Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Florida
Spas and skin care studios in the Wildwood-The Villages, FL metro area
The spas and skin care studios in the Wildwood-The Villages, FL metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 85 out of 100: High
Ranked #1 of 387 scored metro areas
#1 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida
- Listings
- 32
- 4 chain locations (13%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $62.9M
- On personal care products and services · $895 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- 2.2 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.6
- 60% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 157,772
- +21.1% since 2020
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What this means
For spas and skin care studios, the Wildwood-The Villages metro area has a Groundwork market score of 85 (high): #1 of 387 scored metro areas and #1 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for spas and skin care studios.
Households in the Wildwood-The Villages metro area spend about $62.9M a year on personal care products and services, or $895 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2M per studio, 2.2 times the U.S. figure of $876K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only spas and skin care studios.
There are 32 spas and skin care studios on map listings in the Wildwood-The Villages metro area as of September 2026. 4 of them (13%) are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.6, 60% below the U.S. rate of 11.5.
Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in the Wildwood-The Villages metro area in 2023. That is one for every 11,720 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Wildwood-The Villages metro area grew 21.1% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Wildwood-The Villages 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.
| Measure | Wildwood-The Villages metro area | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.6 | 17.0 | 11.5 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $535K | $876K |
| Households per official establishment | 11,720 | 3,051 | 4,055 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +38.5% | +29.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +21.1% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $895 | $911 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $76,508 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 85 | 26 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6
- Employees, 2023
- 27
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $629K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 324 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 72The 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 the Wildwood-The Villages 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 Wildwood-The Villages metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 157,772+21.1% since 2020
- Households
- 70,318
- Median age
- 62.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 88%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.5
- Land area
- 557 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 257
- Median household income
- $76,508
- Average household income
- $98,339
- Median home value
- $385,400
- Jobs located here
- 37,385
- Daytime population
- 146,480Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Florida market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Florida for spas and skin care studios, numbered among those based in Florida, with the Wildwood-The Villages metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wildwood-The Villages, FL | 85 | 32 | 4.6 | $2M | +21.1% | #1 of 387 |
| 2Homosassa Springs, FL | 57 | 55 | 7.7 | $1M | +11.1% | #121 of 387 |
| 3Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | 54 | 277 | 9.6 | $877K | +19.8% | #159 of 387 |
| 4Punta Gorda, FL | 47 | 89 | 9.8 | $877K | +15.5% | #218 of 387 |
| 5Gainesville, FL | 44 | 141 | 9.9 | $846K | +5.4% | #244 of 387 |
| 6Sebring, FL | 44 | 43 | 9.2 | $830K | +9.7% | #246 of 387 |
| 7Ocala, FL | 41 | 178 | 10.8 | $741K | +17.3% | #274 of 387 |
| 8Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL | 41 | 276 | 13.7 | $659K | +6.5% | #277 of 387 |
| 9Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL | 40 | 349 | 11.9 | $735K | +11.2% | #287 of 387 |
| 10Port St. Lucie, FL | 39 | 241 | 11.7 | $768K | +16.0% | #300 of 387 |
Other business types in the Wildwood-The Villages metro area
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 spas85
- Hair salons84
- Barbershops81
- Nail salons74
- Spas and skin care85
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 the Wildwood-The Villages, FL metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 32 spas and skin care studios in the Wildwood-The Villages metro area. 4 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in 2023.
How much do households in the Wildwood-The Villages, FL metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $62.9M a year, or $895 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 32 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $2M 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 70,318 households in the Wildwood-The Villages metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Wildwood-The Villages, FL metro area compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?
The Wildwood-The Villages metro area has 4.6 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 60% below the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $2M, 2.2 times the U.S. figure of $876K. At the U.S. ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, the Wildwood-The Villages metro area would have about 72, against 32 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 11,720 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S.
How fast is the Wildwood-The Villages, FL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Wildwood-The Villages metro area at 157,772 people in 2025, up 21.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 70,318 households. The median household income in the Wildwood-The Villages metro area is $76,508 a year, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Wildwood-The Villages metro area scores 85 for spas and skin care studios (high), #1 of 387 scored metro areas.
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