Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Maine
Spas and skin care studios in the Augusta-Waterville, ME area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for spas and skin care studios in the Augusta-Waterville, ME area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 62 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #131 of 504 scored small-town markets
The only scored small-town market based in Maine
- Listings
- 51
- 3 chain locations (6%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $50.1M
- On personal care products and services · $923 a household
- Spending per listing
- $983K
- 12% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.4
- 18% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 129,067
- +3.5% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Augusta-Waterville area spend about $50.1M a year on personal care products and services, or $923 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That is about $983K of household spending for each studio on map listings, 12% above the U.S. figure of $876K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only spas and skin care studios.
The Augusta-Waterville area has 51 spas and skin care studios on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 6%, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 9.4 for every 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 11.5.
Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in the Augusta-Waterville area in 2023. That is one for every 7,759 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S.
Population estimates show the Augusta-Waterville area grew 3.5% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Augusta-Waterville area scores 62 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for spas and skin care studios, ranking #131 of 504 scored small-town markets and the only scored small-town market based in Maine.
How the Augusta-Waterville area compares
The same measures for Maine 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 | Augusta-Waterville area | Maine | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.4 | 10.0 | 11.5 |
| Spending per listing | $983K | $970K | $876K |
| Households per official establishment | 7,759 | 5,238 | 4,055 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +23.9% | +29.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.5% | +3.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $923 | $973 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $69,077 | $74,733 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 62 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7
- Employees, 2023
- 37
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $923K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 513 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 57The 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 Augusta-Waterville 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 Augusta-Waterville area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 129,067+3.5% since 2020
- Households
- 54,312
- Median age
- 43.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 868 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 146
- Median household income
- $69,077+24.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $88,742
- Median home value
- $238,200
- Jobs located here
- 65,677
- Daytime population
- 134,017Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 spas67
- Hair salons69
- Barbershops75
- Nail salons74
- Spas and skin care62
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 Augusta-Waterville, ME area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 51 spas and skin care studios in the Augusta-Waterville area. 3 of them (6%) are chain locations. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in 2023.
How much do households in the Augusta-Waterville, ME area spend on personal care products and services?
About $50.1M a year, or $923 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 51 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $983K 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 54,312 households in the Augusta-Waterville area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Augusta-Waterville, ME area compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?
The Augusta-Waterville area has 9.4 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $983K, 12% above the U.S. figure of $876K. At the U.S. ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, the Augusta-Waterville area would have about 57, against 51 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 7,759 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S.
How fast is the Augusta-Waterville, ME area growing?
Population estimates put the Augusta-Waterville area at 129,067 people in 2025, up 3.5% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 54,312 households. The median household income in the Augusta-Waterville area is $69,077 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.8% 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. 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 Augusta-Waterville area scores 62 for spas and skin care studios (upper middle), #131 of 504 scored small-town markets.
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