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Spas and skin care studios in Suffolk County, MA

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for spas and skin care studios in Suffolk County, MA, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #777 of 1,769 scored counties
#6 of 14 scored counties in Massachusetts

Listings
349
44 chain locations (13%)
Official establishments
76
+13.4% since 2019
Household spending a year
$365.4M
On personal care products and services · $1,117 a household
Spending per listing
$1M
20% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
10.7
7% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
791,891
+0.1% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Map listings as of September 2026 show 349 spas and skin care studios in Suffolk County. 44 of them (13%) are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 10.7 for every 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 11.5.

At $1,117 per household (11% above the U.S. average), households in Suffolk County spend about $365.4M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $1M per studio, 20% 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.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in Suffolk County was 76 in 2023, up 13.4% from 2019. That is one for every 4,305 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 8 SBA-backed loans worth $8.7M have gone to businesses classed as other personal care services in Suffolk County.

Population estimates show Suffolk County grew 0.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For spas and skin care studios, Suffolk County has a Groundwork market score of 53 (upper middle): #777 of 1,769 scored counties and #6 of 14 scored counties in Massachusetts.

How Suffolk 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.

Spas and skin care in Suffolk County, MA compared with Massachusetts and the U.S.
MeasureSuffolk CountyMassachusettsU.S.
Listings per 10k households10.712.611.5
Spending per listing$1M$924K$876K
Households per official establishment4,3053,7184,055
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+13.4%+17.8%+29.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.1%+2.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$1,117$1,165$1,005
Median household income$95,631$103,960$80,734
Groundwork market score5350

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
67 → 76+13.4% over the period
Employees, 2023
305
Annual payroll, 2023
$11.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
34944 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
417The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
8
Amount
$8.7M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as other personal care services in Suffolk 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 Suffolk County

Population, 2025 estimate
791,891+0.1% since 2020
Households
327,167
Median age
36.0
Homes lived in by their owners
36%
Vehicles per household
1.0
Land area
58 sq. mi.
People per square mile
13,478
Median household income
$95,631+37.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$139,221
Median home value
$705,800
Jobs located here
748,596
Daytime population
1,129,553Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Spas and skin care across Massachusetts

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The highest-scoring counties in Massachusetts for spas and skin care studios, numbered among those based in Massachusetts, with Suffolk County marked.

Top counties in Massachusetts

Counties in Massachusetts ranked for spas and skin care studios by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Hampshire County, MA70569.0$1.2M+10.4%#235 of 1,769
2Franklin County, MA66237.3$1.3M−0.3%#334 of 1,769
3Hampden County, MA651286.9$1.4M+0.2%#365 of 1,769
4Plymouth County, MA5625312.5$972K+3.5%#673 of 1,769
5Barnstable County, MA5412111.4$981K+2.4%#742 of 1,769
6Suffolk County, MA5334910.7$1M+0.1%#777 of 1,769
7Worcester County, MA5339511.8$943K+3.7%#781 of 1,769
8Berkshire County, MA52579.9$1M−1.2%#816 of 1,769
9Bristol County, MA5227411.7$892K+2.9%#824 of 1,769
10Middlesex County, MA4993014.7$885K+2.8%#928 of 1,769

Other business types in Suffolk County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many spas and skin care studios are in Suffolk County, MA?

There are 349 spas and skin care studios on map listings in Suffolk County as of September 2026. 44 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. Official counts show 76 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in 2023, up 13.4% from 2019.

How much do households in Suffolk County, MA spend on personal care products and services?

About $365.4M a year, or $1,117 per household. That is 11% above the U.S. average (an index of 111, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 349 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $1M 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 327,167 households in Suffolk County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Suffolk County, MA compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?

Suffolk County has 10.7 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $1M, 20% above the U.S. figure of $876K. At the national ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, Suffolk County would have about 417, against 349 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,305 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S. The official count rose 13.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +29.8% for the U.S.

How fast is Suffolk County, MA growing?

Population estimates put Suffolk County at 791,891 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 327,167 households. Median household income in Suffolk County is $95,631, 18% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 37.3%, 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. Suffolk County scores 53 for spas and skin care studios (upper middle), #777 of 1,769 scored counties.

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