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Nail salons in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area

How the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for nail salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 38 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #321 of 387 scored metro areas
#19 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida

Listings
1,795
399 chain locations (22%)
Official establishments
495
+29.9% since 2019
Household spending a year
$2.2B
On personal care products and services · $929 a household
Spending per listing
$1.2M
28% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.7
28% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
6,391,072
+4.2% 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

The Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area scores 38 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for nail salons, ranking #321 of 387 scored metro areas and #19 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

Household spending on personal care products and services in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area comes to about $2.2B a year: $929 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.2M per salon, 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 1,795 nail salons on map listings in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 22% of them, against 27% across the U.S. That comes to 7.7 for every 10,000 households, 28% above the U.S. rate of 6.0.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area was 495 in 2023, up 29.9% from 2019. That is one for every 4,717 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 15 SBA-backed loans worth $2M have gone to businesses classed as nail salons in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area. Population estimates put the population change in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +4.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach 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.

Nail salons in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureMiami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro areaFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.77.66.0
Spending per listing$1.2M$1.2M$1.7M
Households per official establishment4,7175,0253,754
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+29.9%+50.2%+23.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.2%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$929$911$1,005
Median household income$76,527$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score3835

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
495+29.9% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,338
Annual payroll, 2023
$34.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
17,022Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
1,795399 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1,299The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
15
Amount
$2M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as nail salons in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach 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 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
6,391,072+4.2% since 2020
Households
2,334,797
Median age
42.8
Homes lived in by their owners
61%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
5,067 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,233
Median household income
$76,527+34.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$113,472
Median home value
$443,300
Jobs located here
2,820,583
Daytime population
6,365,054Residents 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 metro areas in Florida for nail salons, numbered among those based in Florida, with the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Florida

Metro areas in Florida ranked for nail salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Wildwood-The Villages, FL74284.0$2.2M+21.1%#23 of 387
2Homosassa Springs, FL54375.2$1.5M+11.1%#162 of 387
3Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL531867.2$1.3M+9.1%#169 of 387
4Ocala, FL52895.4$1.5M+17.3%#176 of 387
5North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL482717.0$1.4M+13.2%#212 of 387
6Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL481856.4$1.3M+19.8%#215 of 387
7Port St. Lucie, FL461487.2$1.3M+16.0%#234 of 387
8Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL462167.3$1.2M+11.2%#235 of 387
9Gainesville, FL45886.2$1.4M+5.4%#241 of 387
10Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL4312610.5$913K+9.4%#264 of 387
19Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL381,7957.7$1.2M+4.2%#321 of 387

Other business types in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area

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Questions

How many nail salons are in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 1,795 nail salons in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area. 399 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 495 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023, up 29.9% from 2019. Official counts also show 17,022 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area spend on personal care products and services?

About $2.2B a year, or $929 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1,795 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 2,334,797 households in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area compare with the U.S. for nail salons?

The Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area has 7.7 nail salons per 10,000 households, 28% 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 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area would have about 1,299, against 1,795 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,717 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. The official count rose 29.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +23.2% for the U.S.

How fast is the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area at 6,391,072 people in 2025, up 4.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 2,334,797 households. Median household income in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area is $76,527, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.8%, 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 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area scores 38 for nail salons (lower middle), #321 of 387 scored metro areas.

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