Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Georgia
Spas and skin care studios in the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for spas and skin care studios in the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #211 of 387 scored metro areas
#5 of 14 scored metro areas based in Georgia
- Listings
- 55
- 2 chain locations (4%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $40.4M
- On personal care products and services · $855 a household
- Spending per listing
- $734K
- 16% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.7
- 2% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 118,524
- +4.4% since 2020
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What this means
At $855 per household (15% below the U.S. average), households in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area spend about $40.4M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $734K per studio, 16% below 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 55 spas and skin care studios on map listings in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 4% of them, against 10% across the U.S. That is 11.7 per 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 11.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area classed as other personal care services. That is one for every 9,442 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $160K has gone to businesses classed as other personal care services in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area.
Population estimates show the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area grew 4.4% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For spas and skin care studios, the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area has a Groundwork market score of 48 (lower middle): #211 of 387 scored metro areas and #5 of 14 scored metro areas based in Georgia.
How the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area compares
The same measures for Georgia 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 | Brunswick-St. Simons metro area | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.7 | 13.1 | 11.5 |
| Spending per listing | $734K | $705K | $876K |
| Households per official establishment | 9,442 | 3,847 | 4,055 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +46.5% | +29.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.4% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $855 | $926 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $66,623 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 33 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5
- Employees, 2023
- 18
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $402K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 552 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 46The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $160K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as other personal care services in the Brunswick-St. Simons 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 Brunswick-St. Simons metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 118,524+4.4% since 2020
- Households
- 47,209
- Median age
- 44.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,294 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 89
- Median household income
- $66,623+31.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,637
- Median home value
- $242,500
- Jobs located here
- 42,696
- Daytime population
- 112,115Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Georgia market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Georgia for spas and skin care studios, numbered among those based in Georgia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hinesville, GA | 61 | 21 | 7.0 | $1.1M | +12.6% | #87 of 387 |
| 2Warner Robins, GA | 56 | 80 | 10.7 | $841K | +8.2% | #144 of 387 |
| 3Gainesville, GA | 52 | 68 | 9.2 | $1M | +11.4% | #169 of 387 |
| 4Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 48 | 230 | 9.9 | $876K | +4.7% | #208 of 387 |
| 5Brunswick-St. Simons, GA | 48 | 55 | 11.7 | $734K | +4.4% | #211 of 387 |
| Chattanooga, TN-GA | 47 | 242 | 10.5 | $850K | +5.3% | #220 of 387 |
| 6Albany, GA | 40 | 49 | 8.5 | $907K | −1.8% | #280 of 387 |
| 7Dalton, GA | 40 | 50 | 9.6 | $865K | +3.5% | #283 of 387 |
| 8Rome, GA | 36 | 34 | 9.2 | $910K | +2.8% | #321 of 387 |
| 9Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | 36 | 3,676 | 15.9 | $629K | +5.9% | #327 of 387 |
Other business types in the Brunswick-St. Simons 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 spas36
- Hair salons34
- Barbershops39
- Nail salons30
- Spas and skin care48
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 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 55 spas and skin care studios in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area. 2 of them (4%) are chain locations. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in 2023.
How much do households in the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $40.4M a year, or $855 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 55 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $734K 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 47,209 households in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA metro area compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?
The Brunswick-St. Simons metro area has 11.7 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $734K, 16% below the U.S. figure of $876K. At the U.S. ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area would have about 46, against 55 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 9,442 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S.
How fast is the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area at 118,524 people in 2025, up 4.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 47,209 households. The median household income in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area is $66,623 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.5% 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. The Brunswick-St. Simons metro area scores 48 for spas and skin care studios (lower middle), #211 of 387 scored metro areas.
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