Beauty and personal care · County · Maine
Spas and skin care studios in Somerset County, ME
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for spas and skin care studios in Somerset County, ME, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 61 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #472 of 1,769 scored counties
#5 of 15 scored counties in Maine
- Listings
- 12
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $19.5M
- On personal care products and services · $839 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- 85% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.2
- 55% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 51,620
- +2.3% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 12 spas and skin care studios in Somerset County. None of them are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. That is 5.2 per 10,000 households, 55% below the U.S. rate of 11.5.
At $839 per household (16% below the U.S. average), households in Somerset County spend about $19.5M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $1.6M of household spending for each studio on map listings, 85% 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in Somerset County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates show Somerset County grew 2.3% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Somerset County scores 61 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for spas and skin care studios, ranking #472 of 1,769 scored counties and #5 of 15 scored counties in Maine.
How Somerset County 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 | Somerset County | Maine | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.2 | 10.0 | 11.5 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $970K | $876K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 5,238 | 4,055 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +23.9% | +29.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.3% | +3.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $839 | $973 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $58,179 | $74,733 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 61 | 58 |
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
- 120 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 22The 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 Somerset County, 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 Somerset County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 51,620+2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 23,209
- Median age
- 46.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 3,924 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 13
- Median household income
- $58,179+31.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $76,305
- Median home value
- $166,900
- Jobs located here
- 16,253
- Daytime population
- 42,930Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Maine market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Maine for spas and skin care studios, numbered among those based in Maine, with Somerset County marked.
Top counties in Maine
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Oxford County, ME | 71 | 12 | 5.0 | $1.8M | +4.2% | #191 of 1,769 |
| 2Androscoggin County, ME | 70 | 36 | 7.7 | $1.2M | +4.8% | #234 of 1,769 |
| 3Waldo County, ME | 69 | 10 | 5.7 | $1.6M | +2.6% | #243 of 1,769 |
| 4Franklin County, ME | 62 | 8 | 6.3 | $1.4M | +4.6% | #449 of 1,769 |
| 5Somerset County, ME | 61 | 12 | 5.2 | $1.6M | +2.3% | #472 of 1,769 |
| 6York County, ME | 61 | 96 | 10.5 | $992K | +4.8% | #503 of 1,769 |
| 7Kennebec County, ME | 60 | 51 | 9.4 | $983K | +3.5% | #533 of 1,769 |
| 8Hancock County, ME | 57 | 26 | 10.2 | $935K | +3.0% | #634 of 1,769 |
| 9Penobscot County, ME | 55 | 57 | 8.7 | $1.1M | +3.8% | #705 of 1,769 |
| 10Sagadahoc County, ME | 55 | 17 | 10.3 | $984K | +3.4% | #709 of 1,769 |
Other business types in Somerset County
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 spas70
- Hair salons65
- Barbershops
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care61
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 Somerset County, ME?
Somerset County has 12 spas and skin care studios on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. No official count is published for other personal care services in Somerset County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Somerset County, ME spend on personal care products and services?
About $19.5M a year, or $839 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $1.6M 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 23,209 households in Somerset County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Somerset County, ME compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?
Somerset County has 5.2 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 55% below the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $1.6M, 85% above the U.S. figure of $876K. At the national ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, Somerset County would have about 22, against 12 on map listings.
How fast is Somerset County, ME growing?
Population estimates put Somerset County at 51,620 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 23,209 households. Median household income in Somerset County is $58,179, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.5%, 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. Somerset County scores 61 for spas and skin care studios (upper middle), #472 of 1,769 scored counties.
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