Beauty and personal care · County · Florida
Nail salons in Escambia County, FL
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for nail salons in Escambia County, FL, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,076 of 1,328 scored counties
#44 of 51 scored counties in Florida
- Listings
- 111
- 33 chain locations (30%)
- Official establishments
- 27
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $110.6M
- On personal care products and services · $857 a household
- Spending per listing
- $997K
- 40% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.6
- 43% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 333,834
- +3.5% since 2020
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What this means
For nail salons, Escambia County has a Groundwork market score of 34 (lower middle): #1,076 of 1,328 scored counties and #44 of 51 scored counties in Florida. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 111 nail salons in Escambia County. Chain locations make up 30% of them, against 27% across the U.S. That is 8.6 per 10,000 households, 43% above the U.S. rate of 6.0.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Escambia County comes to about $110.6M a year: $857 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That is about $997K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 40% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which nail salons share with other businesses in the trade.
Official counts show 27 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in Escambia County in 2023. That is one for every 4,779 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Escambia County grew 3.5%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Escambia County 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 nail 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 | Escambia County | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.6 | 7.6 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $997K | $1.2M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,779 | 5,025 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +50.2% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.5% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $857 | $911 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $67,500 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 34 | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13 → 27
- Employees, 2023
- 52
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 701Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 11133 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 66The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as nail salons in Escambia County, 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 Escambia County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 333,834+3.5% since 2020
- Households
- 129,027
- Median age
- 39.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 657 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 496
- Median household income
- $67,500+32.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $90,802
- Median home value
- $257,200
- Jobs located here
- 160,136
- Daytime population
- 352,063Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sumter County, FL | 76 | 28 | 4.0 | $2.2M | +21.1% | #76 of 1,328 |
| 2Levy County, FL | 69 | 5 | 2.7 | $2.9M | +12.7% | #166 of 1,328 |
| 3Santa Rosa County, FL | 66 | 41 | 5.6 | $1.7M | +11.7% | #252 of 1,328 |
| 4Wakulla County, FL | 65 | 6 | 4.7 | $1.9M | +12.3% | #272 of 1,328 |
| 5Lake County, FL | 62 | 98 | 6.0 | $1.5M | +18.1% | #355 of 1,328 |
| 6Flagler County, FL | 60 | 37 | 7.0 | $1.3M | +21.0% | #409 of 1,328 |
| 7Citrus County, FL | 58 | 37 | 5.2 | $1.5M | +11.1% | #467 of 1,328 |
| 8Marion County, FL | 57 | 89 | 5.4 | $1.5M | +17.3% | #491 of 1,328 |
| 9Manatee County, FL | 57 | 119 | 6.7 | $1.4M | +16.6% | #492 of 1,328 |
| 10Brevard County, FL | 57 | 186 | 7.2 | $1.3M | +9.1% | #493 of 1,328 |
| 44Escambia County, FL | 34 | 111 | 8.6 | $997K | +3.5% | #1,076 of 1,328 |
Other business types in Escambia County
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 spas29
- Hair salons36
- Barbershops36
- Nail salons34
- Spas and skin care35
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in Escambia County, FL?
Escambia County has 111 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. 33 of them (30%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 27 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023. Another 701 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Escambia County, FL spend on personal care products and services?
About $110.6M a year, or $857 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 111 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $997K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 129,027 households in Escambia County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Escambia County, FL compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Escambia County has 8.6 nail salons per 10,000 households, 43% above the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $997K, 40% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, Escambia County would have about 66, against 111 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,779 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S.
How fast is Escambia County, FL growing?
Population estimates put Escambia County at 333,834 people in 2025, up 3.5% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 129,027 households. The median household income in Escambia County is $67,500 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.6% 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. Escambia County scores 34 for nail salons (lower middle), #1,076 of 1,328 scored counties.
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