Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Minnesota
Spas and skin care studios in the Austin, MN area
The spas and skin care studios in the Austin, MN area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 79 out of 100: High
Ranked #15 of 504 scored small-town markets
#2 of 16 scored small-town markets based in Minnesota
- Listings
- 9
- 2 chain locations (22%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $15.2M
- On personal care products and services · $967 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.7M
- 93% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.7
- 50% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 40,971
- +2.3% since 2020
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What this means
The Austin area scores 79 (high) on the Groundwork market score for spas and skin care studios, ranking #15 of 504 scored small-town markets and #2 of 16 scored small-town markets based in Minnesota. That puts it in the top 10% of small-town markets for spas and skin care studios.
Households in the Austin area spend about $15.2M a year on personal care products and services, or $967 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.7M per studio, 93% above the U.S. figure of $876K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only spas and skin care studios.
The Austin area has 9 spas and skin care studios on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (22%) are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 5.7 for every 10,000 households, 50% below the U.S. rate of 11.5.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for other personal care services in the Austin area, since they leave out counts under 3. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Austin area grew 2.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Austin area compares
The same measures for Minnesota 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 | Austin area | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.7 | 8.6 | 11.5 |
| Spending per listing | $1.7M | $1.3M | $876K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 4,517 | 4,055 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +20.8% | +29.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.3% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $967 | $1,091 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $73,074 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 79 | 72 |
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
- 92 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 17The 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 the Austin 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 Austin area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 40,971+2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 15,719
- Median age
- 39.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 711 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 57
- Median household income
- $73,074+34.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,253
- Median home value
- $185,200
- Jobs located here
- 15,578
- Daytime population
- 36,121Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Minnesota market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Minnesota for spas and skin care studios, numbered among those based in Minnesota (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Austin area marked.
Top small-town markets in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Faribault-Northfield, MN | 90 | 12 | 5.1 | $2M | +4.2% | #2 of 504 |
| 2Austin, MN | 79 | 9 | 5.7 | $1.7M | +2.3% | #15 of 504 |
| 3Red Wing, MN | 76 | 12 | 6.1 | $1.7M | +1.3% | #22 of 504 |
| Wahpeton, ND-MN | 75 | 5 | 5.3 | $1.9M | 0.0% | #25 of 504 |
| 4Fergus Falls, MN | 69 | 14 | 5.6 | $1.7M | +1.6% | #66 of 504 |
| 5Grand Rapids, MN | 67 | 12 | 6.5 | $1.4M | +0.9% | #81 of 504 |
| 6Willmar, MN | 67 | 15 | 8.5 | $1.2M | +2.3% | #84 of 504 |
| 7Albert Lea, MN | 66 | 7 | 5.4 | $1.7M | −1.5% | #89 of 504 |
| 8Hutchinson, MN | 66 | 11 | 7.2 | $1.4M | −0.3% | #92 of 504 |
| 9Owatonna, MN | 65 | 12 | 7.9 | $1.3M | +0.2% | #102 of 504 |
Other business types in the Austin 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 spas73
- Hair salons72
- Barbershops
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care79
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 Austin, MN area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 spas and skin care studios in the Austin area. 2 of them (22%) 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 the Austin area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Austin, MN area spend on personal care products and services?
About $15.2M a year, or $967 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $1.7M 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 15,719 households in the Austin area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Austin, MN area compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?
The Austin area has 5.7 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 50% below the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $1.7M, 93% above the U.S. figure of $876K. At the U.S. ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, the Austin area would have about 17, against 9 on map listings.
How fast is the Austin, MN area growing?
Population estimates put the Austin area at 40,971 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,719 households. The median household income in the Austin area is $73,074 a year, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 34.6% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Austin area scores 79 for spas and skin care studios (high), #15 of 504 scored small-town markets.
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