Beauty and personal care · County · Iowa
Spas and skin care studios in Cerro Gordo County, IA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for spas and skin care studios in Cerro Gordo County, IA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 22 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,671 of 1,769 scored counties
#42 of 45 scored counties in Iowa
- Listings
- 26
- 7 chain locations (27%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $18.4M
- On personal care products and services · $943 a household
- Spending per listing
- $708K
- 19% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.3
- 16% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 42,372
- −1.5% since 2020
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What this means
For spas and skin care studios, Cerro Gordo County has a Groundwork market score of 22 (low): #1,671 of 1,769 scored counties and #42 of 45 scored counties in Iowa. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 26 spas and skin care studios in Cerro Gordo County. Chain locations make up 27% of them, against 10% across the U.S. That is 13.3 per 10,000 households, 16% above the U.S. rate of 11.5.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Cerro Gordo County comes to about $18.4M a year: $943 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That works out to $708K per studio, 19% below 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 8 businesses with payroll in Cerro Gordo County classed as other personal care services. That is one for every 2,442 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $68K has gone to businesses classed as other personal care services in Cerro Gordo County. Population estimates put the population change in Cerro Gordo County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Cerro Gordo 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 | Cerro Gordo County | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.3 | 8.7 | 11.5 |
| Spending per listing | $708K | $1.1M | $876K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,442 | 6,008 | 4,055 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +12.9% | +29.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.5% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $943 | $990 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $68,189 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 22 | 66 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10 → 8
- Employees, 2023
- 32
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $849K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 267 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 21The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $68K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as other personal care services in Cerro Gordo 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 Cerro Gordo County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 42,372−1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 19,538
- Median age
- 45.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 568 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 75
- Median household income
- $68,189+26.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,087
- Median home value
- $166,400
- Jobs located here
- 22,381
- Daytime population
- 45,188Residents 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 Cerro Gordo 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 |
| 42Cerro Gordo County, IA | 22 | 26 | 13.3 | $708K | −1.5% | #1,671 of 1,769 |
Other business types in Cerro Gordo 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 spas23
- Hair salons20
- Barbershops63
- Nail salons50
- Spas and skin care22
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 Cerro Gordo County, IA?
Cerro Gordo County has 26 spas and skin care studios on map listings as of September 2026. 7 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in 2023.
How much do households in Cerro Gordo County, IA spend on personal care products and services?
About $18.4M 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 26 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $708K 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 19,538 households in Cerro Gordo County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cerro Gordo County, IA compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?
Cerro Gordo County has 13.3 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 16% above the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $708K, 19% below the U.S. figure of $876K. At the national ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, Cerro Gordo County would have about 21, against 26 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,442 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S.
How fast is Cerro Gordo County, IA growing?
Population estimates put Cerro Gordo County at 42,372 people in 2025, down 1.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 19,538 households. Median household income in Cerro Gordo County is $68,189, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.4%, 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. Cerro Gordo County scores 22 for spas and skin care studios (low), #1,671 of 1,769 scored counties.
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