Beauty and personal care · County · Florida
Salons, barbers and spas in Lee County, FL
How Lee County, FL compares with other counties and the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #2,015 of 2,385 scored counties
#49 of 64 scored counties in Florida
- Listings
- 1,983
- 281 chain locations (14%)
- Official establishments
- 515
- +19.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $299.2M
- On personal care products and services · $913 a household
- Spending per listing
- $151K
- 29% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 60.5
- 28% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 875,607
- +14.4% since 2020
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What this means
For salons, barbers and spas, Lee County has a Groundwork market score of 34 (lower middle): #2,015 of 2,385 scored counties and #49 of 64 scored counties in Florida. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $913 per household (9% below the U.S. average), households in Lee County spend about $299.2M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 1,983 salons, barbers and spas, that is $151K per business, 29% below the U.S. figure of $213K.
Lee County has 1,983 salons, barbers and spas on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 14% of them, against 15% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 60.5, 28% above the U.S. rate of 47.2.
In 2023, official counts showed 515 businesses with payroll in Lee County classed as personal care services, up 19.8% from 2019. That is one for every 637 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 22 SBA-backed loans worth $9.1M have gone to businesses classed as personal care services in Lee County. Population estimates put the population change in Lee County from 2020 to 2025 at +14.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Lee 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 salons, barbers and spas 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 | Lee County | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 60.5 | 60.6 | 47.2 |
| Spending per listing | $151K | $150K | $213K |
| Households per official establishment | 637 | 662 | 804 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +19.8% | +24.7% | +14.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +14.4% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $913 | $911 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $76,107 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 34 | 27 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 430 → 515+19.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,888
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $62.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4,109Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1,983281 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1,407The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 22
- Amount
- $9.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as personal care services in Lee 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 Lee County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 875,607+14.4% since 2020
- Households
- 327,803
- Median age
- 48.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 781 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,047
- Median household income
- $76,107+31.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $106,469
- Median home value
- $362,200
- Jobs located here
- 293,056
- Daytime population
- 793,827Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sumter County, FL | 82 | 142 | 20.2 | $443K | +21.1% | #52 of 2,385 |
| 2Jefferson County, FL | 79 | 8 | 13.9 | $593K | +11.1% | #76 of 2,385 |
| 3Glades County, FL | 69 | 8 | 17.8 | $413K | +9.9% | #306 of 2,385 |
| 4Union County, FL | 67 | 10 | 23.2 | $350K | +5.2% | #378 of 2,385 |
| 5Gilchrist County, FL | 62 | 22 | 30.8 | $272K | +14.5% | #573 of 2,385 |
| 6Wakulla County, FL | 62 | 45 | 35.3 | $257K | +12.3% | #578 of 2,385 |
| 7DeSoto County, FL | 61 | 36 | 28.1 | $258K | +8.8% | #622 of 2,385 |
| 8Putnam County, FL | 59 | 76 | 24.2 | $302K | +5.9% | #689 of 2,385 |
| 9Gadsden County, FL | 58 | 30 | 17.8 | $406K | +2.0% | #729 of 2,385 |
| 10Santa Rosa County, FL | 56 | 308 | 42.4 | $232K | +11.7% | #861 of 2,385 |
| 49Lee County, FL | 34 | 1,983 | 60.5 | $151K | +14.4% | #2,015 of 2,385 |
Other business types in Lee County
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 spas34
- Hair salons37
- Barbershops48
- Nail salons42
- Spas and skin care38
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many salons, barbers and spas are in Lee County, FL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1,983 salons, barbers and spas in Lee County. 281 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and nail salons, barbers, spas and skin care. Official counts show 515 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in 2023, up 19.8% from 2019. Another 4,109 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Lee County, FL spend on personal care products and services?
About $299.2M a year, or $913 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1,983 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $151K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 327,803 households in Lee County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lee County, FL compare with the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas?
Lee County has 60.5 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, 28% above the U.S. rate of 47.2. Spending per business is $151K, 29% below the U.S. figure of $213K. At the U.S. ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, Lee County would have about 1,407, against 1,983 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 637 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. The official count rose 19.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +14.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Lee County, FL growing?
Population estimates put Lee County at 875,607 people in 2025, up 14.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 327,803 households. The median household income in Lee County is $76,107 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.6% 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. Lee County scores 34 for salons, barbers and spas (lower middle), #2,015 of 2,385 scored counties.
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