Beauty and personal care · County · Montana
Spas and skin care studios in Richland County, MT
How Richland County, MT 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 27 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,603 of 1,769 scored counties
#12 of 12 scored counties in Montana
- Listings
- 8
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $4.4M
- On personal care products and services · $1,002 a household
- Spending per listing
- $554K
- 37% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.1
- 57% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 11,377
- −1.3% since 2020
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What this means
For spas and skin care studios, Richland County has a Groundwork market score of 27 (lower middle): #1,603 of 1,769 scored counties and #12 of 12 scored counties in Montana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 8 spas and skin care studios in Richland County. None of them are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 18.1 for every 10,000 households, 57% above the U.S. rate of 11.5.
Households in Richland County spend about $4.4M a year on personal care products and services, or $1,002 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Spread across 8 spas and skin care studios, that is $554K per studio, 37% below the U.S. figure of $876K. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which spas and skin care studios share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in Richland County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Population estimates put the population change in Richland County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Richland County compares
The same measures for Montana 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 | Richland County | Montana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.1 | 12.6 | 11.5 |
| Spending per listing | $554K | $765K | $876K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 4,499 | 4,055 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +41.7% | +29.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.3% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,002 | $964 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $73,084 | $72,509 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 27 | 40 |
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
- 80 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 Richland 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 Richland County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 11,377−1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 4,422
- Median age
- 38.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 2,085 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 5
- Median household income
- $73,084+8.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $103,609
- Median home value
- $263,000
- Jobs located here
- 5,317
- Daytime population
- 10,645Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Montana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lake County, MT | 70 | 8 | 6.4 | $1.4M | +6.9% | #223 of 1,769 |
| 2Ravalli County, MT | 61 | 14 | 7.5 | $1.3M | +9.4% | #489 of 1,769 |
| 3Park County, MT | 60 | 8 | 9.6 | $1M | +5.7% | #530 of 1,769 |
| 4Lincoln County, MT | 52 | 7 | 7.7 | $1M | +13.1% | #813 of 1,769 |
| 5Lewis and Clark County, MT | 52 | 40 | 12.8 | $785K | +5.8% | #826 of 1,769 |
| 6Cascade County, MT | 50 | 42 | 11.8 | $782K | +0.7% | #901 of 1,769 |
| 7Yellowstone County, MT | 41 | 105 | 15.0 | $663K | +4.5% | #1,224 of 1,769 |
| 8Gallatin County, MT | 39 | 99 | 19.3 | $573K | +7.7% | #1,305 of 1,769 |
| 9Silver Bow County, MT | 37 | 20 | 13.0 | $660K | +2.6% | #1,374 of 1,769 |
| 10Flathead County, MT | 37 | 92 | 20.8 | $469K | +10.1% | #1,383 of 1,769 |
| 12Richland County, MT | 27 | 8 | 18.1 | $554K | −1.3% | #1,603 of 1,769 |
Other business types in Richland 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 spas31
- Hair salons27
- Barbershops
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care27
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 Richland County, MT?
Richland County has 8 spas and skin care studios on map listings as of September 2026. None of them 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 Richland County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Richland County, MT spend on personal care products and services?
About $4.4M a year, or $1,002 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $554K per studio. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only spas and skin care studios. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,422 households in Richland County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Richland County, MT compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?
Richland County has 18.1 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 57% above the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $554K, 37% below the U.S. figure of $876K. At the national ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, Richland County would have about 5, against 8 on map listings.
How fast is Richland County, MT growing?
Population estimates put Richland County at 11,377 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,422 households. Median household income in Richland County is $73,084, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 8.8%, 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. Richland County scores 27 for spas and skin care studios (lower middle), #1,603 of 1,769 scored counties.
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