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Nail salons in Orange County, FL

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for nail salons in Orange County, FL, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 46 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #822 of 1,328 scored counties
#22 of 51 scored counties in Florida

Listings
465
92 chain locations (20%)
Official establishments
97
+86.5% since 2019
Household spending a year
$496.4M
On personal care products and services · $941 a household
Spending per listing
$1.1M
36% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.8
47% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
1,528,002
+6.7% 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 465 nail salons in Orange County. Chain locations make up 20% of them, against 27% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.8, 47% above the U.S. rate of 6.0.

Households in Orange County spend about $496.4M a year on personal care products and services, or $941 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.1M per salon, 36% 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 97 businesses with payroll in Orange County classed as nail salons, up 86.5% from 2019. That is one for every 5,441 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Another 4,610 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 7 SBA-backed loans worth $1.4M have gone to businesses classed as nail salons in Orange County.

Population estimates put the population change in Orange County from 2020 to 2025 at +6.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Orange County scores 46 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for nail salons, ranking #822 of 1,328 scored counties and #22 of 51 scored counties in Florida.

How Orange 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 Orange County, FL compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureOrange CountyFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.87.66.0
Spending per listing$1.1M$1.2M$1.7M
Households per official establishment5,4415,0253,754
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+86.5%+50.2%+23.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.7%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$941$911$1,005
Median household income$79,719$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score4635

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
52 → 97+86.5% over the period
Employees, 2023
185
Annual payroll, 2023
$4.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
4,610Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
46592 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
297The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
7
Amount
$1.4M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
1,528,002+6.7% since 2020
Households
527,776
Median age
37.8
Homes lived in by their owners
57%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
903 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,630
Median household income
$79,719+36.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$111,351
Median home value
$390,100
Jobs located here
1,016,060
Daytime population
1,785,933Residents 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 Orange 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
22Orange County, FL464658.8$1.1M+6.7%#822 of 1,328

Other business types in Orange County

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

Questions

How many nail salons are in Orange County, FL?

Orange County has 465 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. 92 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 97 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023, up 86.5% from 2019. Official counts list 4,610 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $496.4M a year, or $941 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 465 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.1M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 527,776 households in Orange County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Orange County, FL compare with the U.S. for nail salons?

Orange County has 8.8 nail salons per 10,000 households, 47% above the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.1M, 36% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, Orange County would have about 297, against 465 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,441 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. The official count rose 86.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +23.2% for the U.S.

How fast is Orange County, FL growing?

Population estimates put Orange County at 1,528,002 people in 2025, up 6.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 527,776 households. The median household income in Orange County is $79,719 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.9% 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. Orange County scores 46 for nail salons (lower middle), #822 of 1,328 scored counties.

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