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Nail salons in St. Lucie County, FL

How St. Lucie 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 55 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #543 of 1,328 scored counties
#12 of 51 scored counties in Florida

Listings
88
27 chain locations (31%)
Official establishments
18
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$119.4M
On personal care products and services · $868 a household
Spending per listing
$1.4M
19% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.4
7% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
402,449
+21.4% 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

Households in St. Lucie County spend about $119.4M a year on personal care products and services, or $868 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. Spread across 88 nail salons, that is $1.4M per salon, 19% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.

St. Lucie County has 88 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 27 are chain locations, or 31%, against 27% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.4, 7% above the U.S. rate of 6.0.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in St. Lucie County was 18 in 2023. That is one for every 7,636 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Another 752 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $750K has gone to businesses classed as nail salons in St. Lucie County.

Population estimates show St. Lucie County grew 21.4% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For nail salons, St. Lucie County has a Groundwork market score of 55 (upper middle): #543 of 1,328 scored counties and #12 of 51 scored counties in Florida.

How St. Lucie 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. Lucie County, FL compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureSt. Lucie CountyFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.47.66.0
Spending per listing$1.4M$1.2M$1.7M
Households per official establishment7,6365,0253,754
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+50.2%+23.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+21.4%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$868$911$1,005
Median household income$71,457$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score5535

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
12 → 18
Employees, 2023
45
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
752Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
8827 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
71The 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 St. Lucie 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. Lucie County

Population, 2025 estimate
402,449+21.4% since 2020
Households
137,453
Median age
45.5
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
572 sq. mi.
People per square mile
630
Median household income
$71,457+36.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$92,466
Median home value
$347,300
Jobs located here
89,638
Daytime population
304,916Residents 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. Lucie 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
12St. Lucie County, FL55886.4$1.4M+21.4%#543 of 1,328

Other business types in St. Lucie County

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

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 88 nail salons in St. Lucie County. 27 of them (31%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023. Official counts list 752 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $119.4M a year, or $868 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 88 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.4M 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 137,453 households in St. Lucie County and national spending patterns by income.

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

St. Lucie County has 6.4 nail salons per 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.4M, 19% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, St. Lucie County would have about 71, against 88 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 7,636 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S.

How fast is St. Lucie County, FL growing?

Population estimates put St. Lucie County at 402,449 people in 2025, up 21.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 137,453 households. Median household income in St. Lucie County is $71,457, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 36.6%, 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. Lucie County scores 55 for nail salons (upper middle), #543 of 1,328 scored counties.

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