Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · New York
Spas and skin care studios in the Cortland, NY area
How the Cortland, NY area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for spas and skin care studios: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 63 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #114 of 504 scored small-town markets
#8 of 14 scored small-town markets based in New York
- Listings
- 10
- 1 chain location (10%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $17.5M
- On personal care products and services · $920 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.7M
- Twice the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.3
- 54% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 45,850
- −1.9% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 10 spas and skin care studios in the Cortland area. One of them (10%) is a chain location, against 10% across the U.S. That is 5.3 per 10,000 households, 54% below the U.S. rate of 11.5.
At $920 per household (8% below the U.S. average), households in the Cortland area spend about $17.5M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $1.7M of household spending for each studio on map listings, twice 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 the Cortland area: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates put the population change in the Cortland area from 2020 to 2025 at −1.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for spas and skin care studios in the Cortland area is 63 (upper middle), #114 of 504 scored small-town markets and #8 of 14 scored small-town markets based in New York. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.
How the Cortland 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 | Cortland area | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.3 | 11.3 | 11.5 |
| Spending per listing | $1.7M | $950K | $876K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 2,901 | 4,055 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.0% | +29.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.9% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $920 | $1,070 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $70,418 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 63 | 34 |
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
- 101 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 20The 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 the Cortland 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 Cortland area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 45,850−1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 18,999
- Median age
- 39.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 499 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 93
- Median household income
- $70,418+25.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,337
- Median home value
- $162,100
- Jobs located here
- 17,001
- Daytime population
- 43,892Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every New York market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in New York for spas and skin care studios, numbered among those based in New York, with the Cortland area marked.
Top small-town markets in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Monticello, NY | 83 | 17 | 5.4 | $1.8M | +2.7% | #9 of 504 |
| 2Hudson, NY | 73 | 13 | 4.9 | $2.1M | −2.1% | #37 of 504 |
| 3Plattsburgh, NY | 72 | 16 | 4.8 | $2M | −2.0% | #43 of 504 |
| 4Amsterdam, NY | 72 | 9 | 4.6 | $2M | +1.1% | #44 of 504 |
| 5Batavia, NY | 72 | 13 | 5.2 | $1.8M | +0.2% | #46 of 504 |
| 6Oneonta, NY | 69 | 17 | 7.3 | $1.3M | +3.8% | #72 of 504 |
| 7Gloversville, NY | 65 | 9 | 3.9 | $2.3M | −1.6% | #98 of 504 |
| 8Cortland, NY | 63 | 10 | 5.3 | $1.7M | −1.9% | #114 of 504 |
| 9Corning, NY | 62 | 21 | 5.4 | $1.7M | −1.6% | #126 of 504 |
| 10Massena-Ogdensburg, NY | 59 | 22 | 5.3 | $1.7M | −2.5% | #148 of 504 |
Other business types in the Cortland 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 spas47
- Hair salons40
- Barbershops56
- Nail salons62
- Spas and skin care63
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 Cortland, NY area?
The Cortland area has 10 spas and skin care studios on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (10%) is a chain location. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. No official count is published for other personal care services in the Cortland area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Cortland, NY area spend on personal care products and services?
About $17.5M a year, or $920 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $1.7M 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 18,999 households in the Cortland area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Cortland, NY area compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?
The Cortland area has 5.3 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 54% below the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $1.7M, twice the U.S. figure of $876K. At the national ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, the Cortland area would have about 20, against 10 on map listings.
How fast is the Cortland, NY area growing?
Population estimates put the Cortland area at 45,850 people in 2025, down 1.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 18,999 households. Median household income in the Cortland area is $70,418, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.7%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Cortland area scores 63 for spas and skin care studios (upper middle), #114 of 504 scored small-town markets.
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