Beauty and personal care · County · Iowa
Spas and skin care studios in Buena Vista County, IA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for spas and skin care studios in Buena Vista County, IA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,440 of 1,769 scored counties
#36 of 45 scored counties in Iowa
- Listings
- 9
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $7.3M
- On personal care products and services · $972 a household
- Spending per listing
- $815K
- 7% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.9
- 3% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 20,449
- −1.7% since 2020
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What this means
Buena Vista County scores 34 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for spas and skin care studios, ranking #1,440 of 1,769 scored counties and #36 of 45 scored counties in Iowa. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Buena Vista County comes to about $7.3M a year: $972 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. Spread across 9 spas and skin care studios, that is $815K per studio, 7% below the U.S. figure of $876K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only spas and skin care studios.
Buena Vista County has 9 spas and skin care studios on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 11.9 for every 10,000 households, 3% above the U.S. rate of 11.5.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for other personal care services in Buena Vista County, since they leave out counts under 3. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Buena Vista County declined 1.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Buena Vista County compares
The same measures for Iowa 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 | Buena Vista County | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.9 | 8.7 | 11.5 |
| Spending per listing | $815K | $1.1M | $876K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 6,008 | 4,055 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +12.9% | +29.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.7% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $972 | $990 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $71,719 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 34 | 66 |
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
- 90 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Buena Vista 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 Buena Vista County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 20,449−1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 7,546
- Median age
- 36.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 575 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 36
- Median household income
- $71,719+25.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,361
- Median home value
- $159,500
- Jobs located here
- 11,467
- Daytime population
- 22,374Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Iowa market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Iowa for spas and skin care studios, numbered among those based in Iowa, with Buena Vista County marked.
Top counties in Iowa
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Warren County, IA | 89 | 10 | 4.8 | $2.3M | +9.0% | #15 of 1,769 |
| 2Marion County, IA | 80 | 6 | 4.5 | $2.2M | +2.3% | #63 of 1,769 |
| 3Story County, IA | 75 | 22 | 5.7 | $1.7M | +2.7% | #120 of 1,769 |
| 4Dallas County, IA | 75 | 37 | 8.7 | $1.4M | +17.8% | #128 of 1,769 |
| 5Pottawattamie County, IA | 70 | 15 | 4.0 | $2.4M | −0.7% | #201 of 1,769 |
| 6Washington County, IA | 70 | 5 | 5.6 | $1.8M | +0.6% | #213 of 1,769 |
| 7Sioux County, IA | 69 | 10 | 7.9 | $1.3M | +2.5% | #252 of 1,769 |
| 8Buchanan County, IA | 68 | 5 | 6.1 | $1.6M | +1.3% | #268 of 1,769 |
| 9Johnson County, IA | 63 | 60 | 9.5 | $1.1M | +4.6% | #426 of 1,769 |
| 10Wapello County, IA | 62 | 6 | 4.3 | $2.1M | −0.3% | #438 of 1,769 |
| 36Buena Vista County, IA | 34 | 9 | 11.9 | $815K | −1.7% | #1,440 of 1,769 |
Other business types in Buena Vista 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 spas37
- Hair salons27
- Barbershops
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care34
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 Buena Vista County, IA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 spas and skin care studios in Buena Vista County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. No official count is published for other personal care services in Buena Vista County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Buena Vista County, IA spend on personal care products and services?
About $7.3M a year, or $972 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $815K 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 7,546 households in Buena Vista County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Buena Vista County, IA compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?
Buena Vista County has 11.9 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 3% above the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $815K, 7% below the U.S. figure of $876K. At the U.S. ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, Buena Vista County would have about 8, against 9 on map listings.
How fast is Buena Vista County, IA growing?
Population estimates put Buena Vista County at 20,449 people in 2025, down 1.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,546 households. The median household income in Buena Vista County is $71,719 a year, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.6% 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. Buena Vista County scores 34 for spas and skin care studios (lower middle), #1,440 of 1,769 scored counties.
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