Beauty and personal care · County · Indiana
Spas and skin care studios in Clay County, IN
How Clay County, IN 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 45 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,058 of 1,769 scored counties
#50 of 63 scored counties in Indiana
- Listings
- 10
- 1 chain location (10%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $10M
- On personal care products and services · $949 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1M
- 14% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.5
- 17% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 26,410
- −0.1% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 spas and skin care studios in Clay County. One of them (10%) is a chain location, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 9.5 for every 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 11.5.
At $949 per household (6% below the U.S. average), households in Clay County spend about $10M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 10 spas and skin care studios, that is $1M per studio, 14% 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in Clay County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates put the population change in Clay County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Clay County scores 45 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for spas and skin care studios, ranking #1,058 of 1,769 scored counties and #50 of 63 scored counties in Indiana.
How Clay County compares
The same measures for Indiana 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 | Clay County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.5 | 8.9 | 11.5 |
| Spending per listing | $1M | $1.1M | $876K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 4,938 | 4,055 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +20.1% | +29.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.1% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $949 | $971 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $70,010 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 45 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 101 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The 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 Clay 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 Clay County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 26,410−0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 10,549
- Median age
- 41.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 358 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 74
- Median household income
- $70,010+25.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $101,024
- Median home value
- $153,000
- Jobs located here
- 7,738
- Daytime population
- 24,011Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1LaGrange County, IN | 80 | 5 | 3.9 | $2.6M | +1.9% | #61 of 1,769 |
| 2Morgan County, IN | 80 | 20 | 7.1 | $1.4M | +4.4% | #65 of 1,769 |
| 3Putnam County, IN | 79 | 6 | 4.2 | $2.3M | +3.2% | #68 of 1,769 |
| 4Boone County, IN | 79 | 21 | 7.3 | $1.7M | +13.5% | #75 of 1,769 |
| 5Hancock County, IN | 79 | 25 | 7.5 | $1.5M | +13.5% | #80 of 1,769 |
| 6Madison County, IN | 77 | 27 | 5.1 | $1.8M | +3.8% | #98 of 1,769 |
| 7Harrison County, IN | 75 | 7 | 4.5 | $2.1M | +1.9% | #116 of 1,769 |
| 8Dearborn County, IN | 73 | 10 | 4.9 | $2M | +1.7% | #154 of 1,769 |
| 9Marshall County, IN | 72 | 7 | 3.9 | $2.4M | +1.2% | #167 of 1,769 |
| 10DeKalb County, IN | 72 | 10 | 5.8 | $1.6M | +2.9% | #172 of 1,769 |
| 50Clay County, IN | 45 | 10 | 9.5 | $1M | −0.1% | #1,058 of 1,769 |
Other business types in Clay 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 spas57
- Hair salons54
- Barbershops
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care45
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 Clay County, IN?
There are 10 spas and skin care studios on map listings in Clay County as of September 2026. One of them (10%) is a chain location. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. No official count is published for other personal care services in Clay County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Clay County, IN spend on personal care products and services?
About $10M a year, or $949 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $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 10,549 households in Clay County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Clay County, IN compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?
Clay County has 9.5 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $1M, 14% above the U.S. figure of $876K. At the national ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, Clay County would have about 11, against 10 on map listings.
How fast is Clay County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Clay County at 26,410 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 10,549 households. Median household income in Clay County is $70,010, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.8%, 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. Clay County scores 45 for spas and skin care studios (lower middle), #1,058 of 1,769 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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