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Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Alabama

Spas and skin care studios in the Montgomery, AL metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for spas and skin care studios in the Montgomery, AL metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #113 of 387 scored metro areas
#4 of 12 scored metro areas based in Alabama

Listings
111
17 chain locations (15%)
Official establishments
18
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$126.2M
On personal care products and services · $833 a household
Spending per listing
$1.1M
30% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.3
37% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
388,747
+0.9% 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

At $833 per household (17% below the U.S. average), households in the Montgomery metro area spend about $126.2M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $1.1M per studio, 30% above the U.S. figure of $876K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only spas and skin care studios.

The Montgomery metro area has 111 spas and skin care studios on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 15% of them, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.3, 37% below the U.S. rate of 11.5.

Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in the Montgomery metro area in 2023. That is one for every 8,413 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in the Montgomery metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Montgomery metro area scores 58 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for spas and skin care studios, ranking #113 of 387 scored metro areas and #4 of 12 scored metro areas based in Alabama.

How the Montgomery metro area 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 Montgomery, AL metro area compared with Alabama and the U.S.
MeasureMontgomery metro areaAlabamaU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.38.111.5
Spending per listing$1.1M$1M$876K
Households per official establishment8,4137,7114,055
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+41.5%+29.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.9%+3.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$833$839$1,005
Median household income$64,010$63,999$80,734
Groundwork market score5861

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
18
Employees, 2023
104
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
11117 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
144The 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 the Montgomery 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 Montgomery metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
388,747+0.9% since 2020
Households
151,438
Median age
38.8
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
2,714 sq. mi.
People per square mile
142
Median household income
$64,010+21.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$88,716
Median home value
$191,900
Jobs located here
168,224
Daytime population
403,321Residents 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 metro areas in Alabama for spas and skin care studios, numbered among those based in Alabama, with the Montgomery metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Alabama

Metro areas in Alabama ranked for spas and skin care studios by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Auburn-Opelika, AL72415.3$1.6M+7.1%#28 of 387
2Decatur, AL66447.0$1.2M+2.5%#53 of 387
3Tuscaloosa, AL60797.5$1.1M+2.9%#92 of 387
4Montgomery, AL581117.3$1.1M+0.9%#113 of 387
5Huntsville, AL5526212.7$762K+12.5%#150 of 387
6Birmingham, AL544098.8$1M+1.4%#154 of 387
7Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL5210610.8$852K+14.8%#178 of 387
8Mobile, AL511247.7$1.1M−0.7%#182 of 387
9Gadsden, AL45338.4$904K+0.4%#234 of 387
10Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL40589.1$890K+3.5%#282 of 387

Other business types in the Montgomery metro area

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

Questions

How many spas and skin care studios are in the Montgomery, AL metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 111 spas and skin care studios in the Montgomery metro area. 17 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in 2023.

How much do households in the Montgomery, AL metro area spend on personal care products and services?

About $126.2M a year, or $833 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 111 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $1.1M per studio. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which spas and skin care studios share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 151,438 households in the Montgomery metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Montgomery, AL metro area compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?

The Montgomery metro area has 7.3 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 37% below the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $1.1M, 30% above the U.S. figure of $876K. At the U.S. ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, the Montgomery metro area would have about 144, against 111 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,413 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S.

How fast is the Montgomery, AL metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Montgomery metro area at 388,747 people in 2025, up 0.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 151,438 households. The median household income in the Montgomery metro area is $64,010 a year, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.6% 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. The Montgomery metro area scores 58 for spas and skin care studios (upper middle), #113 of 387 scored metro areas.

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