Beauty and personal care · County · North Carolina
Spas and skin care studios in Harnett County, NC
The spas and skin care studios in Harnett County, NC, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 84 out of 100: High
Ranked #36 of 1,769 scored counties
#3 of 78 scored counties in North Carolina
- Listings
- 17
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $42.7M
- On personal care products and services · $856 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.5M
- 2.9 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.4
- 70% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 150,137
- +12.3% since 2020
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What this means
For spas and skin care studios, Harnett County has a Groundwork market score of 84 (high): #36 of 1,769 scored counties and #3 of 78 scored counties in North Carolina. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for spas and skin care studios.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Harnett County comes to about $42.7M a year: $856 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.5M per studio, 2.9 times the U.S. figure of $876K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only spas and skin care studios.
There are 17 spas and skin care studios on map listings in Harnett County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.4, 70% below the U.S. rate of 11.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Harnett County classed as other personal care services. That is one for every 12,461 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Harnett County from 2020 to 2025 at +12.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Harnett County compares
The same measures for North Carolina 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 | Harnett County | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.4 | 11.1 | 11.5 |
| Spending per listing | $2.5M | $811K | $876K |
| Households per official establishment | 12,461 | 4,313 | 4,055 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +39.9% | +29.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +12.3% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $856 | $897 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $71,287 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 84 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 16
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $180K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 170 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 49The 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 Harnett 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 Harnett County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 150,137+12.3% since 2020
- Households
- 49,845
- Median age
- 37.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 595 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 234
- Median household income
- $71,287+33.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,999
- Median home value
- $246,200
- Jobs located here
- 27,545
- Daytime population
- 112,161Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Chatham County, NC | 90 | 18 | 5.5 | $1.9M | +11.0% | #12 of 1,769 |
| 2Johnston County, NC | 85 | 45 | 5.3 | $1.8M | +17.9% | #33 of 1,769 |
| 3Harnett County, NC | 84 | 17 | 3.4 | $2.5M | +12.3% | #36 of 1,769 |
| 4Franklin County, NC | 83 | 12 | 4.2 | $2.1M | +18.8% | #44 of 1,769 |
| 5Currituck County, NC | 83 | 8 | 6.8 | $1.5M | +16.7% | #45 of 1,769 |
| 6Davie County, NC | 79 | 8 | 4.6 | $2M | +6.9% | #71 of 1,769 |
| 7Union County, NC | 79 | 64 | 7.6 | $1.4M | +11.7% | #81 of 1,769 |
| 8Hoke County, NC | 73 | 9 | 4.7 | $1.8M | +9.0% | #157 of 1,769 |
| 9Davidson County, NC | 73 | 36 | 5.2 | $1.6M | +6.6% | #158 of 1,769 |
| 10Rowan County, NC | 71 | 35 | 5.9 | $1.4M | +5.6% | #196 of 1,769 |
Other business types in Harnett 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 spas74
- Hair salons75
- Barbershops61
- Nail salons50
- 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 Harnett County, NC?
As of September 2026, map listings count 17 spas and skin care studios in Harnett County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in 2023.
How much do households in Harnett County, NC spend on personal care products and services?
About $42.7M a year, or $856 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $2.5M 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 49,845 households in Harnett County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Harnett County, NC compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?
Harnett County has 3.4 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 70% below the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $2.5M, 2.9 times the U.S. figure of $876K. At the U.S. ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, Harnett County would have about 49, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 12,461 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S.
How fast is Harnett County, NC growing?
Population estimates put Harnett County at 150,137 people in 2025, up 12.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 49,845 households. The median household income in Harnett County is $71,287 a year, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.1% 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. Harnett County scores 84 for spas and skin care studios (high), #36 of 1,769 scored counties.
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