Beauty and personal care · County · Illinois
Spas and skin care studios in Macon County, IL
How Macon County, IL 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 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #952 of 1,769 scored counties
#38 of 62 scored counties in Illinois
- Listings
- 35
- 4 chain locations (11%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $39.5M
- On personal care products and services · $909 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.1M
- 29% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.1
- 30% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 99,300
- −4.3% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Macon County spend about $39.5M a year on personal care products and services, or $909 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.1M of household spending for each studio on map listings, 29% above 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 35 spas and skin care studios on map listings in Macon County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 11% of them, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.1, 30% below the U.S. rate of 11.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 7 businesses with payroll in Macon County classed as other personal care services. That is one for every 6,210 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Macon County declined 4.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For spas and skin care studios, Macon County has a Groundwork market score of 48 (lower middle): #952 of 1,769 scored counties and #38 of 62 scored counties in Illinois.
How Macon County compares
The same measures for Illinois 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 | Macon County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.1 | 10.1 | 11.5 |
| Spending per listing | $1.1M | $1.1M | $876K |
| Households per official establishment | 6,210 | 4,437 | 4,055 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +22.0% | +29.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.3% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $909 | $1,063 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $62,666 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 39
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $726K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 354 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 45The 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 Macon 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 Macon County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 99,300−4.3% since 2020
- Households
- 43,468
- Median age
- 41.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 581 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 175
- Median household income
- $62,666+24.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,051
- Median home value
- $127,300
- Jobs located here
- 43,992
- Daytime population
- 103,405Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Boone County, IL | 79 | 5 | 2.6 | $4.1M | +0.4% | #67 of 1,769 |
| 2Clinton County, IL | 78 | 5 | 3.4 | $3M | +0.6% | #84 of 1,769 |
| 3Kendall County, IL | 70 | 44 | 9.7 | $1.2M | +9.9% | #232 of 1,769 |
| 4Champaign County, IL | 68 | 56 | 6.6 | $1.4M | +1.8% | #273 of 1,769 |
| 5Livingston County, IL | 67 | 5 | 3.4 | $2.8M | −2.1% | #284 of 1,769 |
| 6Whiteside County, IL | 67 | 9 | 3.9 | $2.4M | −2.6% | #289 of 1,769 |
| 7Rock Island County, IL | 66 | 30 | 4.9 | $1.9M | −1.7% | #318 of 1,769 |
| 8Ogle County, IL | 66 | 12 | 5.8 | $1.7M | −0.7% | #321 of 1,769 |
| 9Tazewell County, IL | 66 | 39 | 7.2 | $1.4M | −0.9% | #331 of 1,769 |
| 10Henry County, IL | 65 | 10 | 4.9 | $2M | −2.2% | #349 of 1,769 |
| 38Macon County, IL | 48 | 35 | 8.1 | $1.1M | −4.3% | #952 of 1,769 |
Other business types in Macon 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 spas42
- Hair salons53
- Barbershops25
- Nail salons44
- 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 Macon County, IL?
As of September 2026, map listings count 35 spas and skin care studios in Macon County. 4 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in 2023.
How much do households in Macon County, IL spend on personal care products and services?
About $39.5M a year, or $909 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 35 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $1.1M 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 43,468 households in Macon County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Macon County, IL compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?
Macon County has 8.1 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $1.1M, 29% above the U.S. figure of $876K. At the U.S. ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, Macon County would have about 45, against 35 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,210 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S.
How fast is Macon County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Macon County at 99,300 people in 2025, down 4.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 43,468 households. The median household income in Macon County is $62,666 a year, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.1% 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. Macon County scores 48 for spas and skin care studios (lower middle), #952 of 1,769 scored counties.
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