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Spas and skin care studios in the Syracuse, NY metro area

How the Syracuse, 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 53 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #160 of 387 scored metro areas
#6 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York

Listings
231
23 chain locations (10%)
Official establishments
57
+3.7% since 2019
Household spending a year
$264.6M
On personal care products and services · $976 a household
Spending per listing
$1.1M
31% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.5
26% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
652,273
−1.3% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 231 spas and skin care studios in the Syracuse metro area. 23 of them (10%) are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 8.5 for every 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 11.5.

At $976 per household (3% below the U.S. average), households in the Syracuse metro area spend about $264.6M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 231 spas and skin care studios, that is $1.1M per studio, 31% 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 57 businesses with payroll in the Syracuse metro area classed as other personal care services, up 3.7% from 2019. That is one for every 4,759 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $60K have gone to businesses classed as other personal care services in the Syracuse metro area.

Population estimates show the Syracuse metro area declined 1.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Syracuse metro area scores 53 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for spas and skin care studios, ranking #160 of 387 scored metro areas and #6 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York.

How the Syracuse 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.

Spas and skin care in Syracuse, NY metro area compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureSyracuse metro areaNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.511.311.5
Spending per listing$1.1M$950K$876K
Households per official establishment4,7592,9014,055
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+3.7%+2.0%+29.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.3%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$976$1,070$1,005
Median household income$75,492$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market score5334

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
57+3.7% over the period
Employees, 2023
175
Annual payroll, 2023
$5.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
23123 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
302The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$60K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
652,273−1.3% since 2020
Households
271,251
Median age
41.2
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
2,385 sq. mi.
People per square mile
275
Median household income
$75,492+25.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$99,360
Median home value
$187,700
Jobs located here
309,260
Daytime population
669,341Residents 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 metro areas in New York for spas and skin care studios, numbered among those based in New York, with the Syracuse metro area marked.

Top metro areas in New York

Metro areas in New York ranked for spas and skin care studios by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Utica-Rome, NY64786.4$1.4M−2.0%#60 of 387
2Ithaca, NY62378.6$1.2M−1.4%#78 of 387
3Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY613609.4$1.1M+1.9%#88 of 387
4Binghamton, NY59757.3$1.2M−1.3%#100 of 387
5Glens Falls, NY54427.7$1.3M−1.9%#151 of 387
6Syracuse, NY532318.5$1.1M−1.3%#160 of 387
7Rochester, NY504219.4$1M−0.7%#188 of 387
8Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY5031912.5$896K+3.0%#192 of 387
9Watertown-Fort Drum, NY47367.6$1.2M−3.9%#212 of 387
10Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY474549.1$1.1M−0.8%#213 of 387

Other business types in the Syracuse 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 Syracuse, NY metro area?

The Syracuse metro area has 231 spas and skin care studios on map listings as of September 2026. 23 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. Official counts show 57 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in 2023, up 3.7% from 2019.

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

About $264.6M a year, or $976 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 231 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 271,251 households in the Syracuse metro area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The Syracuse metro area has 8.5 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $1.1M, 31% above the U.S. figure of $876K. At the national ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, the Syracuse metro area would have about 302, against 231 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,759 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S. The official count rose 3.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +29.8% for the U.S.

How fast is the Syracuse, NY metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Syracuse metro area at 652,273 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 271,251 households. Median household income in the Syracuse metro area is $75,492, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.1%, 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 Syracuse metro area scores 53 for spas and skin care studios (upper middle), #160 of 387 scored metro areas.

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