Beauty and personal care · County · Michigan
Spas and skin care studios in Alpena County, MI
How Alpena County, MI 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 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #860 of 1,769 scored counties
#47 of 60 scored counties in Michigan
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $10.9M
- On personal care products and services · $841 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.2M
- 2.5 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.8
- 67% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 28,853
- −0.1% since 2020
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What this means
At $841 per household (16% below the U.S. average), households in Alpena County spend about $10.9M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $2.2M per studio, 2.5 times 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 5 spas and skin care studios on map listings in Alpena County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.8, 67% below the U.S. rate of 11.5.
Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in Alpena County in 2023. That is one for every 3,255 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Alpena County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Alpena County scores 50 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for spas and skin care studios, ranking #860 of 1,769 scored counties and #47 of 60 scored counties in Michigan.
How Alpena County compares
The same measures for Michigan 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 | Alpena County | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.8 | 8.6 | 11.5 |
| Spending per listing | $2.2M | $1.2M | $876K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,255 | 5,336 | 4,055 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +21.1% | +29.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.1% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $841 | $986 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $53,950 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 62 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 9
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $145K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 50 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The 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 Alpena 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 Alpena County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 28,853−0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 13,019
- Median age
- 47.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 572 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 50
- Median household income
- $53,950+24.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,418
- Median home value
- $153,900
- Jobs located here
- 11,363
- Daytime population
- 29,194Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Michigan
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Leelanau County, MI | 86 | 5 | 5.2 | $2.2M | +3.0% | #24 of 1,769 |
| 2Antrim County, MI | 82 | 5 | 4.5 | $2.1M | +5.3% | #50 of 1,769 |
| 3Allegan County, MI | 82 | 26 | 5.7 | $1.8M | +2.1% | #53 of 1,769 |
| 4Ottawa County, MI | 79 | 76 | 6.8 | $1.6M | +3.9% | #78 of 1,769 |
| 5Monroe County, MI | 77 | 33 | 5.2 | $1.9M | +0.7% | #96 of 1,769 |
| 6Clinton County, MI | 75 | 17 | 5.4 | $2M | +1.6% | #118 of 1,769 |
| 7Lapeer County, MI | 74 | 19 | 5.5 | $1.8M | +1.0% | #137 of 1,769 |
| 8Montcalm County, MI | 73 | 12 | 4.9 | $1.8M | +4.1% | #156 of 1,769 |
| 9Branch County, MI | 72 | 5 | 3.0 | $3M | +2.5% | #163 of 1,769 |
| 10Cass County, MI | 72 | 8 | 3.8 | $2.6M | +0.2% | #165 of 1,769 |
| 47Alpena County, MI | 50 | 5 | 3.8 | $2.2M | −0.1% | #860 of 1,769 |
Other business types in Alpena 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 spas44
- Hair salons36
- Barbershops
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care50
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 Alpena County, MI?
As of September 2026, map listings count 5 spas and skin care studios in Alpena County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in 2023.
How much do households in Alpena County, MI spend on personal care products and services?
About $10.9M a year, or $841 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $2.2M 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 13,019 households in Alpena County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Alpena County, MI compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?
Alpena County has 3.8 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 67% below the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $2.2M, 2.5 times the U.S. figure of $876K. At the U.S. ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, Alpena County would have about 13, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,255 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S.
How fast is Alpena County, MI growing?
Population estimates put Alpena County at 28,853 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 13,019 households. The median household income in Alpena County is $53,950 a year, 33% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.4% 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. Alpena County scores 50 for spas and skin care studios (upper middle), #860 of 1,769 scored counties.
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