Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Kentucky
Spas and skin care studios in the Middlesborough, KY area
How the Middlesborough, KY area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for spas and skin care studios: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 2 out of 100: Very low
Ranked #504 of 504 scored small-town markets
#15 of 15 scored small-town markets based in Kentucky
- Listings
- 12
- 1 chain location (8%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $6.2M
- On personal care products and services · $622 a household
- Spending per listing
- $515K
- 41% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.1
- 5% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 22,829
- −4.8% since 2020
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What this means
The Middlesborough area scores 2 (very low) on the Groundwork market score for spas and skin care studios, ranking #504 of 504 scored small-town markets and #15 of 15 scored small-town markets based in Kentucky. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 spas and skin care studios in the Middlesborough area. One of them (8%) is a chain location, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 12.1 for every 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 11.5.
Household spending on personal care products and services in the Middlesborough area comes to about $6.2M a year: $622 per household, 38% below the U.S. average. Spread across 12 spas and skin care studios, that is $515K per studio, 41% 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in the Middlesborough area: counts under 3 aren’t published. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Middlesborough area declined 4.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Middlesborough area 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 | Middlesborough area | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.1 | 8.3 | 11.5 |
| Spending per listing | $515K | $1M | $876K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 5,969 | 4,055 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +20.2% | +29.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.8% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $622 | $833 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $31,354 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 2 | 51 |
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
- 121 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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 Middlesborough 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 Middlesborough area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 22,829−4.8% since 2020
- Households
- 9,939
- Median age
- 40.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 59%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 359 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 65
- Median household income
- $31,354+19.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $49,259
- Median home value
- $89,000
- Jobs located here
- 7,622
- Daytime population
- 23,467Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Kentucky market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Kentucky for spas and skin care studios, numbered among those based in Kentucky, with the Middlesborough area marked.
Top small-town markets in Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Frankfort, KY | 66 | 15 | 4.6 | $1.8M | +3.1% | #87 of 504 |
| 2Richmond-Berea, KY | 66 | 34 | 6.9 | $1.2M | +7.0% | #95 of 504 |
| 3Glasgow, KY | 57 | 11 | 5.0 | $1.5M | +2.6% | #174 of 504 |
| 4Campbellsville, KY | 57 | 8 | 5.4 | $1.4M | +3.4% | #175 of 504 |
| 5Franklin, KY | 46 | 5 | 6.2 | $1.3M | +5.9% | #291 of 504 |
| 6Mount Sterling, KY | 46 | 13 | 7.2 | $1.1M | +3.1% | #297 of 504 |
| 7Henderson, KY | 43 | 14 | 6.0 | $1.3M | −0.9% | #329 of 504 |
| 8Murray, KY | 41 | 13 | 8.5 | $884K | +4.9% | #357 of 504 |
| 9Mayfield, KY | 40 | 10 | 7.1 | $1.1M | +1.4% | #365 of 504 |
| 10Danville, KY | 40 | 21 | 9.7 | $802K | +3.6% | #372 of 504 |
| 15Middlesborough, KY | 2 | 12 | 12.1 | $515K | −4.8% | #504 of 504 |
Other business types in the Middlesborough 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 spas1
- Hair salons1
- Barbershops
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care2
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 Middlesborough, KY area?
There are 12 spas and skin care studios on map listings in the Middlesborough area as of September 2026. One of them (8%) is a chain location. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. No official count is published for other personal care services in the Middlesborough area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Middlesborough, KY area spend on personal care products and services?
About $6.2M a year, or $622 per household. That is 38% below the U.S. average (an index of 62, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $515K 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 9,939 households in the Middlesborough area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Middlesborough, KY area compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?
The Middlesborough area has 12.1 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $515K, 41% below the U.S. figure of $876K. At the national ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, the Middlesborough area would have about 7, against 12 on map listings.
How fast is the Middlesborough, KY area growing?
Population estimates put the Middlesborough area at 22,829 people in 2025, down 4.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 9,939 households. Median household income in the Middlesborough area is $31,354, 61% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.3%, 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. 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 Middlesborough area scores 2 for spas and skin care studios (very low), #504 of 504 scored small-town markets.
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