Beauty and personal care · County · Florida
Spas and skin care studios in Alachua County, FL
How Alachua County, FL compares with other counties and the U.S. for spas and skin care studios: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 39 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,291 of 1,769 scored counties
#30 of 52 scored counties in Florida
- Listings
- 127
- 14 chain locations (11%)
- Official establishments
- 27
- +35.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $99.1M
- On personal care products and services · $848 a household
- Spending per listing
- $780K
- 11% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.9
- 5% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 290,028
- +3.7% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 127 spas and skin care studios in Alachua County. Chain locations make up 11% of them, against 10% across the U.S. That is 10.9 per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 11.5.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Alachua County comes to about $99.1M a year: $848 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That works out to $780K per studio, 11% below 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.
Official counts show 27 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in Alachua County in 2023, up 35.0% from 2019. That is one for every 4,325 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $926K has gone to businesses classed as other personal care services in Alachua County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Alachua County grew 3.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For spas and skin care studios, Alachua County has a Groundwork market score of 39 (lower middle): #1,291 of 1,769 scored counties and #30 of 52 scored counties in Florida.
How Alachua County compares
The same measures for Florida 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 | Alachua County | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.9 | 17.0 | 11.5 |
| Spending per listing | $780K | $535K | $876K |
| Households per official establishment | 4,325 | 3,051 | 4,055 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +35.0% | +38.5% | +29.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.7% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $848 | $911 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $61,949 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 39 | 26 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 20 → 27+35.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 167
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 12714 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 113The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $926K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as other personal care services in Alachua 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 Alachua County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 290,028+3.7% since 2020
- Households
- 116,786
- Median age
- 36.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 54%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 876 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 326
- Median household income
- $61,949+24.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,386
- Median home value
- $288,800
- Jobs located here
- 139,721
- Daytime population
- 316,161Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Florida market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Florida for spas and skin care studios, numbered among those based in Florida, with Alachua County marked.
Top counties in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sumter County, FL | 84 | 32 | 4.6 | $2M | +21.1% | #38 of 1,769 |
| 2Jackson County, FL | 67 | 5 | 2.9 | $2.5M | +5.4% | #286 of 1,769 |
| 3Levy County, FL | 67 | 9 | 4.8 | $1.6M | +12.7% | #297 of 1,769 |
| 4Putnam County, FL | 67 | 16 | 5.1 | $1.4M | +5.9% | #301 of 1,769 |
| 5Santa Rosa County, FL | 64 | 75 | 10.3 | $951K | +11.7% | #405 of 1,769 |
| 6Baker County, FL | 63 | 7 | 7.6 | $1.2M | +5.8% | #420 of 1,769 |
| 7St. Lucie County, FL | 63 | 118 | 8.6 | $1M | +21.4% | #429 of 1,769 |
| 8Gilchrist County, FL | 61 | 5 | 7.0 | $1.2M | +14.5% | #491 of 1,769 |
| 9Flagler County, FL | 61 | 52 | 9.9 | $930K | +21.0% | #504 of 1,769 |
| 10Nassau County, FL | 61 | 63 | 16.0 | $613K | +17.4% | #505 of 1,769 |
| 30Alachua County, FL | 39 | 127 | 10.9 | $780K | +3.7% | #1,291 of 1,769 |
Other business types in Alachua 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 spas35
- Hair salons44
- Barbershops48
- Nail salons45
- Spas and skin care39
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 Alachua County, FL?
There are 127 spas and skin care studios on map listings in Alachua County as of September 2026. 14 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. Official counts show 27 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in 2023, up 35.0% from 2019.
How much do households in Alachua County, FL spend on personal care products and services?
About $99.1M a year, or $848 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 127 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $780K 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 116,786 households in Alachua County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Alachua County, FL compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?
Alachua County has 10.9 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $780K, 11% below the U.S. figure of $876K. At the national ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, Alachua County would have about 113, against 127 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,325 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S. The official count rose 35.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +29.8% for the U.S.
How fast is Alachua County, FL growing?
Population estimates put Alachua County at 290,028 people in 2025, up 3.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 116,786 households. Median household income in Alachua County is $61,949, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.7%, 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. Alachua County scores 39 for spas and skin care studios (lower middle), #1,291 of 1,769 scored counties.
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