Beauty and personal care · County · Alabama
Spas and skin care studios in Tuscaloosa County, AL
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for spas and skin care studios in Tuscaloosa County, AL, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 57 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #624 of 1,769 scored counties
#12 of 40 scored counties in Alabama
- Listings
- 71
- 14 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $75.9M
- On personal care products and services · $843 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.1M
- 22% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.9
- 31% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 241,368
- +3.8% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Tuscaloosa County spend about $75.9M a year on personal care products and services, or $843 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. Spread across 71 spas and skin care studios, that is $1.1M per studio, 22% above the U.S. figure of $876K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only spas and skin care studios.
Tuscaloosa County has 71 spas and skin care studios on map listings as of September 2026. 14 of them (20%) are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.9, 31% below the U.S. rate of 11.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 13 businesses with payroll in Tuscaloosa County classed as other personal care services. That is one for every 6,927 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Tuscaloosa County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for spas and skin care studios in Tuscaloosa County is 57 (upper middle), #624 of 1,769 scored counties and #12 of 40 scored counties in Alabama.
How Tuscaloosa 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 | Tuscaloosa County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.9 | 8.1 | 11.5 |
| Spending per listing | $1.1M | $1M | $876K |
| Households per official establishment | 6,927 | 7,711 | 4,055 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +41.5% | +29.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.8% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $843 | $839 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $66,231 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 57 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13 → 13
- Employees, 2023
- 99
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 7114 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 87The 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 Tuscaloosa 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 Tuscaloosa County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 241,368+3.8% since 2020
- Households
- 90,052
- Median age
- 35.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,321 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 180
- Median household income
- $66,231+24.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,929
- Median home value
- $248,700
- Jobs located here
- 98,811
- Daytime population
- 249,539Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Alabama market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Alabama for spas and skin care studios, numbered among those based in Alabama, with Tuscaloosa County marked.
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 |
| 12Tuscaloosa County, AL | 57 | 71 | 7.9 | $1.1M | +3.8% | #624 of 1,769 |
Other business types in Tuscaloosa 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 spas43
- Hair salons47
- Barbershops48
- Nail salons53
- Spas and skin care57
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 Tuscaloosa County, AL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 71 spas and skin care studios in Tuscaloosa County. 14 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in 2023.
How much do households in Tuscaloosa County, AL spend on personal care products and services?
About $75.9M a year, or $843 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 71 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 90,052 households in Tuscaloosa County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Tuscaloosa County, AL compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?
Tuscaloosa 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 $1.1M, 22% above the U.S. figure of $876K. At the U.S. ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, Tuscaloosa County would have about 87, against 71 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,927 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S.
How fast is Tuscaloosa County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Tuscaloosa County at 241,368 people in 2025, up 3.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 90,052 households. The median household income in Tuscaloosa County is $66,231 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.2% 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. Tuscaloosa County scores 57 for spas and skin care studios (upper middle), #624 of 1,769 scored counties.
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