Beauty and personal care · County · Alaska
Spas and skin care studios in Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK
The spas and skin care studios in Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 46 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,016 of 1,769 scored counties
#3 of 6 scored counties in Alaska
- Listings
- 37
- 5 chain locations (14%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $39.1M
- On personal care products and services · $1,076 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.1M
- 21% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.2
- 11% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 93,972
- −1.4% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on personal care products and services in Fairbanks North Star Borough comes to about $39.1M a year: $1,076 per household, 7% above the U.S. average. Spread across 37 spas and skin care studios, that is $1.1M per studio, 21% above the U.S. figure of $876K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only spas and skin care studios.
Fairbanks North Star Borough has 37 spas and skin care studios on map listings as of September 2026. 5 of them (14%) are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 10.2, 11% below the U.S. rate of 11.5.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in Fairbanks North Star Borough was 10 in 2023. That is one for every 3,636 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Fairbanks North Star Borough declined 1.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Fairbanks North Star Borough scores 46 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for spas and skin care studios, ranking #1,016 of 1,769 scored counties and #3 of 6 scored counties in Alaska.
How Fairbanks North Star Borough compares
The same measures for Alaska 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 | Fairbanks North Star Borough | Alaska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.2 | 11.6 | 11.5 |
| Spending per listing | $1.1M | $940K | $876K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,636 | 3,921 | 4,055 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +7.8% | +29.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.4% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,076 | $1,095 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $88,267 | $92,788 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 46 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 10
- Employees, 2023
- 18
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $351K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 375 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 45The 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 Fairbanks North Star Borough, 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 Fairbanks North Star Borough
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 93,972−1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 36,359
- Median age
- 35.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 7,335 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 13
- Median household income
- $88,267+14.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $112,548
- Median home value
- $298,200
- Jobs located here
- n/a
- Daytime population
- n/aResidents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Alaska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK | 63 | 48 | 12.0 | $901K | +10.4% | #431 of 1,769 |
| 2Juneau City and Borough, AK | 55 | 13 | 9.9 | $1.2M | −1.8% | #697 of 1,769 |
| 3Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK | 46 | 37 | 10.2 | $1.1M | −1.4% | #1,016 of 1,769 |
| 4Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK | 37 | 42 | 17.2 | $592K | +5.1% | #1,378 of 1,769 |
| 5Anchorage Municipality, AK | 36 | 147 | 13.5 | $855K | −1.3% | #1,390 of 1,769 |
| 6Kodiak Island Borough, AK | 33 | 6 | 12.9 | $794K | −5.0% | #1,463 of 1,769 |
Other business types in Fairbanks North Star Borough
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 salons63
- Barbershops53
- Nail salons53
- Spas and skin care46
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 Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 37 spas and skin care studios in Fairbanks North Star Borough. 5 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in 2023.
How much do households in Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK spend on personal care products and services?
About $39.1M a year, or $1,076 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 37 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 36,359 households in Fairbanks North Star Borough and national spending patterns by income.
How does Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?
Fairbanks North Star Borough has 10.2 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $1.1M, 21% above the U.S. figure of $876K. At the U.S. ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, Fairbanks North Star Borough would have about 45, against 37 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,636 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S.
How fast is Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK growing?
Population estimates put Fairbanks North Star Borough at 93,972 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 36,359 households. The median household income in Fairbanks North Star Borough is $88,267 a year, 9% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 14.6% 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. Fairbanks North Star Borough scores 46 for spas and skin care studios (lower middle), #1,016 of 1,769 scored counties.
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