Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · North Carolina
Spas and skin care studios in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC area
How the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for spas and skin care studios: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 59 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #159 of 504 scored small-town markets
#5 of 23 scored small-town markets based in North Carolina
- Listings
- 29
- 1 chain location (3%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $30.6M
- On personal care products and services · $788 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.1M
- 20% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.5
- 35% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 103,325
- +3.4% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Shelby-Kings Mountain area spend about $30.6M a year on personal care products and services, or $788 per household, 22% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.1M of household spending for each studio on map listings, 20% 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 Shelby-Kings Mountain area has 29 spas and skin care studios on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (3%) is a chain location, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 7.5 for every 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 11.5.
Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in the Shelby-Kings Mountain area in 2023. That is one for every 9,713 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $170K has gone to businesses classed as other personal care services in the Shelby-Kings Mountain area.
Population estimates show the Shelby-Kings Mountain area grew 3.4% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Shelby-Kings Mountain area scores 59 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for spas and skin care studios, ranking #159 of 504 scored small-town markets and #5 of 23 scored small-town markets based in North Carolina.
How the Shelby-Kings Mountain 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 | Shelby-Kings Mountain area | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.5 | 11.1 | 11.5 |
| Spending per listing | $1.1M | $811K | $876K |
| Households per official establishment | 9,713 | 4,313 | 4,055 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +39.9% | +29.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.4% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $788 | $897 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $58,534 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 59 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4
- Employees, 2023
- 15
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $541K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 291 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 35The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $170K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as other personal care services in the Shelby-Kings Mountain 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 Shelby-Kings Mountain area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 103,325+3.4% since 2020
- Households
- 38,850
- Median age
- 41.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 464 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 218
- Median household income
- $58,534+38.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $76,018
- Median home value
- $200,000
- Jobs located here
- 34,727
- Daytime population
- 92,263Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every North Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in North Carolina for spas and skin care studios, numbered among those based in North Carolina, with the Shelby-Kings Mountain area marked.
Top small-town markets in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Anderson Creek, NC | 87 | 17 | 3.4 | $2.5M | +12.3% | #4 of 504 |
| 2Sanford, NC | 65 | 18 | 7.2 | $1.1M | +10.8% | #103 of 504 |
| 3North Wilkesboro, NC | 63 | 11 | 4.1 | $1.8M | +0.6% | #113 of 504 |
| 4Elizabeth City, NC | 61 | 10 | 6.3 | $1.3M | +4.5% | #137 of 504 |
| 5Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC | 59 | 29 | 7.5 | $1.1M | +3.4% | #159 of 504 |
| 6Albemarle, NC | 58 | 18 | 7.1 | $1.1M | +9.8% | #167 of 504 |
| 7New Bern, NC | 53 | 49 | 9.3 | $875K | +3.6% | #217 of 504 |
| 8Lumberton, NC | 52 | 22 | 5.1 | $1.3M | +3.4% | #222 of 504 |
| 9Roanoke Rapids, NC | 46 | 10 | 3.5 | $2M | −4.3% | #288 of 504 |
| 10Henderson, NC | 45 | 9 | 5.6 | $1.3M | +0.2% | #310 of 504 |
Other business types in the Shelby-Kings Mountain 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 spas45
- Hair salons42
- Barbershops45
- Nail salons38
- Spas and skin care59
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 Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 29 spas and skin care studios in the Shelby-Kings Mountain area. One of them (3%) is a chain location. 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 the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC area spend on personal care products and services?
About $30.6M a year, or $788 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 29 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 38,850 households in the Shelby-Kings Mountain area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC area compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?
The Shelby-Kings Mountain area has 7.5 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $1.1M, 20% above the U.S. figure of $876K. At the U.S. ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, the Shelby-Kings Mountain area would have about 35, against 29 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 9,713 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S.
How fast is the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC area growing?
Population estimates put the Shelby-Kings Mountain area at 103,325 people in 2025, up 3.4% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 38,850 households. The median household income in the Shelby-Kings Mountain area is $58,534 a year, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 38.6% 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 Shelby-Kings Mountain area scores 59 for spas and skin care studios (upper middle), #159 of 504 scored small-town markets.
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