Beauty and personal care · Metro area · North Carolina
Spas and skin care studios in the Jacksonville, NC metro area
The spas and skin care studios in the Jacksonville, NC metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 41 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #272 of 387 scored metro areas
#10 of 15 scored metro areas based in North Carolina
- Listings
- 69
- 5 chain locations (7%)
- Official establishments
- 21
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $63M
- On personal care products and services · $837 a household
- Spending per listing
- $913K
- 4% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.2
- 20% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 217,175
- +6.0% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Jacksonville metro area spend about $63M a year on personal care products and services, or $837 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That is about $913K of household spending for each studio on map listings, 4% above the U.S. figure of $876K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only spas and skin care studios.
The Jacksonville metro area has 69 spas and skin care studios on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 5 are chain locations, or 7%, against 10% across the U.S. That is 9.2 per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 11.5.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in the Jacksonville metro area was 21 in 2023. That is one for every 3,584 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Jacksonville metro area grew 6.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for spas and skin care studios in the Jacksonville metro area is 41 (lower middle), #272 of 387 scored metro areas and #10 of 15 scored metro areas based in North Carolina.
How the Jacksonville metro area 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 | Jacksonville metro area | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.2 | 11.1 | 11.5 |
| Spending per listing | $913K | $811K | $876K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,584 | 4,313 | 4,055 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +39.9% | +29.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.0% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $837 | $897 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $68,148 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 41 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 21
- Employees, 2023
- 55
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 695 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 72The 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 the Jacksonville 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 Jacksonville metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 217,175+6.0% since 2020
- Households
- 75,265
- Median age
- 30.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 762 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 273
- Median household income
- $68,148+35.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,766
- Median home value
- $236,400
- Jobs located here
- 48,126
- Daytime population
- 192,000Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every North Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in North Carolina for spas and skin care studios, numbered among those based in North Carolina, with the Jacksonville metro area marked.
Top metro areas in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | 74 | 201 | 8.1 | $1.2M | +7.5% | #22 of 387 |
| 2Winston-Salem, NC | 62 | 229 | 8.1 | $1M | +5.3% | #80 of 387 |
| 3Burlington, NC | 59 | 59 | 8.4 | $993K | +8.5% | #107 of 387 |
| 4Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC | 58 | 115 | 7.7 | $1.1M | +3.2% | #114 of 387 |
| 5Rocky Mount, NC | 52 | 40 | 6.8 | $1.2M | +2.8% | #164 of 387 |
| 6Goldsboro, NC | 47 | 46 | 9.7 | $825K | +3.8% | #221 of 387 |
| 7Raleigh-Cary, NC | 46 | 797 | 13.9 | $758K | +12.6% | #230 of 387 |
| 8Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC | 44 | 59 | 13.4 | $706K | +10.3% | #250 of 387 |
| 9Greenville, NC | 43 | 72 | 9.7 | $827K | +5.4% | #258 of 387 |
| 10Jacksonville, NC | 41 | 69 | 9.2 | $913K | +6.0% | #272 of 387 |
Other business types in the Jacksonville metro area
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 spas38
- Hair salons44
- Barbershops28
- Nail salons38
- Spas and skin care41
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 the Jacksonville, NC metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 69 spas and skin care studios in the Jacksonville metro area. 5 of them (7%) are chain locations. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in 2023.
How much do households in the Jacksonville, NC metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $63M a year, or $837 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 69 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $913K 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 75,265 households in the Jacksonville metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Jacksonville, NC metro area compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?
The Jacksonville metro area has 9.2 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $913K, 4% above the U.S. figure of $876K. At the U.S. ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, the Jacksonville metro area would have about 72, against 69 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,584 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S.
How fast is the Jacksonville, NC metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Jacksonville metro area at 217,175 people in 2025, up 6.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 75,265 households. The median household income in the Jacksonville metro area is $68,148 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 35.5% 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. The Jacksonville metro area scores 41 for spas and skin care studios (lower middle), #272 of 387 scored metro areas.
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