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Spas and skin care studios in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL metro area

How the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for spas and skin care studios: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 64 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #63 of 387 scored metro areas
#3 of 8 scored metro areas based in Iowa

Listings
132
14 chain locations (11%)
Official establishments
23
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$157.8M
On personal care products and services · $976 a household
Spending per listing
$1.2M
37% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.2
29% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
380,452
−0.9% 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 132 spas and skin care studios in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area. Chain locations make up 11% of them, against 10% across the U.S. That is 8.2 per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 11.5.

Households in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area spend about $157.8M a year on personal care products and services, or $976 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.2M per studio, 37% 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.

Official counts show 23 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area in 2023. That is one for every 7,031 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area declined 0.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For spas and skin care studios, the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area has a Groundwork market score of 64 (upper middle): #63 of 387 scored metro areas and #3 of 8 scored metro areas based in Iowa. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.

How the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area 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.

Spas and skin care in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL metro area compared with Iowa and the U.S.
MeasureDavenport-Moline-Rock Island metro areaIowaU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.28.711.5
Spending per listing$1.2M$1.1M$876K
Households per official establishment7,0316,0084,055
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+12.9%+29.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.9%+1.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$976$990$1,005
Median household income$72,738$75,059$80,734
Groundwork market score6466

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
23
Employees, 2023
93
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
13214 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
180The 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 the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area, 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 the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
380,452−0.9% since 2020
Households
161,702
Median age
41.0
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
2,270 sq. mi.
People per square mile
168
Median household income
$72,738+24.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$95,004
Median home value
$174,100
Jobs located here
174,294
Daytime population
383,694Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Spas and skin care across Iowa

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Iowa for spas and skin care studios, numbered among those based in Iowa (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Iowa

Metro areas in Iowa ranked for spas and skin care studios by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Ames, IA77265.2$1.9M+2.2%#7 of 387
2Iowa City, IA69659.0$1.1M+4.1%#41 of 387
3Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL641328.2$1.2M−0.9%#63 of 387
Omaha, NE-IA623759.6$1.1M+4.2%#79 of 387
4Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA6230810.4$1M+6.7%#82 of 387
5Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA58659.4$1M+0.5%#116 of 387
6Sioux City, IA-NE-SD55549.7$999K+1.0%#147 of 387
7Cedar Rapids, IA4912410.9$933K+1.0%#198 of 387
8Dubuque, IA414310.5$952K+0.1%#271 of 387

Other business types in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area

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Questions

How many spas and skin care studios are in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL metro area?

The Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area has 132 spas and skin care studios on map listings as of September 2026. 14 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. Official counts show 23 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in 2023.

How much do households in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL metro area spend on personal care products and services?

About $157.8M a year, or $976 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 132 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $1.2M 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 161,702 households in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL metro area compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?

The Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area has 8.2 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $1.2M, 37% above the U.S. figure of $876K. At the national ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area would have about 180, against 132 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 7,031 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S.

How fast is the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area at 380,452 people in 2025, down 0.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 161,702 households. Median household income in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area is $72,738, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.3%, 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. The Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area scores 64 for spas and skin care studios (upper middle), #63 of 387 scored metro areas.

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