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Spas and skin care studios in Macon County, AL

How Macon 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

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.

Listings
2
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$5.1M
On personal care products and services · $702 a household
Spending per listing
$2.5M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
2.8
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
18,132
−6.8% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 2 spas and skin care studios in Macon County. That is 2.8 per 10,000 households.

At $702 per household (30% below the U.S. average), households in Macon County spend about $5.1M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 2 spas and skin care studios, that is $2.5M per studio. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which spas and skin care studios share with other businesses in the trade.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in Macon County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates put the population change in Macon County from 2020 to 2025 at −6.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 spas and skin care studios on map listings, Macon County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Macon 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.

Spas and skin care in Macon County, AL compared with Alabama and the U.S.
MeasureMacon CountyAlabamaU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.88.111.5
Spending per listing$2.5M$1M$876K
Households per official establishmentn/a7,7114,055
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+41.5%+29.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025−6.8%+3.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$702$839$1,005
Median household income$43,707$63,999$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored61

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
20 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
6The 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 Macon 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 Macon County

Population, 2025 estimate
18,132−6.8% since 2020
Households
7,237
Median age
40.8
Homes lived in by their owners
62%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
609 sq. mi.
People per square mile
31
Median household income
$43,707+31.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$63,220
Median home value
$102,000
Jobs located here
4,711
Daytime population
15,475Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Spas and skin care across Alabama

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The highest-scoring counties in Alabama for spas and skin care studios, numbered among those based in Alabama, with Macon County marked.

Top counties in Alabama

Counties in Alabama ranked for spas and skin care studios by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Limestone County, AL79307.3$1.3M+18.0%#82 of 1,769
2Elmore County, AL75134.0$2.3M+4.2%#115 of 1,769
3St. Clair County, AL75174.8$1.8M+7.1%#119 of 1,769
4Shelby County, AL72677.7$1.3M+6.5%#180 of 1,769
5Chilton County, AL7173.9$2.1M+5.9%#190 of 1,769
6Lee County, AL69395.6$1.5M+8.6%#247 of 1,769
7Coffee County, AL63157.1$1.2M+6.3%#421 of 1,769
8Colbert County, AL61124.9$1.6M+3.8%#476 of 1,769
9Morgan County, AL59408.2$1.1M+2.6%#561 of 1,769
10Autauga County, AL59208.7$1M+5.1%#562 of 1,769
Macon County, ALNot scored22.8$2.5M−6.8%

Other business types in Macon County

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

Questions

How many spas and skin care studios are in Macon County, AL?

Macon County has 2 spas and skin care studios on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. No official count is published for other personal care services in Macon County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Macon County, AL spend on personal care products and services?

About $5.1M a year, or $702 per household. That is 30% below the U.S. average (an index of 70, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $2.5M 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 7,237 households in Macon County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Macon County, AL compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?

Macon County has 2 spas and skin care studios on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, Macon County would have about 6, against 2 on map listings.

How fast is Macon County, AL growing?

Population estimates put Macon County at 18,132 people in 2025, down 6.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,237 households. Median household income in Macon County is $43,707, 46% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.0%, 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. Macon County has no market score for spas and skin care studios: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

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