Beauty and personal care · Metro area · New York
Spas and skin care studios in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY metro area
How the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY 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 47 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #213 of 387 scored metro areas
#10 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York
- Listings
- 454
- 54 chain locations (12%)
- Official establishments
- 116
- +26.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $481.1M
- On personal care products and services · $959 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.1M
- 21% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.1
- 21% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,155,653
- −0.8% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 454 spas and skin care studios in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga metro area. Chain locations make up 12% of them, against 10% across the U.S. That is 9.1 per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 11.5.
Household spending on personal care products and services in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga metro area comes to about $481.1M a year: $959 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. Spread across 454 spas and skin care studios, that is $1.1M per studio, 21% above 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 116 businesses with payroll in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga metro area classed as other personal care services, up 26.1% from 2019. That is one for every 4,324 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 10 SBA-backed loans worth $874K have gone to businesses classed as other personal care services in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −0.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For spas and skin care studios, the Buffalo-Cheektowaga metro area has a Groundwork market score of 47 (lower middle): #213 of 387 scored metro areas and #10 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York.
How the Buffalo-Cheektowaga metro area compares
The same measures for New York 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 | Buffalo-Cheektowaga metro area | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.1 | 11.3 | 11.5 |
| Spending per listing | $1.1M | $950K | $876K |
| Households per official establishment | 4,324 | 2,901 | 4,055 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +26.1% | +2.0% | +29.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.8% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $959 | $1,070 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $72,237 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 47 | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 116+26.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 515
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $15.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 45454 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 549The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 10
- Amount
- $874K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as other personal care services in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga 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 Buffalo-Cheektowaga metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,155,653−0.8% since 2020
- Households
- 501,549
- Median age
- 42.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 1,565 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 742
- Median household income
- $72,237+25.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $96,175
- Median home value
- $226,100
- Jobs located here
- 547,190
- Daytime population
- 1,174,035Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Utica-Rome, NY | 64 | 78 | 6.4 | $1.4M | −2.0% | #60 of 387 |
| 2Ithaca, NY | 62 | 37 | 8.6 | $1.2M | −1.4% | #78 of 387 |
| 3Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 61 | 360 | 9.4 | $1.1M | +1.9% | #88 of 387 |
| 4Binghamton, NY | 59 | 75 | 7.3 | $1.2M | −1.3% | #100 of 387 |
| 5Glens Falls, NY | 54 | 42 | 7.7 | $1.3M | −1.9% | #151 of 387 |
| 6Syracuse, NY | 53 | 231 | 8.5 | $1.1M | −1.3% | #160 of 387 |
| 7Rochester, NY | 50 | 421 | 9.4 | $1M | −0.7% | #188 of 387 |
| 8Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | 50 | 319 | 12.5 | $896K | +3.0% | #192 of 387 |
| 9Watertown-Fort Drum, NY | 47 | 36 | 7.6 | $1.2M | −3.9% | #212 of 387 |
| 10Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | 47 | 454 | 9.1 | $1.1M | −0.8% | #213 of 387 |
Other business types in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga 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 spas41
- Hair salons41
- Barbershops41
- Nail salons42
- Spas and skin care47
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 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY metro area?
The Buffalo-Cheektowaga metro area has 454 spas and skin care studios on map listings as of September 2026. 54 of them (12%) are chain locations. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. Official counts show 116 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in 2023, up 26.1% from 2019.
How much do households in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $481.1M a year, or $959 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 454 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $1.1M 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 501,549 households in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY metro area compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?
The Buffalo-Cheektowaga metro area has 9.1 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $1.1M, 21% above the U.S. figure of $876K. At the national ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, the Buffalo-Cheektowaga metro area would have about 549, against 454 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,324 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S. The official count rose 26.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +29.8% for the U.S.
How fast is the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Buffalo-Cheektowaga metro area at 1,155,653 people in 2025, down 0.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 501,549 households. Median household income in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga metro area is $72,237, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.4%, 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 Buffalo-Cheektowaga metro area scores 47 for spas and skin care studios (lower middle), #213 of 387 scored metro areas.
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