Beauty and personal care · County · Minnesota
Spas and skin care studios in Ramsey County, MN
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for spas and skin care studios in Ramsey County, MN, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 55 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #692 of 1,769 scored counties
#26 of 46 scored counties in Minnesota
- Listings
- 189
- 30 chain locations (16%)
- Official establishments
- 49
- +22.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $234M
- On personal care products and services · $1,057 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 41% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.5
- 26% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 541,623
- −1.8% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on personal care products and services in Ramsey County comes to about $234M a year: $1,057 per household, 5% above the U.S. average. Spread across 189 spas and skin care studios, that is $1.2M per studio, 41% above 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 189 spas and skin care studios on map listings in Ramsey County as of September 2026. 30 of them (16%) are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. That is 8.5 per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 11.5.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in Ramsey County was 49 in 2023, up 22.5% from 2019. That is one for every 4,517 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $1.8M have gone to businesses classed as other personal care services in Ramsey County.
Population estimates show Ramsey County declined 1.8% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for spas and skin care studios in Ramsey County is 55 (upper middle), #692 of 1,769 scored counties and #26 of 46 scored counties in Minnesota.
How Ramsey 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 | Ramsey County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.5 | 8.6 | 11.5 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $1.3M | $876K |
| Households per official establishment | 4,517 | 4,517 | 4,055 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +22.5% | +20.8% | +29.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.8% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,057 | $1,091 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $81,568 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 55 | 72 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 40 → 49+22.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 221
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 18930 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 267The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 5
- Amount
- $1.8M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as other personal care services in Ramsey 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 Ramsey County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 541,623−1.8% since 2020
- Households
- 221,327
- Median age
- 37.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 152 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 3,566
- Median household income
- $81,568+26.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $112,592
- Median home value
- $326,600
- Jobs located here
- 325,019
- Daytime population
- 607,513Residents 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 Ramsey 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 |
| 26Ramsey County, MN | 55 | 189 | 8.5 | $1.2M | −1.8% | #692 of 1,769 |
Other business types in Ramsey 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 spas48
- Hair salons54
- Barbershops53
- Nail salons55
- Spas and skin care55
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 Ramsey County, MN?
As of September 2026, map listings count 189 spas and skin care studios in Ramsey County. 30 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. Official counts show 49 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in 2023, up 22.5% from 2019.
How much do households in Ramsey County, MN spend on personal care products and services?
About $234M a year, or $1,057 per household. That is 5% above the U.S. average (an index of 105, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 189 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $1.2M 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 221,327 households in Ramsey County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ramsey County, MN compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?
Ramsey County has 8.5 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $1.2M, 41% above the U.S. figure of $876K. At the U.S. ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, Ramsey County would have about 267, against 189 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,517 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S. The official count rose 22.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +29.8% for the U.S.
How fast is Ramsey County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Ramsey County at 541,623 people in 2025, down 1.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 221,327 households. The median household income in Ramsey County is $81,568 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.2% 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. Ramsey County scores 55 for spas and skin care studios (upper middle), #692 of 1,769 scored counties.
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