Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Florida
Salons, barbers and spas in the Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for salons, barbers and spas in the Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 40 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #301 of 387 scored metro areas
#9 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida
- Listings
- 512
- 81 chain locations (16%)
- Official establishments
- 86
- +36.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $77.3M
- On personal care products and services · $878 a household
- Spending per listing
- $151K
- 29% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 58.1
- 23% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 231,174
- +15.7% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for salons, barbers and spas in the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area is 40 (lower middle), #301 of 387 scored metro areas and #9 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Household spending on personal care products and services in the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area comes to about $77.3M a year: $878 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $151K of household spending for each business on map listings, 29% below the U.S. figure of $213K.
There are 512 salons, barbers and spas on map listings in the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area as of September 2026. 81 of them (16%) are chain locations, against 15% across the U.S. That comes to 58.1 for every 10,000 households, 23% above the U.S. rate of 47.2.
In 2023, official counts showed 86 businesses with payroll in the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area classed as personal care services, up 36.5% from 2019. That is one for every 1,024 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $582K have gone to businesses classed as personal care services in the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area grew 15.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Panama City-Panama City Beach 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 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 | Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 58.1 | 60.6 | 47.2 |
| Spending per listing | $151K | $150K | $213K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,024 | 662 | 804 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +36.5% | +24.7% | +14.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +15.7% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $878 | $911 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $71,514 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 40 | 27 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 86+36.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 366
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $11.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 1,014Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 51281 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 364The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $582K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as personal care services in the Panama City-Panama City Beach 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 Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 231,174+15.7% since 2020
- Households
- 88,065
- Median age
- 41.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,343 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 158
- Median household income
- $71,514
- Average household income
- $94,187
- Median home value
- $294,300
- Jobs located here
- 85,476
- Daytime population
- 211,363Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wildwood-The Villages, FL | 85 | 142 | 20.2 | $443K | +21.1% | #1 of 387 |
| 2Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | 52 | 1,239 | 42.8 | $196K | +19.8% | #175 of 387 |
| 3Ocala, FL | 45 | 722 | 43.8 | $183K | +17.3% | #252 of 387 |
| 4Gainesville, FL | 44 | 620 | 43.5 | $193K | +5.4% | #261 of 387 |
| 5Punta Gorda, FL | 44 | 410 | 45.3 | $190K | +15.5% | #262 of 387 |
| 6Homosassa Springs, FL | 43 | 273 | 38.3 | $206K | +11.1% | #271 of 387 |
| 7Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL | 42 | 1,409 | 47.8 | $182K | +11.2% | #281 of 387 |
| 8Sebring, FL | 42 | 227 | 48.4 | $157K | +9.7% | #284 of 387 |
| 9Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL | 40 | 512 | 58.1 | $151K | +15.7% | #301 of 387 |
| 10North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL | 39 | 2,083 | 53.6 | $178K | +13.2% | #307 of 387 |
Other business types in the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area
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 spas40
- Hair salons43
- Barbershops46
- Nail salons41
- Spas and skin care36
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 the Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 512 salons, barbers and spas in the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area. 81 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and nail salons, barbers, spas and skin care. Official counts show 86 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in 2023, up 36.5% from 2019. Official counts also show 1,014 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $77.3M a year, or $878 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 512 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $151K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 88,065 households in the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL metro area compare with the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas?
The Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area has 58.1 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, 23% 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, the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area would have about 364, against 512 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,024 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. The official count rose 36.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +14.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area at 231,174 people in 2025, up 15.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 88,065 households. The median household income in the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area is $71,514 a year, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area scores 40 for salons, barbers and spas (lower middle), #301 of 387 scored metro areas.
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