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Spas and skin care studios in Okaloosa County, FL

The spas and skin care studios in Okaloosa County, FL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 33 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,469 of 1,769 scored counties
#39 of 52 scored counties in Florida

Listings
140
16 chain locations (11%)
Official establishments
33
+57.1% since 2019
Household spending a year
$81.7M
On personal care products and services · $956 a household
Spending per listing
$583K
33% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
16.4
43% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
221,810
+4.6% 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

Okaloosa County scores 33 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for spas and skin care studios, ranking #1,469 of 1,769 scored counties and #39 of 52 scored counties in Florida. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on personal care products and services in Okaloosa County comes to about $81.7M a year: $956 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. That is about $583K of household spending for each studio on map listings, 33% below the U.S. figure of $876K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only spas and skin care studios.

Okaloosa County has 140 spas and skin care studios on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 11% of them, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 16.4, 43% above the U.S. rate of 11.5.

In 2023, official counts showed 33 businesses with payroll in Okaloosa County classed as other personal care services, up 57.1% from 2019. That is one for every 2,588 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $80K has gone to businesses classed as other personal care services in Okaloosa County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Okaloosa County grew 4.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Okaloosa 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 Okaloosa County, FL compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureOkaloosa CountyFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households16.417.011.5
Spending per listing$583K$535K$876K
Households per official establishment2,5883,0514,055
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+57.1%+38.5%+29.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.6%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$956$911$1,005
Median household income$81,998$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score3326

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
21 → 33+57.1% over the period
Employees, 2023
175
Annual payroll, 2023
$4.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
14016 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
93The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$80K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
221,810+4.6% since 2020
Households
85,411
Median age
39.1
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
930 sq. mi.
People per square mile
233
Median household income
$81,998+29.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$109,934
Median home value
$351,200
Jobs located here
91,084
Daytime population
224,037Residents 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 Okaloosa 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
39Okaloosa County, FL3314016.4$583K+4.6%#1,469 of 1,769

Other business types in Okaloosa 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 Okaloosa County, FL?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 140 spas and skin care studios in Okaloosa County. 16 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. Official counts show 33 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in 2023, up 57.1% from 2019.

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

About $81.7M a year, or $956 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 140 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $583K per studio. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which spas and skin care studios share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 85,411 households in Okaloosa County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Okaloosa County has 16.4 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 43% above the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $583K, 33% below the U.S. figure of $876K. At the U.S. ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, Okaloosa County would have about 93, against 140 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,588 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S. The official count rose 57.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +29.8% for the U.S.

How fast is Okaloosa County, FL growing?

Population estimates put Okaloosa County at 221,810 people in 2025, up 4.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 85,411 households. The median household income in Okaloosa County is $81,998 a year, 2% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.3% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Okaloosa County scores 33 for spas and skin care studios (lower middle), #1,469 of 1,769 scored counties.

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