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Spas and skin care studios in Walton County, FL

How Walton 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 40 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,264 of 1,769 scored counties
#29 of 52 scored counties in Florida

Listings
57
3 chain locations (5%)
Official establishments
12
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$33.4M
On personal care products and services · $971 a household
Spending per listing
$585K
33% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
16.6
44% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
93,288
+22.9% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 57 spas and skin care studios in Walton County. 3 of them (5%) are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 16.6, 44% above the U.S. rate of 11.5.

Household spending on personal care products and services in Walton County comes to about $33.4M a year: $971 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. That is about $585K of household spending for each studio on map listings, 33% 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 12 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in Walton County in 2023. That is one for every 2,864 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Walton County from 2020 to 2025 at +22.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Walton County scores 40 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for spas and skin care studios, ranking #1,264 of 1,769 scored counties and #29 of 52 scored counties in Florida.

How Walton 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 Walton County, FL compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureWalton CountyFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households16.617.011.5
Spending per listing$585K$535K$876K
Households per official establishment2,8643,0514,055
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+38.5%+29.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+22.9%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$971$911$1,005
Median household income$81,986$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score4026

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
10 → 12
Employees, 2023
31
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
573 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
38The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
0
Amount
$0

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

Population, 2025 estimate
93,288+22.9% since 2020
Households
34,362
Median age
44.4
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
1,038 sq. mi.
People per square mile
80
Median household income
$81,986+41.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$130,042
Median home value
$425,100
Jobs located here
34,667
Daytime population
84,665Residents 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 Walton 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
29Walton County, FL405716.6$585K+22.9%#1,264 of 1,769

Other business types in Walton 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 Walton County, FL?

There are 57 spas and skin care studios on map listings in Walton County as of September 2026. 3 of them (5%) are chain locations. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in 2023.

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

About $33.4M a year, or $971 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 57 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $585K 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 34,362 households in Walton County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Walton County has 16.6 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 44% above the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $585K, 33% below the U.S. figure of $876K. At the national ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, Walton County would have about 38, against 57 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,864 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S.

How fast is Walton County, FL growing?

Population estimates put Walton County at 93,288 people in 2025, up 22.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 34,362 households. Median household income in Walton County is $81,986, 2% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 41.1%, 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. Walton County scores 40 for spas and skin care studios (lower middle), #1,264 of 1,769 scored counties.

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