Beauty and personal care · County · Georgia
Spas and skin care studios in Clarke County, GA
How Clarke County, GA 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 13 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,746 of 1,769 scored counties
#89 of 91 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 82
- 11 chain locations (13%)
- Official establishments
- 26
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $42.7M
- On personal care products and services · $784 a household
- Spending per listing
- $521K
- 41% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.1
- 31% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 129,921
- +1.0% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for spas and skin care studios in Clarke County is 13 (low), #1,746 of 1,769 scored counties and #89 of 91 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 82 spas and skin care studios in Clarke County. Chain locations make up 13% of them, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 15.1 for every 10,000 households, 31% above the U.S. rate of 11.5.
At $784 per household (22% below the U.S. average), households in Clarke County spend about $42.7M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $521K per studio, 41% 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 Clarke County was 26 in 2023. That is one for every 2,094 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $610K has gone to businesses classed as other personal care services in Clarke County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Clarke County grew 1.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Clarke County 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 | Clarke County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.1 | 13.1 | 11.5 |
| Spending per listing | $521K | $705K | $876K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,094 | 3,847 | 4,055 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +46.5% | +29.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.0% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $784 | $926 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $53,625 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 13 | 33 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10 → 26
- Employees, 2023
- 101
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 8211 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 49The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $610K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as other personal care services in Clarke 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 Clarke County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 129,921+1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 54,454
- Median age
- 33.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 41%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 119 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,086
- Median household income
- $53,625+38.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,676
- Median home value
- $298,900
- Jobs located here
- 71,696
- Daytime population
- 151,489Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Monroe County, GA | 86 | 5 | 4.7 | $2M | +14.1% | #26 of 1,769 |
| 2Effingham County, GA | 82 | 13 | 5.4 | $1.8M | +14.1% | #52 of 1,769 |
| 3Walton County, GA | 81 | 21 | 5.9 | $1.6M | +16.0% | #57 of 1,769 |
| 4Paulding County, GA | 77 | 46 | 7.7 | $1.3M | +12.7% | #103 of 1,769 |
| 5Newton County, GA | 75 | 25 | 6.1 | $1.5M | +11.2% | #124 of 1,769 |
| 6Walker County, GA | 74 | 8 | 3.0 | $2.6M | +3.7% | #131 of 1,769 |
| 7Haralson County, GA | 74 | 6 | 5.1 | $1.7M | +10.0% | #138 of 1,769 |
| 8Peach County, GA | 73 | 5 | 4.7 | $1.8M | +6.5% | #155 of 1,769 |
| 9Greene County, GA | 72 | 7 | 8.5 | $1.2M | +12.3% | #185 of 1,769 |
| 10Pike County, GA | 71 | 5 | 7.4 | $1.3M | +10.5% | #198 of 1,769 |
| 89Clarke County, GA | 13 | 82 | 15.1 | $521K | +1.0% | #1,746 of 1,769 |
Other business types in Clarke County
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 spas18
- Hair salons25
- Barbershops42
- Nail salons23
- Spas and skin care13
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 Clarke County, GA?
There are 82 spas and skin care studios on map listings in Clarke County as of September 2026. 11 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. Official counts show 26 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in 2023.
How much do households in Clarke County, GA spend on personal care products and services?
About $42.7M a year, or $784 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 82 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $521K 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 54,454 households in Clarke County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Clarke County, GA compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?
Clarke County has 15.1 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 31% above the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $521K, 41% below the U.S. figure of $876K. At the national ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, Clarke County would have about 49, against 82 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,094 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S.
How fast is Clarke County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Clarke County at 129,921 people in 2025, up 1.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 54,454 households. Median household income in Clarke County is $53,625, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 38.8%, 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. Clarke County scores 13 for spas and skin care studios (low), #1,746 of 1,769 scored counties.
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