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Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · North Carolina

Spas and skin care studios in the Laurinburg, NC area

The spas and skin care studios in the Laurinburg, NC area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 35 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #405 of 504 scored small-town markets
#18 of 23 scored small-town markets based in North Carolina

Listings
8
1 chain location (13%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$9M
On personal care products and services · $716 a household
Spending per listing
$1.1M
29% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.4
44% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
33,322
−0.3% 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

For spas and skin care studios, the Laurinburg area has a Groundwork market score of 35 (lower middle): #405 of 504 scored small-town markets and #18 of 23 scored small-town markets based in North Carolina. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.

Household spending on personal care products and services in the Laurinburg area comes to about $9M a year: $716 per household, 29% below the U.S. average. Spread across 8 spas and skin care studios, that is $1.1M per studio, 29% 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 Laurinburg area has 8 spas and skin care studios on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (13%) is a chain location, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 6.4 for every 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 11.5.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for other personal care services in the Laurinburg area, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates show the Laurinburg area declined 0.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How the Laurinburg 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.

Spas and skin care in Laurinburg, NC area compared with North Carolina and the U.S.
MeasureLaurinburg areaNorth CarolinaU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.411.111.5
Spending per listing$1.1M$811K$876K
Households per official establishmentn/a4,3134,055
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+39.9%+29.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.3%+7.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$716$897$1,005
Median household income$45,730$72,388$80,734
Groundwork market score3542

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
81 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
10The 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 Laurinburg 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 Laurinburg area

Population, 2025 estimate
33,322−0.3% since 2020
Households
12,580
Median age
38.8
Homes lived in by their owners
62%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
319 sq. mi.
People per square mile
105
Median household income
$45,730+22.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$70,579
Median home value
$114,900
Jobs located here
11,781
Daytime population
32,005Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Spas and skin care across North Carolina

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in North Carolina for spas and skin care studios, numbered among those based in North Carolina, with the Laurinburg area marked.

Top small-town markets in North Carolina

Small-town markets in North Carolina ranked for spas and skin care studios by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Anderson Creek, NC87173.4$2.5M+12.3%#4 of 504
2Sanford, NC65187.2$1.1M+10.8%#103 of 504
3North Wilkesboro, NC63114.1$1.8M+0.6%#113 of 504
4Elizabeth City, NC61106.3$1.3M+4.5%#137 of 504
5Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC59297.5$1.1M+3.4%#159 of 504
6Albemarle, NC58187.1$1.1M+9.8%#167 of 504
7New Bern, NC53499.3$875K+3.6%#217 of 504
8Lumberton, NC52225.1$1.3M+3.4%#222 of 504
9Roanoke Rapids, NC46103.5$2M−4.3%#288 of 504
10Henderson, NC4595.6$1.3M+0.2%#310 of 504
18Laurinburg, NC3586.4$1.1M−0.3%#405 of 504

Other business types in the Laurinburg 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 Laurinburg, NC area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 spas and skin care studios in the Laurinburg area. One of them (13%) is a chain location. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. No official count is published for other personal care services in the Laurinburg area: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in the Laurinburg, NC area spend on personal care products and services?

About $9M a year, or $716 per household. That is 29% below the U.S. average (an index of 71, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $1.1M 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 12,580 households in the Laurinburg area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Laurinburg, NC area compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?

The Laurinburg area has 6.4 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $1.1M, 29% above the U.S. figure of $876K. At the U.S. ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, the Laurinburg area would have about 10, against 8 on map listings.

How fast is the Laurinburg, NC area growing?

Population estimates put the Laurinburg area at 33,322 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 12,580 households. The median household income in the Laurinburg area is $45,730 a year, 43% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.8% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Laurinburg area scores 35 for spas and skin care studios (lower middle), #405 of 504 scored small-town markets.

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