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Spas and skin care studios in Indian River County, FL

How Indian River 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 41 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,225 of 1,769 scored counties
#26 of 52 scored counties in Florida

Listings
105
9 chain locations (9%)
Official establishments
17
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$64.4M
On personal care products and services · $910 a household
Spending per listing
$614K
30% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
14.8
29% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
172,799
+7.7% 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 105 spas and skin care studios in Indian River County. 9 of them (9%) are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 14.8, 29% above the U.S. rate of 11.5.

At $910 per household (9% below the U.S. average), households in Indian River County spend about $64.4M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 105 spas and skin care studios, that is $614K per studio, 30% 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 17 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in Indian River County in 2023. That is one for every 4,166 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $528K have gone to businesses classed as other personal care services in Indian River County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Indian River County grew 7.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For spas and skin care studios, Indian River County has a Groundwork market score of 41 (lower middle): #1,225 of 1,769 scored counties and #26 of 52 scored counties in Florida.

How Indian River 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.

Spas and skin care in Indian River County, FL compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureIndian River CountyFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households14.817.011.5
Spending per listing$614K$535K$876K
Households per official establishment4,1663,0514,055
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+38.5%+29.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+7.7%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$910$911$1,005
Median household income$73,491$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score4126

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
12 → 17
Employees, 2023
77
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
1059 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
74The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$528K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
172,799+7.7% since 2020
Households
70,816
Median age
52.9
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
503 sq. mi.
People per square mile
332
Median household income
$73,491+34.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$108,404
Median home value
$351,500
Jobs located here
57,126
Daytime population
157,374Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Spas and skin care across Florida

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

Top counties in Florida

Counties in Florida ranked for spas and skin care studios by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Sumter County, FL84324.6$2M+21.1%#38 of 1,769
2Jackson County, FL6752.9$2.5M+5.4%#286 of 1,769
3Levy County, FL6794.8$1.6M+12.7%#297 of 1,769
4Putnam County, FL67165.1$1.4M+5.9%#301 of 1,769
5Santa Rosa County, FL647510.3$951K+11.7%#405 of 1,769
6Baker County, FL6377.6$1.2M+5.8%#420 of 1,769
7St. Lucie County, FL631188.6$1M+21.4%#429 of 1,769
8Gilchrist County, FL6157.0$1.2M+14.5%#491 of 1,769
9Flagler County, FL61529.9$930K+21.0%#504 of 1,769
10Nassau County, FL616316.0$613K+17.4%#505 of 1,769
26Indian River County, FL4110514.8$614K+7.7%#1,225 of 1,769

Other business types in Indian River 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 Indian River County, FL?

Indian River County has 105 spas and skin care studios on map listings as of September 2026. 9 of them (9%) are chain locations. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in 2023.

How much do households in Indian River County, FL spend on personal care products and services?

About $64.4M a year, or $910 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 105 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $614K 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 70,816 households in Indian River County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Indian River County, FL compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?

Indian River County has 14.8 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 29% above the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $614K, 30% below the U.S. figure of $876K. At the national ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, Indian River County would have about 74, against 105 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,166 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S.

How fast is Indian River County, FL growing?

Population estimates put Indian River County at 172,799 people in 2025, up 7.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 70,816 households. Median household income in Indian River County is $73,491, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.3%, 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. Indian River County scores 41 for spas and skin care studios (lower middle), #1,225 of 1,769 scored counties.

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