Beauty and personal care · County · Delaware
Spas and skin care studios in Sussex County, DE
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for spas and skin care studios in Sussex County, DE, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 61 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #493 of 1,769 scored counties
#1 of 3 scored counties in Delaware
- Listings
- 87
- 8 chain locations (9%)
- Official establishments
- 26
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $100.1M
- On personal care products and services · $940 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 31% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.2
- 29% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 277,140
- +16.1% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 87 spas and skin care studios in Sussex County. 8 of them (9%) are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 8.2 for every 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 11.5.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Sussex County comes to about $100.1M a year: $940 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.2M of household spending for each studio on map listings, 31% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in Sussex County was 26 in 2023. That is one for every 4,094 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $75K have gone to businesses classed as other personal care services in Sussex County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Sussex County grew 16.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for spas and skin care studios in Sussex County is 61 (upper middle), #493 of 1,769 scored counties and #1 of 3 scored counties in Delaware.
How Sussex 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.
| Measure | Sussex County | Delaware | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.2 | 9.1 | 11.5 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $1.1M | $876K |
| Households per official establishment | 4,094 | 3,688 | 4,055 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +36.3% | +29.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +16.1% | +6.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $940 | $964 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $81,497 | $84,954 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 61 | 54 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 18 → 26
- Employees, 2023
- 164
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 878 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 114The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $75K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as other personal care services in Sussex 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 Sussex County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 277,140+16.1% since 2020
- Households
- 106,441
- Median age
- 49.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 936 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 273
- Median household income
- $81,497+29.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $109,287
- Median home value
- $382,600
- Jobs located here
- 85,870
- Daytime population
- 239,628Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Delaware
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sussex County, DE | 61 | 87 | 8.2 | $1.2M | +16.1% | #493 of 1,769 |
| 2Kent County, DE | 58 | 61 | 8.5 | $1M | +6.8% | #588 of 1,769 |
| 3New Castle County, DE | 50 | 219 | 9.8 | $1M | +3.0% | #887 of 1,769 |
Other business types in Sussex County
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 salons69
- Barbershops83
- Nail salons63
- Spas and skin care61
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 Sussex County, DE?
Sussex County has 87 spas and skin care studios on map listings as of September 2026. 8 of them (9%) are chain locations. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. Official counts show 26 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in 2023.
How much do households in Sussex County, DE spend on personal care products and services?
About $100.1M a year, or $940 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 87 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $1.2M 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 106,441 households in Sussex County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Sussex County, DE compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?
Sussex County has 8.2 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $1.2M, 31% above the U.S. figure of $876K. At the national ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, Sussex County would have about 114, against 87 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,094 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S.
How fast is Sussex County, DE growing?
Population estimates put Sussex County at 277,140 people in 2025, up 16.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 106,441 households. Median household income in Sussex County is $81,497, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.0%, 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. Sussex County scores 61 for spas and skin care studios (upper middle), #493 of 1,769 scored counties.
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