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Spas and skin care studios in St. Joseph County, IN

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #910 of 1,769 scored counties
#42 of 63 scored counties in Indiana

Listings
84
17 chain locations (20%)
Official establishments
27
+3.9% since 2019
Household spending a year
$101.1M
On personal care products and services · $943 a household
Spending per listing
$1.2M
37% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.8
32% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
272,861
+0.1% 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

Households in St. Joseph County spend about $101.1M a year on personal care products and services, or $943 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.2M per studio, 37% above the U.S. figure of $876K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only spas and skin care studios.

St. Joseph County has 84 spas and skin care studios on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 20% of them, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 7.8 for every 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 11.5.

Official counts show 27 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in St. Joseph County in 2023, up 3.9% from 2019. That is one for every 3,972 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $284K has gone to businesses classed as other personal care services in St. Joseph County.

Population estimates show St. Joseph County grew 0.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For spas and skin care studios, St. Joseph County has a Groundwork market score of 49 (lower middle): #910 of 1,769 scored counties and #42 of 63 scored counties in Indiana.

How St. Joseph 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.

Spas and skin care in St. Joseph County, IN compared with Indiana and the U.S.
MeasureSt. Joseph CountyIndianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.88.911.5
Spending per listing$1.2M$1.1M$876K
Households per official establishment3,9724,9384,055
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+3.9%+20.1%+29.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.1%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$943$971$1,005
Median household income$66,868$71,957$80,734
Groundwork market score4958

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
26 → 27+3.9% over the period
Employees, 2023
169
Annual payroll, 2023
$4.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
8417 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
115The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$284K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
272,861+0.1% since 2020
Households
107,252
Median age
38.0
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
458 sq. mi.
People per square mile
596
Median household income
$66,868+26.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$92,212
Median home value
$192,800
Jobs located here
124,747
Daytime population
277,571Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Spas and skin care across Indiana

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

Top counties in Indiana

Counties in Indiana ranked for spas and skin care studios by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1LaGrange County, IN8053.9$2.6M+1.9%#61 of 1,769
2Morgan County, IN80207.1$1.4M+4.4%#65 of 1,769
3Putnam County, IN7964.2$2.3M+3.2%#68 of 1,769
4Boone County, IN79217.3$1.7M+13.5%#75 of 1,769
5Hancock County, IN79257.5$1.5M+13.5%#80 of 1,769
6Madison County, IN77275.1$1.8M+3.8%#98 of 1,769
7Harrison County, IN7574.5$2.1M+1.9%#116 of 1,769
8Dearborn County, IN73104.9$2M+1.7%#154 of 1,769
9Marshall County, IN7273.9$2.4M+1.2%#167 of 1,769
10DeKalb County, IN72105.8$1.6M+2.9%#172 of 1,769
42St. Joseph County, IN49847.8$1.2M+0.1%#910 of 1,769

Other business types in St. Joseph 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. Joseph County, IN?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 84 spas and skin care studios in St. Joseph County. 17 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. Official counts show 27 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in 2023, up 3.9% from 2019.

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

About $101.1M a year, or $943 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 84 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $1.2M 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 107,252 households in St. Joseph County and national spending patterns by income.

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

St. Joseph County has 7.8 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $1.2M, 37% above the U.S. figure of $876K. At the U.S. ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, St. Joseph County would have about 115, against 84 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,972 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S. The official count rose 3.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +29.8% for the U.S.

How fast is St. Joseph County, IN growing?

Population estimates put St. Joseph County at 272,861 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 107,252 households. The median household income in St. Joseph County is $66,868 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.7% 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. St. Joseph County scores 49 for spas and skin care studios (lower middle), #910 of 1,769 scored counties.

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