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Spas and skin care studios in the Lincoln, NE metro area

How the Lincoln, NE 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 39 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #295 of 387 scored metro areas
#3 of 3 scored metro areas based in Nebraska

Listings
160
19 chain locations (12%)
Official establishments
62
+32.6% since 2019
Household spending a year
$139.6M
On personal care products and services · $990 a household
Spending per listing
$872K
In line with the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
11.4
In line with the U.S.
Population, 2025
352,081
+3.3% since 2020

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What this means

For spas and skin care studios, the Lincoln metro area has a Groundwork market score of 39 (lower middle): #295 of 387 scored metro areas and #3 of 3 scored metro areas based in Nebraska. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

Household spending on personal care products and services in the Lincoln metro area comes to about $139.6M a year: $990 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That works out to $872K per studio, in line with the U.S. figure of $876K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only spas and skin care studios.

The Lincoln metro area has 160 spas and skin care studios on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 19 are chain locations, or 12%, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 11.4 for every 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 11.5.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in the Lincoln metro area was 62 in 2023, up 32.6% from 2019. That is one for every 2,273 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $274K have gone to businesses classed as other personal care services in the Lincoln metro area. Population estimates put the population change in the Lincoln metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +3.3%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Lincoln metro area compares

The same measures for Nebraska 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 Lincoln, NE metro area compared with Nebraska and the U.S.
MeasureLincoln metro areaNebraskaU.S.
Listings per 10k households11.49.211.5
Spending per listing$872K$1.1M$876K
Households per official establishment2,2733,7284,055
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+32.6%+28.9%+29.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.3%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$990$1,004$1,005
Median household income$75,049$76,475$80,734
Groundwork market score3954

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
62+32.6% over the period
Employees, 2023
269
Annual payroll, 2023
$7M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
16019 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
159The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
5
Amount
$274K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as other personal care services in the Lincoln 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 Lincoln metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
352,081+3.3% since 2020
Households
140,914
Median age
36.3
Homes lived in by their owners
60%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
1,409 sq. mi.
People per square mile
244
Median household income
$75,049+23.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$99,431
Median home value
$273,500
Jobs located here
186,541
Daytime population
361,853Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Spas and skin care across Nebraska

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Nebraska for spas and skin care studios, numbered among those based in Nebraska (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Lincoln metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Nebraska

Metro areas in Nebraska ranked for spas and skin care studios by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Grand Island, NE65175.6$1.7M+1.5%#54 of 387
2Omaha, NE-IA623759.6$1.1M+4.2%#79 of 387
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD55549.7$999K+1.0%#147 of 387
3Lincoln, NE3916011.4$872K+3.3%#295 of 387

Other business types in the Lincoln metro 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 Lincoln, NE metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 160 spas and skin care studios in the Lincoln metro area. 19 of them (12%) are chain locations. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. Official counts show 62 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in 2023, up 32.6% from 2019.

How much do households in the Lincoln, NE metro area spend on personal care products and services?

About $139.6M a year, or $990 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 160 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $872K 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 140,914 households in the Lincoln metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Lincoln, NE metro area compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?

The Lincoln metro area has 11.4 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $872K, in line with the U.S. figure of $876K. At the U.S. ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, the Lincoln metro area would have about 159, against 160 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,273 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S. The official count rose 32.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +29.8% for the U.S.

How fast is the Lincoln, NE metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Lincoln metro area at 352,081 people in 2025, up 3.3% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 140,914 households. The median household income in the Lincoln metro area is $75,049 a year, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.0% 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 Lincoln metro area scores 39 for spas and skin care studios (lower middle), #295 of 387 scored metro areas.

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