Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Florida
Nail salons in the Jacksonville, FL metro area
The nail salons in the Jacksonville, FL metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 35 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #338 of 387 scored metro areas
#22 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida
- Listings
- 514
- 141 chain locations (27%)
- Official establishments
- 273
- +24.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $621.1M
- On personal care products and services · $937 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 28% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.8
- 30% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,785,500
- +10.7% since 2020
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What this means
For nail salons, the Jacksonville metro area has a Groundwork market score of 35 (lower middle): #338 of 387 scored metro areas and #22 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Households in the Jacksonville metro area spend about $621.1M a year on personal care products and services, or $937 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.2M of household spending for each salon on map listings, 28% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.
There are 514 nail salons on map listings in the Jacksonville metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 27% of them, against 27% across the U.S. That comes to 7.8 for every 10,000 households, 30% above the U.S. rate of 6.0.
In 2023, official counts showed 273 businesses with payroll in the Jacksonville metro area classed as nail salons, up 24.1% from 2019. That is one for every 2,429 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $1.2M have gone to businesses classed as nail salons in the Jacksonville metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Jacksonville metro area grew 10.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Jacksonville 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 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 | Jacksonville metro area | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.8 | 7.6 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $1.2M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,429 | 5,025 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +24.1% | +50.2% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +10.7% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $937 | $911 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $79,643 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 35 | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 273+24.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 688
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $21.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 2,886Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 514141 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 372The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $1.2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as nail salons in the Jacksonville 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 Jacksonville metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,785,500+10.7% since 2020
- Households
- 663,101
- Median age
- 40.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 3,202 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 526
- Median household income
- $79,643+29.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $108,638
- Median home value
- $343,400
- Jobs located here
- 779,445
- Daytime population
- 1,697,743Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wildwood-The Villages, FL | 74 | 28 | 4.0 | $2.2M | +21.1% | #23 of 387 |
| 2Homosassa Springs, FL | 54 | 37 | 5.2 | $1.5M | +11.1% | #162 of 387 |
| 3Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | 53 | 186 | 7.2 | $1.3M | +9.1% | #169 of 387 |
| 4Ocala, FL | 52 | 89 | 5.4 | $1.5M | +17.3% | #176 of 387 |
| 5North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL | 48 | 271 | 7.0 | $1.4M | +13.2% | #212 of 387 |
| 6Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | 48 | 185 | 6.4 | $1.3M | +19.8% | #215 of 387 |
| 7Port St. Lucie, FL | 46 | 148 | 7.2 | $1.3M | +16.0% | #234 of 387 |
| 8Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL | 46 | 216 | 7.3 | $1.2M | +11.2% | #235 of 387 |
| 9Gainesville, FL | 45 | 88 | 6.2 | $1.4M | +5.4% | #241 of 387 |
| 10Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL | 43 | 126 | 10.5 | $913K | +9.4% | #264 of 387 |
| 22Jacksonville, FL | 35 | 514 | 7.8 | $1.2M | +10.7% | #338 of 387 |
Other business types in the Jacksonville 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 spas33
- Hair salons37
- Barbershops37
- Nail salons35
- 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 the Jacksonville, FL metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 514 nail salons in the Jacksonville metro area. 141 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 273 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023, up 24.1% from 2019. Another 2,886 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Jacksonville, FL metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $621.1M a year, or $937 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 514 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per salon. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which nail salons share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 663,101 households in the Jacksonville metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Jacksonville, FL metro area compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
The Jacksonville metro area has 7.8 nail salons per 10,000 households, 30% above the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.2M, 28% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, the Jacksonville metro area would have about 372, against 514 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,429 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. The official count rose 24.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +23.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Jacksonville, FL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Jacksonville metro area at 1,785,500 people in 2025, up 10.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 663,101 households. Median household income in the Jacksonville metro area is $79,643, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.0%, 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 Jacksonville metro area scores 35 for nail salons (lower middle), #338 of 387 scored metro areas.
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