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Spas and skin care studios in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for spas and skin care studios in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 24 out of 100: Low

Ranked #380 of 387 scored metro areas
#22 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida

Listings
5,377
434 chain locations (8%)
Official establishments
969
+40.6% since 2019
Household spending a year
$2.2B
On personal care products and services · $929 a household
Spending per listing
$404K
54% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
23.0
Twice the U.S.
Population, 2025
6,391,072
+4.2% 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

The Groundwork market score for spas and skin care studios in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area is 24 (low), #380 of 387 scored metro areas and #22 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 5,377 spas and skin care studios in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area. Of those, 434 are chain locations, or 8%, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 23.0, twice the U.S. rate of 11.5.

Household spending on personal care products and services in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area comes to about $2.2B a year: $929 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That is about $404K of household spending for each studio on map listings, 54% 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.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area was 969 in 2023, up 40.6% from 2019. That is one for every 2,409 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 90 SBA-backed loans worth $40.3M have gone to businesses classed as other personal care services in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area grew 4.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area 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 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureMiami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro areaFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households23.017.011.5
Spending per listing$404K$535K$876K
Households per official establishment2,4093,0514,055
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+40.6%+38.5%+29.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.2%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$929$911$1,005
Median household income$76,527$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score2426

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
969+40.6% over the period
Employees, 2023
4,833
Annual payroll, 2023
$154.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
5,377434 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2,478The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
90
Amount
$40.3M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as other personal care services in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area, 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 the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
6,391,072+4.2% since 2020
Households
2,334,797
Median age
42.8
Homes lived in by their owners
61%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
5,067 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,233
Median household income
$76,527+34.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$113,472
Median home value
$443,300
Jobs located here
2,820,583
Daytime population
6,365,054Residents 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 metro areas in Florida for spas and skin care studios, numbered among those based in Florida, with the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Florida

Metro areas in Florida ranked for spas and skin care studios by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Wildwood-The Villages, FL85324.6$2M+21.1%#1 of 387
2Homosassa Springs, FL57557.7$1M+11.1%#121 of 387
3Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL542779.6$877K+19.8%#159 of 387
4Punta Gorda, FL47899.8$877K+15.5%#218 of 387
5Gainesville, FL441419.9$846K+5.4%#244 of 387
6Sebring, FL44439.2$830K+9.7%#246 of 387
7Ocala, FL4117810.8$741K+17.3%#274 of 387
8Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL4127613.7$659K+6.5%#277 of 387
9Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL4034911.9$735K+11.2%#287 of 387
10Port St. Lucie, FL3924111.7$768K+16.0%#300 of 387
22Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL245,37723.0$404K+4.2%#380 of 387

Other business types in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area

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Questions

How many spas and skin care studios are in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area?

There are 5,377 spas and skin care studios on map listings in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area as of September 2026. 434 of them (8%) are chain locations. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. Official counts show 969 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in 2023, up 40.6% from 2019.

How much do households in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area spend on personal care products and services?

About $2.2B a year, or $929 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5,377 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $404K 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 2,334,797 households in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?

The Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area has 23.0 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, twice the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $404K, 54% below the U.S. figure of $876K. At the national ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area would have about 2,478, against 5,377 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,409 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S. The official count rose 40.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +29.8% for the U.S.

How fast is the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area at 6,391,072 people in 2025, up 4.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 2,334,797 households. Median household income in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area is $76,527, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.8%, 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. The Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area scores 24 for spas and skin care studios (low), #380 of 387 scored metro areas.

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