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Spas and skin care studios in Kent County, DE

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for spas and skin care studios in Kent County, DE, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #588 of 1,769 scored counties
#2 of 3 scored counties in Delaware

Listings
61
5 chain locations (8%)
Official establishments
13
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$63.2M
On personal care products and services · $884 a household
Spending per listing
$1M
18% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.5
26% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
194,786
+6.8% 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 61 spas and skin care studios in Kent County. Of those, 5 are chain locations, or 8%, against 10% across the U.S. That is 8.5 per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 11.5.

Households in Kent County spend about $63.2M a year on personal care products and services, or $884 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. Spread across 61 spas and skin care studios, that is $1M per studio, 18% 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 13 businesses with payroll in Kent County classed as other personal care services. That is one for every 5,494 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $230K has gone to businesses classed as other personal care services in Kent County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Kent County grew 6.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Kent County scores 58 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for spas and skin care studios, ranking #588 of 1,769 scored counties and #2 of 3 scored counties in Delaware.

How Kent County compares

The same measures for Delaware 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 Kent County, DE compared with Delaware and the U.S.
MeasureKent CountyDelawareU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.59.111.5
Spending per listing$1M$1.1M$876K
Households per official establishment5,4943,6884,055
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+36.3%+29.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.8%+6.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$884$964$1,005
Median household income$74,477$84,954$80,734
Groundwork market score5854

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7 → 13
Employees, 2023
66
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
615 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
72The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$230K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
194,786+6.8% since 2020
Households
71,424
Median age
39.6
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
586 sq. mi.
People per square mile
320
Median household income
$74,477+22.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$92,801
Median home value
$316,600
Jobs located here
66,799
Daytime population
177,320Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Spas and skin care across Delaware

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

Top counties in Delaware

Counties in Delaware ranked for spas and skin care studios by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Sussex County, DE61878.2$1.2M+16.1%#493 of 1,769
2Kent County, DE58618.5$1M+6.8%#588 of 1,769
3New Castle County, DE502199.8$1M+3.0%#887 of 1,769

Other business types in Kent 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 Kent County, DE?

Kent County has 61 spas and skin care studios on map listings as of September 2026. 5 of them (8%) 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 Kent County, DE spend on personal care products and services?

About $63.2M a year, or $884 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 61 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $1M 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 71,424 households in Kent County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Kent County has 8.5 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $1M, 18% above the U.S. figure of $876K. At the national ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, Kent County would have about 72, against 61 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,494 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S.

How fast is Kent County, DE growing?

Population estimates put Kent County at 194,786 people in 2025, up 6.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 71,424 households. Median household income in Kent County is $74,477, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.3%, 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. Kent County scores 58 for spas and skin care studios (upper middle), #588 of 1,769 scored counties.

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