Beauty and personal care · County · New York
Spas and skin care studios in Schenectady County, NY
How Schenectady 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 84 out of 100: High
Ranked #40 of 1,769 scored counties
#1 of 59 scored counties in New York
- Listings
- 38
- 3 chain locations (8%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $67.2M
- On personal care products and services · $1,004 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- Twice the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.7
- 50% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 162,581
- +3.0% since 2020
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What this means
For spas and skin care studios, Schenectady County has a Groundwork market score of 84 (high): #40 of 1,769 scored counties and #1 of 59 scored counties in New York. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for spas and skin care studios.
Households in Schenectady County spend about $67.2M a year on personal care products and services, or $1,004 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That is about $1.8M of household spending for each studio on map listings, twice the U.S. figure of $876K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only spas and skin care studios.
Schenectady County has 38 spas and skin care studios on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 8% of them, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.7, 50% below the U.S. rate of 11.5.
Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in Schenectady County in 2023. That is one for every 22,301 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $30K has gone to businesses classed as other personal care services in Schenectady County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Schenectady County grew 3.0%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Schenectady 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.
| Measure | Schenectady County | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.7 | 11.3 | 11.5 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $950K | $876K |
| Households per official establishment | 22,301 | 2,901 | 4,055 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.0% | +29.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.0% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,004 | $1,070 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $79,623 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 84 | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 3
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $94K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 383 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 77The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $30K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as other personal care services in Schenectady 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 Schenectady County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 162,581+3.0% since 2020
- Households
- 66,902
- Median age
- 40.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 205 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 784
- Median household income
- $79,623+21.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $102,936
- Median home value
- $235,700
- Jobs located here
- 59,344
- Daytime population
- 143,291Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Schenectady County, NY | 84 | 38 | 5.7 | $1.8M | +3.0% | #40 of 1,769 |
| 2Sullivan County, NY | 76 | 17 | 5.4 | $1.8M | +2.7% | #106 of 1,769 |
| 3Rensselaer County, NY | 76 | 41 | 6.1 | $1.7M | −0.2% | #108 of 1,769 |
| 4Schoharie County, NY | 71 | 5 | 3.9 | $2.4M | +1.4% | #187 of 1,769 |
| 5Columbia County, NY | 70 | 13 | 4.9 | $2.1M | −2.1% | #204 of 1,769 |
| 6Clinton County, NY | 70 | 16 | 4.8 | $2M | −2.0% | #208 of 1,769 |
| 7Oswego County, NY | 70 | 28 | 5.9 | $1.6M | +1.0% | #218 of 1,769 |
| 8Wayne County, NY | 69 | 14 | 3.6 | $2.6M | +0.1% | #237 of 1,769 |
| 9Delaware County, NY | 67 | 6 | 3.1 | $2.9M | +0.2% | #283 of 1,769 |
| 10Montgomery County, NY | 66 | 9 | 4.6 | $2M | +1.1% | #316 of 1,769 |
Other business types in Schenectady 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 spas65
- Hair salons76
- Barbershops52
- Nail salons52
- Spas and skin care84
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 Schenectady County, NY?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 38 spas and skin care studios in Schenectady County. 3 of them (8%) are chain locations. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in 2023.
How much do households in Schenectady County, NY spend on personal care products and services?
About $67.2M a year, or $1,004 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 38 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $1.8M 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 66,902 households in Schenectady County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Schenectady County, NY compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?
Schenectady County has 5.7 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 50% below the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $1.8M, twice the U.S. figure of $876K. At the U.S. ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, Schenectady County would have about 77, against 38 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 22,301 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S.
How fast is Schenectady County, NY growing?
Population estimates put Schenectady County at 162,581 people in 2025, up 3.0% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 66,902 households. The median household income in Schenectady County is $79,623 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.6% 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. Schenectady County scores 84 for spas and skin care studios (high), #40 of 1,769 scored counties.
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