Beauty and personal care · County · Alabama
Spas and skin care studios in Cullman County, AL
How Cullman County, AL compares with other counties and the U.S. for spas and skin care studios: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #669 of 1,769 scored counties
#14 of 40 scored counties in Alabama
- Listings
- 28
- 3 chain locations (11%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $29M
- On personal care products and services · $819 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1M
- 18% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.9
- 31% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 94,009
- +6.7% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 28 spas and skin care studios in Cullman County. Chain locations make up 11% of them, against 10% across the U.S. That is 7.9 per 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 11.5.
At $819 per household (18% below the U.S. average), households in Cullman County spend about $29M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $1M of household spending for each studio on map listings, 18% above the U.S. figure of $876K. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which spas and skin care studios share with other businesses in the trade.
Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in Cullman County in 2023. That is one for every 5,891 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Cullman County grew 6.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for spas and skin care studios in Cullman County is 56 (upper middle), #669 of 1,769 scored counties and #14 of 40 scored counties in Alabama.
How Cullman County compares
The same measures for Alabama and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all personal care products and services by the spas and skin care studios 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 | Cullman County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.9 | 8.1 | 11.5 |
| Spending per listing | $1M | $1M | $876K |
| Households per official establishment | 5,891 | 7,711 | 4,055 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +41.5% | +29.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.7% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $819 | $839 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $62,656 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 56 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 27
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $399K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 283 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 33The 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 other personal care services in Cullman 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 Cullman County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 94,009+6.7% since 2020
- Households
- 35,347
- Median age
- 41.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 735 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 123
- Median household income
- $62,656+39.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,606
- Median home value
- $199,100
- Jobs located here
- 31,045
- Daytime population
- 83,269Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Alabama
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Limestone County, AL | 79 | 30 | 7.3 | $1.3M | +18.0% | #82 of 1,769 |
| 2Elmore County, AL | 75 | 13 | 4.0 | $2.3M | +4.2% | #115 of 1,769 |
| 3St. Clair County, AL | 75 | 17 | 4.8 | $1.8M | +7.1% | #119 of 1,769 |
| 4Shelby County, AL | 72 | 67 | 7.7 | $1.3M | +6.5% | #180 of 1,769 |
| 5Chilton County, AL | 71 | 7 | 3.9 | $2.1M | +5.9% | #190 of 1,769 |
| 6Lee County, AL | 69 | 39 | 5.6 | $1.5M | +8.6% | #247 of 1,769 |
| 7Coffee County, AL | 63 | 15 | 7.1 | $1.2M | +6.3% | #421 of 1,769 |
| 8Colbert County, AL | 61 | 12 | 4.9 | $1.6M | +3.8% | #476 of 1,769 |
| 9Morgan County, AL | 59 | 40 | 8.2 | $1.1M | +2.6% | #561 of 1,769 |
| 10Autauga County, AL | 59 | 20 | 8.7 | $1M | +5.1% | #562 of 1,769 |
| 14Cullman County, AL | 56 | 28 | 7.9 | $1M | +6.7% | #669 of 1,769 |
Other business types in Cullman 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 spas53
- Hair salons60
- Barbershops60
- Nail salons60
- Spas and skin care56
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many spas and skin care studios are in Cullman County, AL?
Cullman County has 28 spas and skin care studios on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in 2023.
How much do households in Cullman County, AL spend on personal care products and services?
About $29M a year, or $819 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 28 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $1M per studio. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only spas and skin care studios. It is estimated from the incomes of the 35,347 households in Cullman County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cullman County, AL compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?
Cullman County has 7.9 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $1M, 18% above the U.S. figure of $876K. At the national ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, Cullman County would have about 33, against 28 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,891 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S.
How fast is Cullman County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Cullman County at 94,009 people in 2025, up 6.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 35,347 households. Median household income in Cullman County is $62,656, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 39.5%, 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. Cullman County scores 56 for spas and skin care studios (upper middle), #669 of 1,769 scored counties.
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