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Nail salons in St. Johns County, FL

The nail salons in St. Johns County, FL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #602 of 1,328 scored counties
#16 of 51 scored counties in Florida

Listings
82
25 chain locations (30%)
Official establishments
55
+31.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$128.9M
On personal care products and services · $1,113 a household
Spending per listing
$1.6M
6% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.1
18% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
346,328
+25.0% 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 82 nail salons in St. Johns County. 25 of them (30%) are chain locations, against 27% across the U.S. That comes to 7.1 for every 10,000 households, 18% above the U.S. rate of 6.0.

Household spending on personal care products and services in St. Johns County comes to about $128.9M a year: $1,113 per household, 11% above the U.S. average. Spread across 82 nail salons, that is $1.6M per salon, 6% 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 St. Johns County was 55 in 2023, up 31.0% from 2019. That is one for every 2,105 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Official counts list 277 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in St. Johns County from 2020 to 2025 at +25.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for nail salons in St. Johns County is 53 (upper middle), #602 of 1,328 scored counties and #16 of 51 scored counties in Florida.

How St. Johns 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 St. Johns County, FL compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureSt. Johns CountyFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.17.66.0
Spending per listing$1.6M$1.2M$1.7M
Households per official establishment2,1055,0253,754
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+31.0%+50.2%+23.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+25.0%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$1,113$911$1,005
Median household income$109,839$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score5335

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
42 → 55+31.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
140
Annual payroll, 2023
$4.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
277Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
8225 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
77The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
0
Amount
$0

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as nail salons in St. Johns 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 St. Johns County

Population, 2025 estimate
346,328+25.0% since 2020
Households
115,794
Median age
45.2
Homes lived in by their owners
82%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
601 sq. mi.
People per square mile
511
Median household income
$109,839+33.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$148,427
Median home value
$489,200
Jobs located here
95,238
Daytime population
271,916Residents 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 St. Johns 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
16St. Johns County, FL53827.1$1.6M+25.0%#602 of 1,328

Other business types in St. Johns County

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

Questions

How many nail salons are in St. Johns County, FL?

There are 82 nail salons on map listings in St. Johns County as of September 2026. 25 of them (30%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 55 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023, up 31.0% from 2019. Official counts also show 277 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $128.9M a year, or $1,113 per household. That is 11% above the U.S. average (an index of 111, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 82 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.6M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 115,794 households in St. Johns County and national spending patterns by income.

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

St. Johns County has 7.1 nail salons per 10,000 households, 18% above the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.6M, 6% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, St. Johns County would have about 77, against 82 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,105 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. The official count rose 31.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +23.2% for the U.S.

How fast is St. Johns County, FL growing?

Population estimates put St. Johns County at 346,328 people in 2025, up 25.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 115,794 households. The median household income in St. Johns County is $109,839 a year, 36% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.5% 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. St. Johns County scores 53 for nail salons (upper middle), #602 of 1,328 scored counties.

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