Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Missouri
Spas and skin care studios in the St. Louis, MO-IL metro area
How the St. Louis, MO-IL metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for spas and skin care studios: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 59 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #103 of 387 scored metro areas
#3 of 8 scored metro areas based in Missouri
- Listings
- 1,041
- 135 chain locations (13%)
- Official establishments
- 247
- +13.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.2B
- On personal care products and services · $1,040 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 32% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.0
- 22% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 2,814,421
- −0.2% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the St. Louis metro area spend about $1.2B a year on personal care products and services, or $1,040 per household, 4% above the U.S. average. That is about $1.2M of household spending for each studio on map listings, 32% 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 1,041 spas and skin care studios on map listings in the St. Louis metro area as of September 2026. Of those, 135 are chain locations, or 13%, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 9.0 for every 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 11.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 247 businesses with payroll in the St. Louis metro area classed as other personal care services, up 13.6% from 2019. That is one for every 4,698 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 26 SBA-backed loans worth $12.8M have gone to businesses classed as other personal care services in the St. Louis metro area.
Population estimates show the St. Louis metro area declined 0.2% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The St. Louis metro area scores 59 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for spas and skin care studios, ranking #103 of 387 scored metro areas and #3 of 8 scored metro areas based in Missouri.
How the St. Louis metro area compares
The same measures for Missouri 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 | St. Louis metro area | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.0 | 9.4 | 11.5 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $1M | $876K |
| Households per official establishment | 4,698 | 4,987 | 4,055 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +13.6% | +20.3% | +29.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.2% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,040 | $970 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $80,196 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 59 | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 247+13.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,877
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $55.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1,041135 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1,378The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 26
- Amount
- $12.8M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as other personal care services in the St. Louis metro 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 St. Louis metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 2,814,421−0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 1,160,386
- Median age
- 40.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 7,864 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 357
- Median household income
- $80,196+25.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $109,353
- Median home value
- $244,800
- Jobs located here
- 1,400,208
- Daytime population
- 2,847,124Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Missouri market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Missouri for spas and skin care studios, numbered among those based in Missouri, with the St. Louis metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jefferson City, MO | 74 | 43 | 7.3 | $1.3M | +2.2% | #20 of 387 |
| 2St. Joseph, MO-KS | 63 | 29 | 6.2 | $1.5M | −2.0% | #70 of 387 |
| 3St. Louis, MO-IL | 59 | 1,041 | 9.0 | $1.2M | −0.2% | #103 of 387 |
| 4Kansas City, MO-KS | 57 | 987 | 11.0 | $958K | +3.4% | #124 of 387 |
| 5Columbia, MO | 56 | 81 | 9.4 | $1M | +3.9% | #137 of 387 |
| 6Joplin, MO-KS | 54 | 76 | 9.6 | $925K | +3.9% | #157 of 387 |
| 7Springfield, MO | 34 | 252 | 12.7 | $726K | +5.1% | #341 of 387 |
| 8Cape Girardeau, MO-IL | 33 | 45 | 11.7 | $783K | +1.7% | #349 of 387 |
Other business types in the St. Louis metro 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 spas60
- Hair salons60
- Barbershops68
- Nail salons54
- Spas and skin care59
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 St. Louis, MO-IL metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 1,041 spas and skin care studios in the St. Louis metro area. 135 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. Official counts show 247 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in 2023, up 13.6% from 2019.
How much do households in the St. Louis, MO-IL metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $1.2B a year, or $1,040 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1,041 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 1,160,386 households in the St. Louis metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the St. Louis, MO-IL metro area compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?
The St. Louis metro area has 9.0 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $1.2M, 32% above the U.S. figure of $876K. At the U.S. ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, the St. Louis metro area would have about 1,378, against 1,041 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,698 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S. The official count rose 13.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +29.8% for the U.S.
How fast is the St. Louis, MO-IL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the St. Louis metro area at 2,814,421 people in 2025, down 0.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,160,386 households. The median household income in the St. Louis metro area is $80,196 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.9% 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. The St. Louis metro area scores 59 for spas and skin care studios (upper middle), #103 of 387 scored metro areas.
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