Beauty and personal care · County · New York
Spas and skin care studios in Ulster County, NY
How Ulster 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 44 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,095 of 1,769 scored counties
#48 of 59 scored counties in New York
- Listings
- 87
- 3 chain locations (3%)
- Official establishments
- 22
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $78.1M
- On personal care products and services · $1,052 a household
- Spending per listing
- $898K
- 3% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.7
- 2% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 183,330
- +1.1% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 87 spas and skin care studios in Ulster County. Chain locations make up 3% of them, against 10% across the U.S. That is 11.7 per 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 11.5.
Households in Ulster County spend about $78.1M a year on personal care products and services, or $1,052 per household, 5% above the U.S. average. Spread across 87 spas and skin care studios, that is $898K per studio, 3% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in Ulster County was 22 in 2023. That is one for every 3,376 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 Ulster County.
Population estimates put the population change in Ulster County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for spas and skin care studios in Ulster County is 44 (lower middle), #1,095 of 1,769 scored counties and #48 of 59 scored counties in New York.
How Ulster 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 | Ulster County | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.7 | 11.3 | 11.5 |
| Spending per listing | $898K | $950K | $876K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,376 | 2,901 | 4,055 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.0% | +29.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.1% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,052 | $1,070 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $86,271 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 44 | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10 → 22
- Employees, 2023
- 62
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 873 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 89The 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 Ulster 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 Ulster County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 183,330+1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 74,278
- Median age
- 45.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,124 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 162
- Median household income
- $86,271+34.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $117,353
- Median home value
- $352,500
- Jobs located here
- 57,240
- Daytime population
- 161,256Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every New York market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in New York for spas and skin care studios, numbered among those based in New York, with Ulster County marked.
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 |
| 48Ulster County, NY | 44 | 87 | 11.7 | $898K | +1.1% | #1,095 of 1,769 |
Other business types in Ulster 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 spas60
- Hair salons69
- Barbershops66
- Nail salons76
- Spas and skin care44
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 Ulster County, NY?
There are 87 spas and skin care studios on map listings in Ulster County as of September 2026. 3 of them (3%) are chain locations. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. Official counts show 22 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in 2023.
How much do households in Ulster County, NY spend on personal care products and services?
About $78.1M a year, or $1,052 per household. That is 5% above the U.S. average (an index of 105, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 87 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $898K 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 74,278 households in Ulster County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ulster County, NY compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?
Ulster County has 11.7 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $898K, 3% above the U.S. figure of $876K. At the national ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, Ulster County would have about 89, against 87 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,376 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S.
How fast is Ulster County, NY growing?
Population estimates put Ulster County at 183,330 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 74,278 households. Median household income in Ulster County is $86,271, 7% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.2%, 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. Ulster County scores 44 for spas and skin care studios (lower middle), #1,095 of 1,769 scored counties.
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