Beauty and personal care · County · Kentucky
Spas and skin care studios in Hardin County, KY
The spas and skin care studios in Hardin County, KY, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 38 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,324 of 1,769 scored counties
#33 of 59 scored counties in Kentucky
- Listings
- 45
- 10 chain locations (22%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $38.3M
- On personal care products and services · $858 a household
- Spending per listing
- $851K
- 3% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.1
- 12% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 113,482
- +2.4% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on personal care products and services in Hardin County comes to about $38.3M a year: $858 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That is about $851K of household spending for each studio on map listings, 3% below the U.S. figure of $876K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only spas and skin care studios.
Hardin County has 45 spas and skin care studios on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 22% of them, against 10% across the U.S. That is 10.1 per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 11.5.
Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in Hardin County in 2023. That is one for every 4,057 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $350K has gone to businesses classed as other personal care services in Hardin County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Hardin County grew 2.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for spas and skin care studios in Hardin County is 38 (lower middle), #1,324 of 1,769 scored counties and #33 of 59 scored counties in Kentucky.
How Hardin County compares
The same measures for Kentucky 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 | Hardin County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.1 | 8.3 | 11.5 |
| Spending per listing | $851K | $1M | $876K |
| Households per official establishment | 4,057 | 5,969 | 4,055 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +20.2% | +29.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.4% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $858 | $833 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $67,647 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 38 | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 11
- Employees, 2023
- 86
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4510 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 44The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $350K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as other personal care services in Hardin 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 Hardin County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 113,482+2.4% since 2020
- Households
- 44,622
- Median age
- 38.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 624 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 179
- Median household income
- $67,647+24.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,596
- Median home value
- $225,800
- Jobs located here
- 42,829
- Daytime population
- 107,983Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Oldham County, KY | 86 | 15 | 6.5 | $1.8M | +4.9% | #28 of 1,769 |
| 2Shelby County, KY | 79 | 9 | 4.9 | $1.9M | +6.2% | #72 of 1,769 |
| 3Scott County, KY | 72 | 17 | 7.5 | $1.3M | +8.2% | #182 of 1,769 |
| 4Meade County, KY | 68 | 5 | 4.5 | $2M | +2.2% | #258 of 1,769 |
| 5Boone County, KY | 67 | 44 | 8.6 | $1.2M | +6.5% | #309 of 1,769 |
| 6Bullitt County, KY | 66 | 17 | 5.4 | $1.7M | +5.0% | #322 of 1,769 |
| 7Franklin County, KY | 64 | 11 | 4.8 | $1.7M | +2.0% | #385 of 1,769 |
| 8Logan County, KY | 63 | 5 | 4.5 | $1.7M | +4.2% | #411 of 1,769 |
| 9Grant County, KY | 63 | 5 | 5.4 | $1.5M | +4.7% | #413 of 1,769 |
| 10Campbell County, KY | 63 | 34 | 8.7 | $1.1M | +2.5% | #425 of 1,769 |
| 33Hardin County, KY | 38 | 45 | 10.1 | $851K | +2.4% | #1,324 of 1,769 |
Other business types in Hardin 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 spas35
- Hair salons41
- Barbershops29
- Nail salons37
- Spas and skin care38
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 Hardin County, KY?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 45 spas and skin care studios in Hardin County. 10 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in 2023.
How much do households in Hardin County, KY spend on personal care products and services?
About $38.3M a year, or $858 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 45 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $851K 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 44,622 households in Hardin County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hardin County, KY compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?
Hardin County has 10.1 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $851K, 3% below the U.S. figure of $876K. At the U.S. ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, Hardin County would have about 44, against 45 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,057 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S.
How fast is Hardin County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Hardin County at 113,482 people in 2025, up 2.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 44,622 households. The median household income in Hardin County is $67,647 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.4% 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. Hardin County scores 38 for spas and skin care studios (lower middle), #1,324 of 1,769 scored counties.
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