Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Alabama
Spas and skin care studios in the Selma, AL area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for spas and skin care studios in the Selma, AL area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #327 of 504 scored small-town markets
#10 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Alabama
- Listings
- 5
- 2 chain locations (40%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $10.2M
- On personal care products and services · $637 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- 2.3 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.1
- 73% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 35,140
- −7.9% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on personal care products and services in the Selma area comes to about $10.2M a year: $637 per household, 37% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2M per studio, 2.3 times the U.S. figure of $876K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only spas and skin care studios.
The Selma area has 5 spas and skin care studios on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (40%) are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.1, 73% below the U.S. rate of 11.5.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for other personal care services in the Selma area, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Selma area declined 7.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For spas and skin care studios, the Selma area has a Groundwork market score of 43 (lower middle): #327 of 504 scored small-town markets and #10 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Alabama.
How the Selma 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.
| Measure | Selma area | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.1 | 8.1 | 11.5 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $1M | $876K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 7,711 | 4,055 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +41.5% | +29.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −7.9% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $637 | $839 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $35,627 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 61 |
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
- 52 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The 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 Selma 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 Selma area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 35,140−7.9% since 2020
- Households
- 15,947
- Median age
- 41.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 979 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 38
- Median household income
- $35,627+5.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $53,885
- Median home value
- $94,600
- Jobs located here
- 11,268
- Daytime population
- 34,961Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Alabama market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Alabama for spas and skin care studios, numbered among those based in Alabama (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Selma area marked.
Top small-town markets in Alabama
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Enterprise, AL | 64 | 15 | 7.1 | $1.2M | +6.3% | #108 of 504 |
| 2Scottsboro, AL | 59 | 11 | 5.0 | $1.5M | +3.3% | #150 of 504 |
| 3Talladega-Sylacauga, AL | 57 | 15 | 3.9 | $1.9M | 0.0% | #171 of 504 |
| 4Ozark, AL | 55 | 10 | 5.1 | $1.5M | +1.3% | #195 of 504 |
| 5Albertville, AL | 55 | 32 | 8.8 | $943K | +6.0% | #198 of 504 |
| 6Fort Payne, AL | 54 | 14 | 5.3 | $1.4M | +3.4% | #203 of 504 |
| 7Cullman, AL | 54 | 28 | 7.9 | $1M | +6.7% | #206 of 504 |
| LaGrange, GA-AL | 50 | 28 | 6.9 | $1.1M | +3.0% | #248 of 504 |
| 8Russellville, AL | 46 | 7 | 5.9 | $1.3M | +1.1% | #292 of 504 |
| 9Troy, AL | 46 | 8 | 6.4 | $1.2M | +2.4% | #295 of 504 |
| 10Selma, AL | 43 | 5 | 3.1 | $2M | −7.9% | #327 of 504 |
Other business types in the Selma 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 spas37
- Hair salons37
- Barbershops6
- Nail salons13
- Spas and skin care43
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 the Selma, AL area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 spas and skin care studios in the Selma area. 2 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. No official count is published for other personal care services in the Selma area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Selma, AL area spend on personal care products and services?
About $10.2M a year, or $637 per household. That is 37% below the U.S. average (an index of 63, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $2M 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 15,947 households in the Selma area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Selma, AL area compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?
The Selma area has 3.1 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 73% below the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $2M, 2.3 times the U.S. figure of $876K. At the U.S. ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, the Selma area would have about 12, against 5 on map listings.
How fast is the Selma, AL area growing?
Population estimates put the Selma area at 35,140 people in 2025, down 7.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 15,947 households. The median household income in the Selma area is $35,627 a year, 56% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 5.3% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Selma area scores 43 for spas and skin care studios (lower middle), #327 of 504 scored small-town markets.
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