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Nail salons in the Port St. Lucie, FL metro area

How the Port St. Lucie, 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 46 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #234 of 387 scored metro areas
#7 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida

Listings
148
40 chain locations (27%)
Official establishments
35
+52.2% since 2019
Household spending a year
$185.1M
On personal care products and services · $902 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
568,721
+16.0% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 148 nail salons in the Port St. Lucie metro area. Of those, 40 are chain locations, or 27%, against 27% across the U.S. That is 7.2 per 10,000 households, 20% above the U.S. rate of 6.0.

At $902 per household (10% below the U.S. average), households in the Port St. Lucie metro area spend about $185.1M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $1.3M 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 35 businesses with payroll in the Port St. Lucie metro area classed as nail salons, up 52.2% from 2019. That is one for every 5,864 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Official counts also show 927 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $750K has gone to businesses classed as nail salons in the Port St. Lucie metro area.

Population estimates put the population change in the Port St. Lucie metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +16.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Port St. Lucie metro area scores 46 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for nail salons, ranking #234 of 387 scored metro areas and #7 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida.

How the Port St. Lucie 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 Port St. Lucie, FL metro area compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasurePort St. Lucie metro areaFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.27.66.0
Spending per listing$1.3M$1.2M$1.7M
Households per official establishment5,8645,0253,754
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+52.2%+50.2%+23.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+16.0%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$902$911$1,005
Median household income$74,514$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score4635

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
35+52.2% over the period
Employees, 2023
75
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
927Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
14840 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
111The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$750K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as nail salons in the Port St. Lucie 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 Port St. Lucie metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
568,721+16.0% since 2020
Households
205,254
Median age
47.3
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
1,116 sq. mi.
People per square mile
468
Median household income
$74,514+35.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$102,666
Median home value
$364,900
Jobs located here
168,499
Daytime population
477,683Residents 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 Port St. Lucie 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

Other business types in the Port St. Lucie metro area

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

Questions

How many nail salons are in the Port St. Lucie, FL metro area?

There are 148 nail salons on map listings in the Port St. Lucie metro area as of September 2026. 40 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 35 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023, up 52.2% from 2019. Another 927 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in the Port St. Lucie, FL metro area spend on personal care products and services?

About $185.1M a year, or $902 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 148 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 205,254 households in the Port St. Lucie metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Port St. Lucie, FL metro area compare with the U.S. for nail salons?

The Port St. Lucie 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, 25% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, the Port St. Lucie metro area would have about 111, against 148 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,864 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. The official count rose 52.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +23.2% for the U.S.

How fast is the Port St. Lucie, FL metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Port St. Lucie metro area at 568,721 people in 2025, up 16.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 205,254 households. The median household income in the Port St. Lucie metro area is $74,514 a year, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 35.1% 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. The Port St. Lucie metro area scores 46 for nail salons (lower middle), #234 of 387 scored metro areas.

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