Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Louisiana
Spas and skin care studios in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA metro area
The spas and skin care studios in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #345 of 387 scored metro areas
#8 of 10 scored metro areas based in Louisiana
- Listings
- 162
- 17 chain locations (10%)
- Official establishments
- 29
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $99.7M
- On personal care products and services · $949 a household
- Spending per listing
- $616K
- 30% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.4
- 34% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 279,108
- +5.3% since 2020
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What this means
For spas and skin care studios, the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro area has a Groundwork market score of 34 (lower middle): #345 of 387 scored metro areas and #8 of 10 scored metro areas based in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 162 spas and skin care studios in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro area. Of those, 17 are chain locations, or 10%, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 15.4, 34% above the U.S. rate of 11.5.
At $949 per household (6% below the U.S. average), households in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro area spend about $99.7M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $616K of household spending for each studio on map listings, 30% 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.
Official counts show 29 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro area in 2023. That is one for every 3,624 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $224K have gone to businesses classed as other personal care services in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro area. Population estimates show the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro area grew 5.3% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington 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 | Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro area | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.4 | 10.1 | 11.5 |
| Spending per listing | $616K | $814K | $876K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,624 | 6,836 | 4,055 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +30.7% | +29.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.3% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $949 | $826 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $81,202 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 34 | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 29
- Employees, 2023
- 197
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 16217 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 114The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $224K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as other personal care services in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington 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 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 279,108+5.3% since 2020
- Households
- 105,082
- Median age
- 41.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 845 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 322
- Median household income
- $81,202
- Average household income
- $109,896
- Median home value
- $284,000
- Jobs located here
- 97,233
- Daytime population
- 260,408Residents 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 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington 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 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington 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 spas31
- Hair salons34
- Barbershops41
- Nail salons31
- Spas and skin care34
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 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA metro area?
There are 162 spas and skin care studios on map listings in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro area as of September 2026. 17 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. Official counts show 29 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in 2023.
How much do households in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $99.7M a year, or $949 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 162 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $616K 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 105,082 households in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA metro area compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?
The Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro area has 15.4 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 34% above the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $616K, 30% below the U.S. figure of $876K. At the national ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro area would have about 114, against 162 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,624 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S.
How fast is the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro area at 279,108 people in 2025, up 5.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 105,082 households. Median household income in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro area is $81,202, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro area scores 34 for spas and skin care studios (lower middle), #345 of 387 scored metro areas.
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