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Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Minnesota

Spas and skin care studios in the Faribault-Northfield, MN area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for spas and skin care studios in the Faribault-Northfield, MN area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 90 out of 100: Very high

Ranked #2 of 504 scored small-town markets
#1 of 16 scored small-town markets based in Minnesota

Listings
12
1 chain location (8%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$24.3M
On personal care products and services · $1,033 a household
Spending per listing
$2M
2.3 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.1
56% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
69,939
+4.2% 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

The Groundwork market score for spas and skin care studios in the Faribault-Northfield area is 90 (very high), #2 of 504 scored small-town markets and #1 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.

Household spending on personal care products and services in the Faribault-Northfield area comes to about $24.3M a year: $1,033 per household, 3% above the U.S. average. That is about $2M of household spending for each studio on map listings, 2.3 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 12 spas and skin care studios on map listings in the Faribault-Northfield area as of September 2026. One of them (8%) is a chain location, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 5.1 for every 10,000 households, 56% below the U.S. rate of 11.5.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for other personal care services in the Faribault-Northfield area, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates put the population change in the Faribault-Northfield area from 2020 to 2025 at +4.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Faribault-Northfield 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.

Spas and skin care in Faribault-Northfield, MN area compared with Minnesota and the U.S.
MeasureFaribault-Northfield areaMinnesotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.18.611.5
Spending per listing$2M$1.3M$876K
Households per official establishmentn/a4,5174,055
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+20.8%+29.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.2%+2.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$1,033$1,091$1,005
Median household income$83,181$89,062$80,734
Groundwork market score9072

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
121 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
28The 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 Faribault-Northfield 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 Faribault-Northfield area

Population, 2025 estimate
69,939+4.2% since 2020
Households
23,493
Median age
38.9
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
496 sq. mi.
People per square mile
137
Median household income
$83,181+21.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$104,276
Median home value
$320,200
Jobs located here
25,685
Daytime population
60,549Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Spas and skin care across Minnesota

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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 Faribault-Northfield area marked.

Top small-town markets in Minnesota

Small-town markets in Minnesota ranked for spas and skin care studios by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Faribault-Northfield, MN90125.1$2M+4.2%#2 of 504
2Austin, MN7995.7$1.7M+2.3%#15 of 504
3Red Wing, MN76126.1$1.7M+1.3%#22 of 504
Wahpeton, ND-MN7555.3$1.9M0.0%#25 of 504
4Fergus Falls, MN69145.6$1.7M+1.6%#66 of 504
5Grand Rapids, MN67126.5$1.4M+0.9%#81 of 504
6Willmar, MN67158.5$1.2M+2.3%#84 of 504
7Albert Lea, MN6675.4$1.7M−1.5%#89 of 504
8Hutchinson, MN66117.2$1.4M−0.3%#92 of 504
9Owatonna, MN65127.9$1.3M+0.2%#102 of 504

Other business types in the Faribault-Northfield area

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

Questions

How many spas and skin care studios are in the Faribault-Northfield, MN area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 12 spas and skin care studios in the Faribault-Northfield area. One of them (8%) is a chain location. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. No official count is published for other personal care services in the Faribault-Northfield area: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in the Faribault-Northfield, MN area spend on personal care products and services?

About $24.3M a year, or $1,033 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $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 23,493 households in the Faribault-Northfield area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Faribault-Northfield, MN area compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?

The Faribault-Northfield area has 5.1 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 56% below the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $2M, 2.3 times the U.S. figure of $876K. At the U.S. ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, the Faribault-Northfield area would have about 28, against 12 on map listings.

How fast is the Faribault-Northfield, MN area growing?

Population estimates put the Faribault-Northfield area at 69,939 people in 2025, up 4.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 23,493 households. The median household income in the Faribault-Northfield area is $83,181 a year, 3% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.3% 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 Faribault-Northfield area scores 90 for spas and skin care studios (very high), #2 of 504 scored small-town markets.

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