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Spas and skin care studios in Alamosa County, CO

The spas and skin care studios in Alamosa County, CO, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 35 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,408 of 1,769 scored counties
#20 of 34 scored counties in Colorado

Listings
5
1 chain location (20%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$5.5M
On personal care products and services · $831 a household
Spending per listing
$1.1M
26% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.5
35% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
16,688
+1.9% 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

For spas and skin care studios, Alamosa County has a Groundwork market score of 35 (lower middle): #1,408 of 1,769 scored counties and #20 of 34 scored counties in Colorado. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on personal care products and services in Alamosa County comes to about $5.5M a year: $831 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.1M per studio, 26% above the U.S. figure of $876K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only spas and skin care studios.

There are 5 spas and skin care studios on map listings in Alamosa County as of September 2026. One of them (20%) is a chain location, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 7.5 for every 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 11.5.

Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in Alamosa County in 2023. That is one for every 2,216 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $500K has gone to businesses classed as other personal care services in Alamosa County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Alamosa County grew 1.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Alamosa County compares

The same measures for Colorado 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 Alamosa County, CO compared with Colorado and the U.S.
MeasureAlamosa CountyColoradoU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.516.011.5
Spending per listing$1.1M$699K$876K
Households per official establishment2,2162,8004,055
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+35.9%+29.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.9%+3.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$831$1,118$1,005
Median household income$55,397$95,470$80,734
Groundwork market score3535

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
5
Annual payroll, 2023
$106K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
51 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
6The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$500K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as other personal care services in Alamosa 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 Alamosa County

Population, 2025 estimate
16,688+1.9% since 2020
Households
6,648
Median age
33.3
Homes lived in by their owners
56%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
723 sq. mi.
People per square mile
23
Median household income
$55,397+47.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$73,625
Median home value
$239,100
Jobs located here
7,016
Daytime population
16,804Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Spas and skin care across Colorado

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The highest-scoring counties in Colorado for spas and skin care studios, numbered among those based in Colorado, with Alamosa County marked.

Top counties in Colorado

Counties in Colorado ranked for spas and skin care studios by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Elbert County, CO9477.0$1.9M+16.5%#2 of 1,769
2Grand County, CO8156.7$1.6M+4.8%#58 of 1,769
3Teller County, CO7465.1$2M0.0%#133 of 1,769
4Weld County, CO6913510.9$1M+14.2%#254 of 1,769
5Delta County, CO6575.4$1.6M+3.6%#357 of 1,769
6Adams County, CO6420610.9$1M+6.6%#403 of 1,769
7Broomfield County, CO544112.9$992K+6.3%#740 of 1,769
8Fremont County, CO49158.3$1.1M+2.4%#919 of 1,769
9Montrose County, CO472011.1$844K+4.1%#1,001 of 1,769
10Mesa County, CO477811.8$812K+4.4%#1,002 of 1,769
20Alamosa County, CO3557.5$1.1M+1.9%#1,408 of 1,769

Other business types in Alamosa County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many spas and skin care studios are in Alamosa County, CO?

As of September 2026, map listings count 5 spas and skin care studios in Alamosa County. One of them (20%) is a chain location. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in 2023.

How much do households in Alamosa County, CO spend on personal care products and services?

About $5.5M a year, or $831 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 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 6,648 households in Alamosa County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Alamosa County, CO compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?

Alamosa County has 7.5 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $1.1M, 26% above the U.S. figure of $876K. At the U.S. ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, Alamosa County would have about 6, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,216 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S.

How fast is Alamosa County, CO growing?

Population estimates put Alamosa County at 16,688 people in 2025, up 1.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,648 households. The median household income in Alamosa County is $55,397 a year, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 47.7% 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. Alamosa County scores 35 for spas and skin care studios (lower middle), #1,408 of 1,769 scored counties.

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