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Nail salons in Palm Beach County, FL

How Palm Beach 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 #876 of 1,328 scored counties
#30 of 51 scored counties in Florida

Listings
475
89 chain locations (19%)
Official establishments
149
+23.1% since 2019
Household spending a year
$591.7M
On personal care products and services · $977 a household
Spending per listing
$1.2M
25% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.8
30% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
1,575,726
+5.5% 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 475 nail salons in Palm Beach County. Chain locations make up 19% 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.

At $977 per household (3% below the U.S. average), households in Palm Beach County spend about $591.7M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $1.2M of household spending for each salon on map listings, 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.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in Palm Beach County was 149 in 2023, up 23.1% from 2019. That is one for every 4,063 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Another 3,571 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 6 SBA-backed loans worth $682K have gone to businesses classed as nail salons in Palm Beach County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Palm Beach County grew 5.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for nail salons in Palm Beach County is 44 (lower middle), #876 of 1,328 scored counties and #30 of 51 scored counties in Florida.

How Palm Beach 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 Palm Beach County, FL compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasurePalm Beach CountyFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.87.66.0
Spending per listing$1.2M$1.2M$1.7M
Households per official establishment4,0635,0253,754
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+23.1%+50.2%+23.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.5%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$977$911$1,005
Median household income$83,581$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score4435

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
121 → 149+23.1% over the period
Employees, 2023
389
Annual payroll, 2023
$10.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
3,571Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
47589 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
354The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
6
Amount
$682K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
1,575,726+5.5% since 2020
Households
605,430
Median age
45.7
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
1,964 sq. mi.
People per square mile
781
Median household income
$83,581+32.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$128,577
Median home value
$447,300
Jobs located here
678,049
Daytime population
1,576,309Residents 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 Palm Beach 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
30Palm Beach County, FL444757.8$1.2M+5.5%#876 of 1,328

Other business types in Palm Beach County

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

Questions

How many nail salons are in Palm Beach County, FL?

Palm Beach County has 475 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. 89 of them (19%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 149 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023, up 23.1% from 2019. Official counts list 3,571 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $591.7M a year, or $977 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 475 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 605,430 households in Palm Beach County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Palm Beach County has 7.8 nail salons per 10,000 households, 30% above the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.2M, 25% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, Palm Beach County would have about 354, against 475 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,063 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. The official count rose 23.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +23.2% for the U.S.

How fast is Palm Beach County, FL growing?

Population estimates put Palm Beach County at 1,575,726 people in 2025, up 5.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 605,430 households. The median household income in Palm Beach County is $83,581 a year, 4% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.0% 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. Palm Beach County scores 44 for nail salons (lower middle), #876 of 1,328 scored counties.

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