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Nail salons in Miami-Dade County, FL

How Miami-Dade County, FL compares with other counties and the U.S. for nail salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 44 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #875 of 1,328 scored counties
#29 of 51 scored counties in Florida

Listings
701
153 chain locations (22%)
Official establishments
171
+31.5% since 2019
Household spending a year
$878.8M
On personal care products and services · $901 a household
Spending per listing
$1.3M
25% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.2
20% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
2,802,029
+4.0% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

As of September 2026, map listings count 701 nail salons in Miami-Dade County. Chain locations make up 22% of them, against 27% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.2, 20% above the U.S. rate of 6.0.

Households in Miami-Dade County spend about $878.8M a year on personal care products and services, or $901 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. Spread across 701 nail salons, that is $1.3M per salon, 25% 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 171 businesses with payroll in Miami-Dade County classed as nail salons, up 31.5% from 2019. That is one for every 5,704 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Official counts list 7,781 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 7 SBA-backed loans worth $1.2M have gone to businesses classed as nail salons in Miami-Dade County.

Population estimates show Miami-Dade County grew 4.0% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Miami-Dade County scores 44 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for nail salons, ranking #875 of 1,328 scored counties and #29 of 51 scored counties in Florida.

How Miami-Dade 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.

Nail salons in Miami-Dade County, FL compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureMiami-Dade CountyFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.27.66.0
Spending per listing$1.3M$1.2M$1.7M
Households per official establishment5,7045,0253,754
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+31.5%+50.2%+23.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.0%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$901$911$1,005
Median household income$71,753$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score4435

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
130 → 171+31.5% over the period
Employees, 2023
566
Annual payroll, 2023
$12.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
7,781Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
701153 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
526The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
7
Amount
$1.2M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as nail salons in Miami-Dade 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 Miami-Dade County

Population, 2025 estimate
2,802,029+4.0% since 2020
Households
975,411
Median age
41.6
Homes lived in by their owners
52%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
1,900 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,441
Median household income
$71,753+39.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$107,335
Median home value
$463,000
Jobs located here
1,244,071
Daytime population
2,811,377Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Nail salons across Florida

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The highest-scoring counties in Florida for nail salons, numbered among those based in Florida, with Miami-Dade County marked.

Top counties in Florida

Counties in Florida ranked for nail salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Sumter County, FL76284.0$2.2M+21.1%#76 of 1,328
2Levy County, FL6952.7$2.9M+12.7%#166 of 1,328
3Santa Rosa County, FL66415.6$1.7M+11.7%#252 of 1,328
4Wakulla County, FL6564.7$1.9M+12.3%#272 of 1,328
5Lake County, FL62986.0$1.5M+18.1%#355 of 1,328
6Flagler County, FL60377.0$1.3M+21.0%#409 of 1,328
7Citrus County, FL58375.2$1.5M+11.1%#467 of 1,328
8Marion County, FL57895.4$1.5M+17.3%#491 of 1,328
9Manatee County, FL571196.7$1.4M+16.6%#492 of 1,328
10Brevard County, FL571867.2$1.3M+9.1%#493 of 1,328
29Miami-Dade County, FL447017.2$1.3M+4.0%#875 of 1,328

Other business types in Miami-Dade County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many nail salons are in Miami-Dade County, FL?

Miami-Dade County has 701 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. 153 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 171 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023, up 31.5% from 2019. Official counts also show 7,781 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Miami-Dade County, FL spend on personal care products and services?

About $878.8M a year, or $901 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 701 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.3M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 975,411 households in Miami-Dade County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Miami-Dade County, FL compare with the U.S. for nail salons?

Miami-Dade County has 7.2 nail salons per 10,000 households, 20% above the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.3M, 25% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, Miami-Dade County would have about 526, against 701 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,704 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. The official count rose 31.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +23.2% for the U.S.

How fast is Miami-Dade County, FL growing?

Population estimates put Miami-Dade County at 2,802,029 people in 2025, up 4.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 975,411 households. The median household income in Miami-Dade County is $71,753 a year, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 39.7% 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. Miami-Dade County scores 44 for nail salons (lower middle), #875 of 1,328 scored counties.

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