Beauty and personal care · County · Kansas
Spas and skin care studios in Cowley County, KS
How Cowley County, KS compares with other counties and the U.S. for spas and skin care studios: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 36 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,385 of 1,769 scored counties
#22 of 27 scored counties in Kansas
- Listings
- 11
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $11.6M
- On personal care products and services · $870 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.1M
- 21% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.2
- 29% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 34,382
- −0.4% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for spas and skin care studios in Cowley County is 36 (lower middle), #1,385 of 1,769 scored counties and #22 of 27 scored counties in Kansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 spas and skin care studios in Cowley County. None of them are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. That is 8.2 per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 11.5.
At $870 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in Cowley County spend about $11.6M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $1.1M per studio, 21% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Cowley County classed as other personal care services. That is one for every 3,347 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Cowley County declined 0.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Cowley County compares
The same measures for Kansas 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 | Cowley County | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.2 | 9.1 | 11.5 |
| Spending per listing | $1.1M | $1.1M | $876K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,347 | 5,195 | 4,055 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +17.1% | +29.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.4% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $870 | $996 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $57,878 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 36 | 60 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4
- Employees, 2023
- 8
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $174K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 110 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The 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 Cowley 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 Cowley County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 34,382−0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 13,387
- Median age
- 39.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,126 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 31
- Median household income
- $57,878+15.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $81,245
- Median home value
- $120,900
- Jobs located here
- 13,490
- Daytime population
- 33,626Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Kansas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Kansas for spas and skin care studios, numbered among those based in Kansas, with Cowley County marked.
Top counties in Kansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Leavenworth County, KS | 78 | 21 | 7.0 | $1.5M | +3.2% | #91 of 1,769 |
| 2Wyandotte County, KS | 77 | 14 | 2.3 | $3.9M | +1.0% | #94 of 1,769 |
| 3Miami County, KS | 77 | 8 | 5.8 | $1.8M | +5.9% | #97 of 1,769 |
| 4Butler County, KS | 72 | 19 | 7.5 | $1.4M | +3.1% | #179 of 1,769 |
| 5McPherson County, KS | 71 | 5 | 4.1 | $2.4M | −0.4% | #188 of 1,769 |
| 6Shawnee County, KS | 66 | 42 | 5.6 | $1.7M | 0.0% | #323 of 1,769 |
| 7Sumner County, KS | 61 | 5 | 5.6 | $1.6M | −0.1% | #469 of 1,769 |
| 8Finney County, KS | 58 | 8 | 6.0 | $1.6M | −2.1% | #573 of 1,769 |
| 9Franklin County, KS | 57 | 8 | 7.7 | $1.2M | +1.1% | #617 of 1,769 |
| 10Geary County, KS | 56 | 6 | 4.2 | $2M | −1.2% | #638 of 1,769 |
| 22Cowley County, KS | 36 | 11 | 8.2 | $1.1M | −0.4% | #1,385 of 1,769 |
Other business types in Cowley 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 spas40
- Hair salons49
- Barbershops33
- Nail salons36
- Spas and skin care36
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 Cowley County, KS?
There are 11 spas and skin care studios on map listings in Cowley County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in 2023.
How much do households in Cowley County, KS spend on personal care products and services?
About $11.6M a year, or $870 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $1.1M 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 13,387 households in Cowley County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cowley County, KS compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?
Cowley County 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 $1.1M, 21% above the U.S. figure of $876K. At the national ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, Cowley County would have about 13, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,347 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S.
How fast is Cowley County, KS growing?
Population estimates put Cowley County at 34,382 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 13,387 households. Median household income in Cowley County is $57,878, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 15.5%, 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. Cowley County scores 36 for spas and skin care studios (lower middle), #1,385 of 1,769 scored counties.
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