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Spas and skin care studios in Kings County, NY

How Kings County, NY 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 49 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #908 of 1,769 scored counties
#41 of 59 scored counties in New York

Listings
787
58 chain locations (7%)
Official establishments
311
+9.9% since 2019
Household spending a year
$1.1B
On personal care products and services · $1,043 a household
Spending per listing
$1.3M
53% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.8
32% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
2,653,963
−2.5% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Map listings as of September 2026 show 787 spas and skin care studios in Kings County. Chain locations make up 7% of them, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.8, 32% below the U.S. rate of 11.5.

Households in Kings County spend about $1.1B a year on personal care products and services, or $1,043 per household, 4% above the U.S. average. Spread across 787 spas and skin care studios, that is $1.3M per studio, 53% 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 311 businesses with payroll in Kings County classed as other personal care services, up 9.9% from 2019. That is one for every 3,247 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 18 SBA-backed loans worth $2.9M have gone to businesses classed as other personal care services in Kings County.

Population estimates show Kings County declined 2.5% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For spas and skin care studios, Kings County has a Groundwork market score of 49 (lower middle): #908 of 1,769 scored counties and #41 of 59 scored counties in New York.

How Kings County 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.

Spas and skin care in Kings County, NY compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureKings CountyNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.811.311.5
Spending per listing$1.3M$950K$876K
Households per official establishment3,2472,9014,055
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+9.9%+2.0%+29.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.5%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$1,043$1,070$1,005
Median household income$80,263$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market score4934

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
283 → 311+9.9% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,134
Annual payroll, 2023
$36.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
78758 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1,203The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
18
Amount
$2.9M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as other personal care services in Kings 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 Kings County

Population, 2025 estimate
2,653,963−2.5% since 2020
Households
1,009,927
Median age
37.7
Homes lived in by their owners
30%
Vehicles per household
0.6
Land area
69 sq. mi.
People per square mile
37,927
Median household income
$80,263+33.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$123,376
Median home value
$905,000
Jobs located here
883,599
Daytime population
2,304,140Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Spas and skin care across New York

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The highest-scoring counties in New York for spas and skin care studios, numbered among those based in New York, with Kings County marked.

Top counties in New York

Counties in New York ranked for spas and skin care studios by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Schenectady County, NY84385.7$1.8M+3.0%#40 of 1,769
2Sullivan County, NY76175.4$1.8M+2.7%#106 of 1,769
3Rensselaer County, NY76416.1$1.7M−0.2%#108 of 1,769
4Schoharie County, NY7153.9$2.4M+1.4%#187 of 1,769
5Columbia County, NY70134.9$2.1M−2.1%#204 of 1,769
6Clinton County, NY70164.8$2M−2.0%#208 of 1,769
7Oswego County, NY70285.9$1.6M+1.0%#218 of 1,769
8Wayne County, NY69143.6$2.6M+0.1%#237 of 1,769
9Delaware County, NY6763.1$2.9M+0.2%#283 of 1,769
10Montgomery County, NY6694.6$2M+1.1%#316 of 1,769
41Kings County, NY497877.8$1.3M−2.5%#908 of 1,769

Other business types in Kings County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many spas and skin care studios are in Kings County, NY?

There are 787 spas and skin care studios on map listings in Kings County as of September 2026. 58 of them (7%) are chain locations. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. Official counts show 311 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in 2023, up 9.9% from 2019.

How much do households in Kings County, NY spend on personal care products and services?

About $1.1B a year, or $1,043 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 787 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $1.3M 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 1,009,927 households in Kings County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Kings County, NY compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?

Kings County has 7.8 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $1.3M, 53% above the U.S. figure of $876K. At the national ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, Kings County would have about 1,203, against 787 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,247 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S. The official count rose 9.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +29.8% for the U.S.

How fast is Kings County, NY growing?

Population estimates put Kings County at 2,653,963 people in 2025, down 2.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,009,927 households. Median household income in Kings County is $80,263, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.3%, 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. Kings County scores 49 for spas and skin care studios (lower middle), #908 of 1,769 scored counties.

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