Beauty and personal care · County · North Carolina
Spas and skin care studios in Yancey County, NC
The spas and skin care studios in Yancey County, NC, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $6.6M
- On personal care products and services · $810 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.3M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.5
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 19,084
- +3.2% since 2020
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What this means
At $810 per household (19% below the U.S. average), households in Yancey County spend about $6.6M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 2 spas and skin care studios, that is $3.3M per studio. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only spas and skin care studios.
Yancey County has 2 spas and skin care studios on map listings as of September 2026. That is 2.5 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for other personal care services in Yancey County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Yancey County grew 3.2%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 spas and skin care studios on map listings, Yancey County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Yancey 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 | Yancey County | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.5 | 11.1 | 11.5 |
| Spending per listing | $3.3M | $811K | $876K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 4,313 | 4,055 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +39.9% | +29.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.2% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $810 | $897 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $58,709 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 42 |
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
- 20 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Yancey 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 Yancey County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 19,084+3.2% since 2020
- Households
- 8,130
- Median age
- 48.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 313 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 60
- Median household income
- $58,709+39.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $83,965
- Median home value
- $243,100
- Jobs located here
- 4,832
- Daytime population
- 17,017Residents 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 |
| Yancey County, NC | Not scored | 2 | 2.5 | $3.3M | +3.2% |
Other business types in Yancey 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 spas69
- Hair salons70
- Barbershops
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care
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 Yancey County, NC?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 spas and skin care studios in Yancey County. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. No official count is published for other personal care services in Yancey County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Yancey County, NC spend on personal care products and services?
About $6.6M a year, or $810 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $3.3M 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 8,130 households in Yancey County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Yancey County, NC compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?
Yancey County has 2 spas and skin care studios on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, Yancey County would have about 8, against 2 on map listings.
How fast is Yancey County, NC growing?
Population estimates put Yancey County at 19,084 people in 2025, up 3.2% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,130 households. The median household income in Yancey County is $58,709 a year, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 39.1% 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. Yancey County has no market score for spas and skin care studios: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
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