Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Louisiana
Spas and skin care studios in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for spas and skin care studios in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #215 of 387 scored metro areas
#2 of 10 scored metro areas based in Louisiana
- Listings
- 69
- 4 chain locations (6%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $66.1M
- On personal care products and services · $827 a household
- Spending per listing
- $958K
- 9% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.6
- 25% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 199,668
- −3.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 69 spas and skin care studios in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area. Chain locations make up 6% of them, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 8.6 for every 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 11.5.
Households in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area spend about $66.1M a year on personal care products and services, or $827 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That is about $958K of household spending for each studio on map listings, 9% 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 3 businesses with payroll in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area classed as other personal care services. That is one for every 26,630 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S.
Population estimates show the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area declined 3.5% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area scores 47 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for spas and skin care studios, ranking #215 of 387 scored metro areas and #2 of 10 scored metro areas based in Louisiana.
How the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area compares
The same measures for Louisiana 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 | Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.6 | 10.1 | 11.5 |
| Spending per listing | $958K | $814K | $876K |
| Households per official establishment | 26,630 | 6,836 | 4,055 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +30.7% | +29.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.5% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $827 | $826 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $64,038 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 47 | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 7
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $117K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 694 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 76The 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 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux 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 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 199,668−3.5% since 2020
- Households
- 79,889
- Median age
- 39.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 2,300 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 88
- Median household income
- $64,038+23.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,114
- Median home value
- $189,700
- Jobs located here
- 82,319
- Daytime population
- 199,758Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Louisiana market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Louisiana for spas and skin care studios, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hammond, LA | 60 | 42 | 8.1 | $982K | +5.8% | #95 of 387 |
| 2Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA | 47 | 69 | 8.6 | $958K | −3.5% | #215 of 387 |
| 3Alexandria, LA | 46 | 46 | 8.2 | $980K | −2.5% | #228 of 387 |
| 4Baton Rouge, LA | 42 | 344 | 10.3 | $851K | +2.1% | #264 of 387 |
| 5Monroe, LA | 39 | 73 | 8.4 | $914K | −1.9% | #294 of 387 |
| 6Lake Charles, LA | 38 | 89 | 9.7 | $886K | −3.8% | #307 of 387 |
| 7Lafayette, LA | 35 | 210 | 12.8 | $646K | +3.8% | #338 of 387 |
| 8Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA | 34 | 162 | 15.4 | $616K | +5.3% | #345 of 387 |
| 9Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | 28 | 180 | 11.5 | $693K | −2.3% | #371 of 387 |
| 10New Orleans-Metairie, LA | 27 | 446 | 11.2 | $754K | −3.4% | #372 of 387 |
Other business types in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro 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 spas43
- Hair salons42
- Barbershops21
- Nail salons43
- Spas and skin care47
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 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA metro area?
There are 69 spas and skin care studios on map listings in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area as of September 2026. 4 of them (6%) are chain locations. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in 2023.
How much do households in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $66.1M a year, or $827 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 69 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $958K 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 79,889 households in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA metro area compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?
The Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area has 8.6 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $958K, 9% above the U.S. figure of $876K. At the national ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area would have about 76, against 69 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 26,630 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S.
How fast is the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area at 199,668 people in 2025, down 3.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 79,889 households. Median household income in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area is $64,038, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.5%, 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. The Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area scores 47 for spas and skin care studios (lower middle), #215 of 387 scored metro areas.
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