Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Iowa
Spas and skin care studios in the Spencer, IA area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for spas and skin care studios in the Spencer, IA area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 31 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #439 of 504 scored small-town markets
#12 of 14 scored small-town markets based in Iowa
- Listings
- 9
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $6.7M
- On personal care products and services · $921 a household
- Spending per listing
- $745K
- 15% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.4
- 8% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 16,202
- −0.8% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for spas and skin care studios in the Spencer area is 31 (lower middle), #439 of 504 scored small-town markets and #12 of 14 scored small-town markets based in Iowa. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
At $921 per household (8% below the U.S. average), households in the Spencer area spend about $6.7M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $745K of household spending for each studio on map listings, 15% below the U.S. figure of $876K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only spas and skin care studios.
The Spencer area 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 12.4 for every 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 11.5.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for other personal care services in the Spencer area, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates show the Spencer area declined 0.8% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Spencer 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.
| Measure | Spencer area | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.4 | 8.7 | 11.5 |
| Spending per listing | $745K | $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 | −0.8% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $921 | $990 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $65,428 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 31 | 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 the Spencer 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 Spencer area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 16,202−0.8% since 2020
- Households
- 7,282
- Median age
- 43.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 567 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 29
- Median household income
- $65,428+29.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $83,614
- Median home value
- $178,600
- Jobs located here
- 8,325
- Daytime population
- 16,701Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Iowa market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Iowa for spas and skin care studios, numbered among those based in Iowa, with the Spencer area marked.
Top small-town markets in Iowa
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pella, IA | 87 | 6 | 4.5 | $2.2M | +2.3% | #5 of 504 |
| 2Ottumwa, IA | 67 | 6 | 4.3 | $2.1M | −0.3% | #78 of 504 |
| 3Marshalltown, IA | 66 | 9 | 5.8 | $1.6M | −0.5% | #90 of 504 |
| 4Oskaloosa, IA | 63 | 5 | 5.7 | $1.6M | −1.2% | #115 of 504 |
| 5Muscatine, IA | 60 | 10 | 5.8 | $1.6M | −3.0% | #142 of 504 |
| 6Clinton, IA | 52 | 17 | 8.7 | $1.1M | −0.9% | #227 of 504 |
| 7Le Mars, IA | 52 | 11 | 10.7 | $955K | 0.0% | #229 of 504 |
| 8Burlington, IA-IL | 43 | 13 | 6.5 | $1.4M | −2.5% | #328 of 504 |
| 9Spirit Lake, IA | 43 | 16 | 18.1 | $564K | +1.7% | #342 of 504 |
| 10Fort Dodge, IA | 38 | 16 | 10.4 | $873K | −0.4% | #388 of 504 |
| 12Spencer, IA | 31 | 9 | 12.4 | $745K | −0.8% | #439 of 504 |
Other business types in the Spencer area
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 spas49
- Hair salons45
- Barbershops
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care31
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 the Spencer, IA area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 spas and skin care studios in the Spencer area. 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 the Spencer area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Spencer, IA area spend on personal care products and services?
About $6.7M a year, or $921 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $745K 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 7,282 households in the Spencer area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Spencer, IA area compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?
The Spencer area has 12.4 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $745K, 15% below the U.S. figure of $876K. At the U.S. ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, the Spencer area would have about 8, against 9 on map listings.
How fast is the Spencer, IA area growing?
Population estimates put the Spencer area at 16,202 people in 2025, down 0.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,282 households. The median household income in the Spencer area is $65,428 a year, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.5% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Spencer area scores 31 for spas and skin care studios (lower middle), #439 of 504 scored small-town markets.
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