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Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Arizona

Spas and skin care studios in the Payson, AZ area

How the Payson, AZ area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for spas and skin care studios: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 63 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #116 of 504 scored small-town markets
#3 of 4 scored small-town markets based in Arizona

Listings
13
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$20.6M
On personal care products and services · $872 a household
Spending per listing
$1.6M
81% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.5
52% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
53,801
+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

As of September 2026, map listings count 13 spas and skin care studios in the Payson area. None of them are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. That is 5.5 per 10,000 households, 52% below the U.S. rate of 11.5.

At $872 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in the Payson area spend about $20.6M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $1.6M per studio, 81% above the U.S. figure of $876K. 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 the Payson area: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Payson area grew 0.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for spas and skin care studios in the Payson area is 63 (upper middle), #116 of 504 scored small-town markets and #3 of 4 scored small-town markets based in Arizona. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.

How the Payson area compares

The same measures for Arizona 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 Payson, AZ area compared with Arizona and the U.S.
MeasurePayson areaArizonaU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.514.911.5
Spending per listing$1.6M$681K$876K
Households per official establishmentn/a3,8864,055
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+62.3%+29.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.9%+6.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$872$1,017$1,005
Median household income$61,986$79,964$80,734
Groundwork market score6341

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
130 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
24The 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 Payson 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 Payson area

Population, 2025 estimate
53,801+0.9% since 2020
Households
23,645
Median age
49.8
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
4,758 sq. mi.
People per square mile
11
Median household income
$61,986+42.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$79,972
Median home value
$269,400
Jobs located here
13,608
Daytime population
48,361Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Spas and skin care across Arizona

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Arizona for spas and skin care studios, numbered among those based in Arizona, with the Payson area marked.

Top small-town markets in Arizona

Small-town markets in Arizona ranked for spas and skin care studios by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Nogales, AZ7574.1$2M+4.8%#24 of 504
2Show Low, AZ67205.0$1.6M+3.0%#80 of 504
3Payson, AZ63135.5$1.6M+0.9%#116 of 504
4Safford, AZ54129.4$954K+4.0%#207 of 504

Other business types in the Payson 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 Payson, AZ area?

The Payson area has 13 spas and skin care studios on map listings as of September 2026. None of them 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 Payson area: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in the Payson, AZ area spend on personal care products and services?

About $20.6M a year, or $872 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $1.6M 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 23,645 households in the Payson area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Payson, AZ area compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?

The Payson area has 5.5 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 52% below the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $1.6M, 81% above the U.S. figure of $876K. At the national ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, the Payson area would have about 24, against 13 on map listings.

How fast is the Payson, AZ area growing?

Population estimates put the Payson area at 53,801 people in 2025, up 0.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 23,645 households. Median household income in the Payson area is $61,986, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 42.4%, 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 Payson area scores 63 for spas and skin care studios (upper middle), #116 of 504 scored small-town markets.

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