Beauty and personal care · County · Minnesota
Spas and skin care studios in Blue Earth County, MN
How Blue Earth County, MN 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 39 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,297 of 1,769 scored counties
#43 of 46 scored counties in Minnesota
- Listings
- 37
- 6 chain locations (16%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $26.7M
- On personal care products and services · $967 a household
- Spending per listing
- $721K
- 18% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.4
- 17% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 70,634
- +2.1% since 2020
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What this means
At $967 per household (4% below the U.S. average), households in Blue Earth County spend about $26.7M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 37 spas and skin care studios, that is $721K per studio, 18% below 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 37 spas and skin care studios on map listings in Blue Earth County as of September 2026. 6 of them (16%) are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 13.4, 17% above the U.S. rate of 11.5.
Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in Blue Earth County in 2023. That is one for every 3,944 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Blue Earth County grew 2.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for spas and skin care studios in Blue Earth County is 39 (lower middle), #1,297 of 1,769 scored counties and #43 of 46 scored counties in Minnesota.
How Blue Earth County 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 | Blue Earth County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.4 | 8.6 | 11.5 |
| Spending per listing | $721K | $1.3M | $876K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,944 | 4,517 | 4,055 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +20.8% | +29.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.1% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $967 | $1,091 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $74,477 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 39 | 72 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 42
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 376 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 31The 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 Blue Earth 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 Blue Earth County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 70,634+2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 27,606
- Median age
- 34.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 748 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 93
- Median household income
- $74,477+29.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,438
- Median home value
- $266,700
- Jobs located here
- 37,905
- Daytime population
- 76,062Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Minnesota market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Minnesota for spas and skin care studios, numbered among those based in Minnesota, with Blue Earth County marked.
Top counties in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sherburne County, MN | 91 | 12 | 3.4 | $3.4M | +6.8% | #5 of 1,769 |
| 2Clay County, MN | 86 | 10 | 3.8 | $2.7M | +3.6% | #21 of 1,769 |
| 3Wright County, MN | 86 | 31 | 5.7 | $2M | +11.1% | #25 of 1,769 |
| 4Rice County, MN | 85 | 12 | 5.1 | $2M | +4.2% | #32 of 1,769 |
| 5Le Sueur County, MN | 84 | 6 | 5.2 | $2.1M | +2.9% | #37 of 1,769 |
| 6Scott County, MN | 82 | 29 | 5.3 | $2.4M | +5.1% | #48 of 1,769 |
| 7Carver County, MN | 81 | 33 | 8.0 | $1.6M | +6.6% | #56 of 1,769 |
| 8Cass County, MN | 79 | 6 | 4.7 | $2M | +4.2% | #69 of 1,769 |
| 9Dodge County, MN | 79 | 5 | 6.2 | $1.8M | +2.3% | #74 of 1,769 |
| 10Anoka County, MN | 78 | 83 | 6.0 | $1.9M | +4.7% | #88 of 1,769 |
| 43Blue Earth County, MN | 39 | 37 | 13.4 | $721K | +2.1% | #1,297 of 1,769 |
Other business types in Blue Earth 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 spas40
- Hair salons52
- Barbershops69
- Nail salons45
- Spas and skin care39
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 Blue Earth County, MN?
As of September 2026, map listings count 37 spas and skin care studios in Blue Earth County. 6 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in 2023.
How much do households in Blue Earth County, MN spend on personal care products and services?
About $26.7M 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 37 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $721K 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 27,606 households in Blue Earth County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Blue Earth County, MN compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?
Blue Earth County has 13.4 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $721K, 18% below the U.S. figure of $876K. At the U.S. ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, Blue Earth County would have about 31, against 37 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,944 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S.
How fast is Blue Earth County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Blue Earth County at 70,634 people in 2025, up 2.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 27,606 households. The median household income in Blue Earth County is $74,477 a year, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.7% 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. Blue Earth County scores 39 for spas and skin care studios (lower middle), #1,297 of 1,769 scored counties.
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