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Nail salons in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL metro area
The nail salons in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #169 of 387 scored metro areas
#3 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida
- Listings
- 186
- 53 chain locations (28%)
- Official establishments
- 26
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $238.8M
- On personal care products and services · $927 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- 23% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.2
- 20% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 663,982
- +9.1% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area spend about $238.8M a year on personal care products and services, or $927 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.3M of household spending for each salon on map listings, 23% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.
The Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area has 186 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. 53 of them (28%) are chain locations, against 27% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.2, 20% above the U.S. rate of 6.0.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area was 26 in 2023. That is one for every 9,911 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Official counts list 1,014 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $100K has gone to businesses classed as nail salons in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +9.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For nail salons, the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area has a Groundwork market score of 53 (upper middle): #169 of 387 scored metro areas and #3 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida.
How the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville 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 | Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.2 | 7.6 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $1.2M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 9,911 | 5,025 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +50.2% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.1% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $927 | $911 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $78,476 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 26
- Employees, 2023
- 49
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 1,014Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 18653 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 143The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $100K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as nail salons in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville 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 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 663,982+9.1% since 2020
- Households
- 257,695
- Median age
- 46.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,015 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 623
- Median household income
- $78,476+38.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $105,213
- Median home value
- $339,600
- Jobs located here
- 240,501
- Daytime population
- 606,489Residents 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 |
Other business types in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville 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 spas35
- Hair salons35
- Barbershops41
- Nail salons53
- Spas and skin care33
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 186 nail salons in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area. 53 of them (28%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 26 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023. Official counts also show 1,014 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $238.8M a year, or $927 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 186 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.3M 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 257,695 households in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL metro area compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
The Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area has 7.2 nail salons per 10,000 households, 20% above the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.3M, 23% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area would have about 143, against 186 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 9,911 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S.
How fast is the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area at 663,982 people in 2025, up 9.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 257,695 households. Median household income in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area is $78,476, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 38.2%, 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 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area scores 53 for nail salons (upper middle), #169 of 387 scored metro areas.
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