Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Massachusetts
Spas and skin care studios in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area
The spas and skin care studios in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #219 of 387 scored metro areas
#6 of 6 scored metro areas based in Massachusetts
- Listings
- 2,720
- 274 chain locations (10%)
- Official establishments
- 572
- +16.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $2.4B
- On personal care products and services · $1,225 a household
- Spending per listing
- $874K
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.0
- 22% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 5,034,221
- +2.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 2,720 spas and skin care studios in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton metro area. Chain locations make up 10% of them, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 14.0 for every 10,000 households, 22% above the U.S. rate of 11.5.
Household spending on personal care products and services in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton metro area comes to about $2.4B a year: $1,225 per household, 22% above the U.S. average. That works out to $874K 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton metro area was 572 in 2023, up 16.0% from 2019. That is one for every 3,393 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 85 SBA-backed loans worth $29.7M have gone to businesses classed as other personal care services in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +2.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for spas and skin care studios in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton metro area is 47 (lower middle), #219 of 387 scored metro areas and #6 of 6 scored metro areas based in Massachusetts.
How the Boston-Cambridge-Newton metro area compares
The same measures for Massachusetts 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 | Boston-Cambridge-Newton metro area | Massachusetts | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.0 | 12.6 | 11.5 |
| Spending per listing | $874K | $924K | $876K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,393 | 3,718 | 4,055 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +16.0% | +17.8% | +29.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.3% | +2.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,225 | $1,165 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $115,863 | $103,960 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 47 | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 572+16.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,822
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $92.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2,720274 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2,714The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 85
- Amount
- $29.7M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as other personal care services in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton 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 Boston-Cambridge-Newton metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 5,034,221+2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 1,940,688
- Median age
- 40.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 3,486 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,421
- Median household income
- $115,863+28.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $159,721
- Median home value
- $646,300
- Jobs located here
- 2,811,395
- Daytime population
- 5,216,901Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Massachusetts
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Amherst Town-Northampton, MA | 75 | 56 | 9.0 | $1.2M | +10.4% | #19 of 387 |
| 2Springfield, MA | 68 | 128 | 6.9 | $1.4M | +0.2% | #42 of 387 |
| 3Barnstable Town, MA | 56 | 121 | 11.4 | $981K | +2.4% | #139 of 387 |
| 4Worcester, MA | 55 | 395 | 11.8 | $943K | +3.7% | #149 of 387 |
| 5Pittsfield, MA | 54 | 57 | 9.9 | $1M | −1.2% | #155 of 387 |
| Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | 47 | 785 | 11.6 | $904K | +2.1% | #216 of 387 |
| 6Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | 47 | 2,720 | 14.0 | $874K | +2.3% | #219 of 387 |
Other business types in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton 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 spas49
- Hair salons55
- Barbershops56
- Nail salons45
- 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 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area?
There are 2,720 spas and skin care studios on map listings in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton metro area as of September 2026. 274 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. Official counts show 572 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in 2023, up 16.0% from 2019.
How much do households in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $2.4B a year, or $1,225 per household. That is 22% above the U.S. average (an index of 122, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2,720 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $874K 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 1,940,688 households in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?
The Boston-Cambridge-Newton metro area has 14.0 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 22% above the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $874K, in line with the U.S. figure of $876K. At the national ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, the Boston-Cambridge-Newton metro area would have about 2,714, against 2,720 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,393 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S. The official count rose 16.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +29.8% for the U.S.
How fast is the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Boston-Cambridge-Newton metro area at 5,034,221 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 1,940,688 households. Median household income in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton metro area is $115,863, 44% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.3%, 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 Boston-Cambridge-Newton metro area scores 47 for spas and skin care studios (lower middle), #219 of 387 scored metro areas.
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