Beauty and personal care · County · Massachusetts
Spas and skin care studios in Franklin County, MA
How Franklin County, MA 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 66 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #334 of 1,769 scored counties
#2 of 14 scored counties in Massachusetts
- Listings
- 23
- 2 chain locations (9%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $30.3M
- On personal care products and services · $960 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- 50% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.3
- 37% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 70,698
- −0.3% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on personal care products and services in Franklin County comes to about $30.3M a year: $960 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. Spread across 23 spas and skin care studios, that is $1.3M per studio, 50% above the U.S. figure of $876K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only spas and skin care studios.
There are 23 spas and skin care studios on map listings in Franklin County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 9% of them, against 10% across the U.S. That is 7.3 per 10,000 households, 37% below the U.S. rate of 11.5.
Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in Franklin County in 2023. That is one for every 10,523 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Franklin County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for spas and skin care studios in Franklin County is 66 (upper middle), #334 of 1,769 scored counties and #2 of 14 scored counties in Massachusetts. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Franklin County 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 | Franklin County | Massachusetts | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.3 | 12.6 | 11.5 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $924K | $876K |
| Households per official establishment | 10,523 | 3,718 | 4,055 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +17.8% | +29.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.3% | +2.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $960 | $1,165 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $74,907 | $103,960 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 66 | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 3
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $163K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 232 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 35The 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 Franklin 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 Franklin County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 70,698−0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 31,570
- Median age
- 47.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 699 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 101
- Median household income
- $74,907+22.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,042
- Median home value
- $329,000
- Jobs located here
- 25,416
- Daytime population
- 59,931Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Massachusetts
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hampshire County, MA | 70 | 56 | 9.0 | $1.2M | +10.4% | #235 of 1,769 |
| 2Franklin County, MA | 66 | 23 | 7.3 | $1.3M | −0.3% | #334 of 1,769 |
| 3Hampden County, MA | 65 | 128 | 6.9 | $1.4M | +0.2% | #365 of 1,769 |
| 4Plymouth County, MA | 56 | 253 | 12.5 | $972K | +3.5% | #673 of 1,769 |
| 5Barnstable County, MA | 54 | 121 | 11.4 | $981K | +2.4% | #742 of 1,769 |
| 6Suffolk County, MA | 53 | 349 | 10.7 | $1M | +0.1% | #777 of 1,769 |
| 7Worcester County, MA | 53 | 395 | 11.8 | $943K | +3.7% | #781 of 1,769 |
| 8Berkshire County, MA | 52 | 57 | 9.9 | $1M | −1.2% | #816 of 1,769 |
| 9Bristol County, MA | 52 | 274 | 11.7 | $892K | +2.9% | #824 of 1,769 |
| 10Middlesex County, MA | 49 | 930 | 14.7 | $885K | +2.8% | #928 of 1,769 |
Other business types in Franklin 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 spas64
- Hair salons65
- Barbershops63
- Nail salons69
- Spas and skin care66
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 Franklin County, MA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 23 spas and skin care studios in Franklin County. 2 of them (9%) are chain locations. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in 2023.
How much do households in Franklin County, MA spend on personal care products and services?
About $30.3M a year, or $960 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 23 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $1.3M 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 31,570 households in Franklin County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Franklin County, MA compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?
Franklin County has 7.3 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 37% below the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $1.3M, 50% above the U.S. figure of $876K. At the U.S. ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, Franklin County would have about 35, against 23 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 10,523 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S.
How fast is Franklin County, MA growing?
Population estimates put Franklin County at 70,698 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 31,570 households. The median household income in Franklin County is $74,907 a year, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.9% 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. 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. Franklin County scores 66 for spas and skin care studios (upper middle), #334 of 1,769 scored counties.
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