Beauty and personal care · County · Louisiana
Spas and skin care studios in St. Mary Parish, LA
How St. Mary Parish, LA 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 17 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,718 of 1,769 scored counties
#36 of 39 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 16
- 1 chain location (6%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $13.8M
- On personal care products and services · $748 a household
- Spending per listing
- $864K
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.7
- 24% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 46,552
- −5.3% since 2020
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What this means
St. Mary Parish scores 17 (low) on the Groundwork market score for spas and skin care studios, ranking #1,718 of 1,769 scored counties and #36 of 39 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 16 spas and skin care studios in St. Mary Parish. One of them (6%) is a chain location, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 8.7 for every 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 11.5.
Household spending on personal care products and services in St. Mary Parish comes to about $13.8M a year: $748 per household, 26% below the U.S. average. That works out to $864K per studio, in line with 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 St. Mary Parish: counts under 3 aren’t published. Population estimates put the population change in St. Mary Parish from 2020 to 2025 at −5.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How St. Mary Parish 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 | St. Mary Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.7 | 10.1 | 11.5 |
| Spending per listing | $864K | $814K | $876K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 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 | $748 | $826 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $52,576 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 17 | 34 |
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
- 161 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 16The 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 St. Mary Parish, 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 St. Mary Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 46,552−5.3% since 2020
- Households
- 18,463
- Median age
- 39.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 559 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 86
- Median household income
- $52,576+29.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $71,245
- Median home value
- $138,900
- Jobs located here
- 20,344
- Daytime population
- 47,916Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1West Baton Rouge Parish, LA | 78 | 5 | 4.6 | $2M | +5.5% | #86 of 1,769 |
| 2Livingston Parish, LA | 74 | 37 | 6.9 | $1.3M | +8.5% | #147 of 1,769 |
| 3Ascension Parish, LA | 64 | 40 | 8.4 | $1.2M | +6.4% | #397 of 1,769 |
| 4St. Charles Parish, LA | 62 | 7 | 3.8 | $2.5M | −3.7% | #435 of 1,769 |
| 5Beauregard Parish, LA | 59 | 6 | 4.4 | $1.9M | +0.2% | #539 of 1,769 |
| 6Tangipahoa Parish, LA | 58 | 42 | 8.1 | $982K | +5.8% | #591 of 1,769 |
| 7St. Martin Parish, LA | 53 | 8 | 4.1 | $1.9M | −1.0% | #755 of 1,769 |
| 8Plaquemines Parish, LA | 53 | 5 | 6.1 | $1.5M | −5.3% | #757 of 1,769 |
| 9Vermilion Parish, LA | 51 | 11 | 5.0 | $1.5M | +1.3% | #829 of 1,769 |
| 10St. John the Baptist Parish, LA | 47 | 7 | 4.6 | $1.8M | −5.9% | #976 of 1,769 |
| 36St. Mary Parish, LA | 17 | 16 | 8.7 | $864K | −5.3% | #1,718 of 1,769 |
Other business types in St. Mary Parish
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 spas25
- Hair salons29
- Barbershops11
- Nail salons16
- Spas and skin care17
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 St. Mary Parish, LA?
St. Mary Parish has 16 spas and skin care studios on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (6%) 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 St. Mary Parish: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in St. Mary Parish, LA spend on personal care products and services?
About $13.8M a year, or $748 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $864K 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 18,463 households in St. Mary Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does St. Mary Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?
St. Mary Parish has 8.7 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $864K, in line with the U.S. figure of $876K. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending.
How fast is St. Mary Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put St. Mary Parish at 46,552 people in 2025, down 5.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 18,463 households. Median household income in St. Mary Parish is $52,576, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.9%, 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. St. Mary Parish scores 17 for spas and skin care studios (low), #1,718 of 1,769 scored counties.
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