.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 559
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $17.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 1,522Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 51773 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 430The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 5
- Amount
- $672K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in the Port St. Lucie metro area, 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 the Port St. Lucie metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 568,721+16.0% since 2020
- Households
- 205,254
- Median age
- 47.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,116 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 468
- Median household income
- $74,514+35.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $102,666
- Median home value
- $364,900
- Jobs located here
- 168,499
- Daytime population
- 477,683Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Florida market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Florida for hair salons, numbered among those based in Florida, with the Port St. Lucie metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wildwood-The Villages, FL | 84 | 66 | 9.4 | $953K | +21.1% | #2 of 387 |
| 2Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | 61 | 533 | 18.4 | $456K | +19.8% | #94 of 387 |
| 3Gainesville, FL | 45 | 296 | 20.8 | $403K | +5.4% | #234 of 387 |
| 4Ocala, FL | 45 | 336 | 20.4 | $392K | +17.3% | #237 of 387 |
| 5Punta Gorda, FL | 45 | 206 | 22.8 | $379K | +15.5% | #239 of 387 |
| 6Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL | 43 | 494 | 24.5 | $368K | +6.5% | #257 of 387 |
| 7Sebring, FL | 43 | 109 | 23.3 | $327K | +9.7% | #261 of 387 |
| 8Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL | 43 | 238 | 27.0 | $325K | +15.7% | #262 of 387 |
| 9North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL | 42 | 958 | 24.6 | $386K | +13.2% | #269 of 387 |
| 10Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL | 41 | 675 | 22.9 | $380K | +11.2% | #285 of 387 |
| 13Port St. Lucie, FL | 39 | 517 | 25.2 | $358K | +16.0% | #306 of 387 |
Other business types in the Port St. Lucie metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
- Salons, barbers and spas38
- Hair salons39
- Barbershops39
- Nail salons46
- Spas and skin care39
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in the Port St. Lucie, FL metro area?
There are 517 hair salons on map listings in the Port St. Lucie metro area as of September 2026. 73 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 159 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, up 13.6% from 2019. Official counts list 1,522 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Port St. Lucie, FL metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $185.1M a year, or $902 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 517 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $358K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 205,254 households in the Port St. Lucie metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Port St. Lucie, FL metro area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
The Port St. Lucie metro area has 25.2 hair salons per 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $358K, 17% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, the Port St. Lucie metro area would have about 430, against 517 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,291 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count rose 13.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Port St. Lucie, FL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Port St. Lucie metro area at 568,721 people in 2025, up 16.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 205,254 households. The median household income in the Port St. Lucie metro area is $74,514 a year, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 35.1% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. The Port St. Lucie metro area scores 39 for hair salons (lower middle), #306 of 387 scored metro areas.
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