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Spas and skin care studios in St. Clair County, IL

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for spas and skin care studios in St. Clair County, IL, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #667 of 1,769 scored counties
#25 of 62 scored counties in Illinois

Listings
92
8 chain locations (9%)
Official establishments
13
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$99.7M
On personal care products and services · $988 a household
Spending per listing
$1.1M
24% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.1
21% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
250,708
−2.5% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 92 spas and skin care studios in St. Clair County. Chain locations make up 9% of them, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.1, 21% below the U.S. rate of 11.5.

Households in St. Clair County spend about $99.7M a year on personal care products and services, or $988 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.1M of household spending for each studio on map listings, 24% above 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 St. Clair County was 13 in 2023. That is one for every 7,757 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $123K has gone to businesses classed as other personal care services in St. Clair County.

Population estimates show St. Clair County declined 2.5% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for spas and skin care studios in St. Clair County is 56 (upper middle), #667 of 1,769 scored counties and #25 of 62 scored counties in Illinois.

How St. Clair 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.

Spas and skin care in St. Clair County, IL compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureSt. Clair CountyIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.110.111.5
Spending per listing$1.1M$1.1M$876K
Households per official establishment7,7574,4374,055
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+22.0%+29.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.5%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$988$1,063$1,005
Median household income$73,854$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market score5652

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
15 → 13
Employees, 2023
99
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
928 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
114The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$123K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as other personal care services in St. Clair 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 St. Clair County

Population, 2025 estimate
250,708−2.5% since 2020
Households
100,846
Median age
40.3
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
658 sq. mi.
People per square mile
386
Median household income
$73,854+33.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$96,153
Median home value
$180,300
Jobs located here
90,959
Daytime population
229,240Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Spas and skin care across Illinois

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The highest-scoring counties in Illinois for spas and skin care studios, numbered among those based in Illinois, with St. Clair County marked.

Top counties in Illinois

Counties in Illinois ranked for spas and skin care studios by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Boone County, IL7952.6$4.1M+0.4%#67 of 1,769
2Clinton County, IL7853.4$3M+0.6%#84 of 1,769
3Kendall County, IL70449.7$1.2M+9.9%#232 of 1,769
4Champaign County, IL68566.6$1.4M+1.8%#273 of 1,769
5Livingston County, IL6753.4$2.8M−2.1%#284 of 1,769
6Whiteside County, IL6793.9$2.4M−2.6%#289 of 1,769
7Rock Island County, IL66304.9$1.9M−1.7%#318 of 1,769
8Ogle County, IL66125.8$1.7M−0.7%#321 of 1,769
9Tazewell County, IL66397.2$1.4M−0.9%#331 of 1,769
10Henry County, IL65104.9$2M−2.2%#349 of 1,769
25St. Clair County, IL56929.1$1.1M−2.5%#667 of 1,769

Other business types in St. Clair 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 St. Clair County, IL?

St. Clair County has 92 spas and skin care studios on map listings as of September 2026. 8 of them (9%) are chain locations. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in 2023.

How much do households in St. Clair County, IL spend on personal care products and services?

About $99.7M a year, or $988 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 92 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $1.1M 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 100,846 households in St. Clair County and national spending patterns by income.

How does St. Clair County, IL compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?

St. Clair County has 9.1 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $1.1M, 24% above the U.S. figure of $876K. At the national ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, St. Clair County would have about 114, against 92 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 7,757 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S.

How fast is St. Clair County, IL growing?

Population estimates put St. Clair County at 250,708 people in 2025, down 2.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 100,846 households. Median household income in St. Clair County is $73,854, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.8%, 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. St. Clair County scores 56 for spas and skin care studios (upper middle), #667 of 1,769 scored counties.

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