Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · California
Spas and skin care studios in the Sonora, CA area
How the Sonora, CA 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 40 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #367 of 504 scored small-town markets
#8 of 8 scored small-town markets based in California
- Listings
- 25
- 1 chain location (4%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $22.7M
- On personal care products and services · $1,002 a household
- Spending per listing
- $909K
- 4% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.0
- 4% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 53,160
- −4.0% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,002 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in the Sonora area spend about $22.7M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $909K per studio, 4% 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 Sonora area has 25 spas and skin care studios on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (4%) is a chain location, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 11.0, 4% below the U.S. rate of 11.5.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for other personal care services in the Sonora area, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Sonora area declined 4.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Sonora area scores 40 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for spas and skin care studios, ranking #367 of 504 scored small-town markets and #8 of 8 scored small-town markets based in California.
How the Sonora area compares
The same measures for California 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 | Sonora area | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.0 | 13.7 | 11.5 |
| Spending per listing | $909K | $839K | $876K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 3,490 | 4,055 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +37.6% | +29.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.0% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,002 | $1,149 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $77,404 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 40 | 37 |
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
- 251 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 26The 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 Sonora 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 Sonora area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 53,160−4.0% since 2020
- Households
- 22,690
- Median age
- 48.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 2,221 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 25
- Median household income
- $77,404+28.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $104,064
- Median home value
- $433,200
- Jobs located here
- 16,129
- Daytime population
- 40,598Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every California market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in California for spas and skin care studios, numbered among those based in California (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Sonora area marked.
Top small-town markets in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Red Bluff, CA | 65 | 11 | 4.4 | $2M | −1.7% | #99 of 504 |
| 2Ukiah, CA | 61 | 27 | 7.7 | $1.2M | −3.5% | #138 of 504 |
| 3Bishop, CA | 54 | 6 | 7.5 | $1.3M | −4.4% | #204 of 504 |
| 4Truckee-Grass Valley, CA | 52 | 56 | 13.1 | $834K | −0.4% | #231 of 504 |
| Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA | 49 | 30 | 13.8 | $791K | +0.9% | #265 of 504 |
| 5Crescent City, CA | 47 | 7 | 7.4 | $1.3M | −4.4% | #281 of 504 |
| 6Eureka-Arcata, CA | 44 | 63 | 11.5 | $787K | −3.4% | #323 of 504 |
| 7Clearlake, CA | 42 | 25 | 9.3 | $975K | −0.6% | #348 of 504 |
| 8Sonora, CA | 40 | 25 | 11.0 | $909K | −4.0% | #367 of 504 |
Other business types in the Sonora 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 spas61
- Hair salons64
- Barbershops59
- Nail salons66
- Spas and skin care40
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 Sonora, CA area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 25 spas and skin care studios in the Sonora area. One of them (4%) is a chain location. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. No official count is published for other personal care services in the Sonora area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Sonora, CA area spend on personal care products and services?
About $22.7M a year, or $1,002 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 25 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $909K 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 22,690 households in the Sonora area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Sonora, CA area compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?
The Sonora area has 11.0 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $909K, 4% above the U.S. figure of $876K. At the U.S. ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, the Sonora area would have about 26, against 25 on map listings.
How fast is the Sonora, CA area growing?
Population estimates put the Sonora area at 53,160 people in 2025, down 4.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 22,690 households. The median household income in the Sonora area is $77,404 a year, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.8% 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 Sonora area scores 40 for spas and skin care studios (lower middle), #367 of 504 scored small-town markets.
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