Beauty and personal care · County · North Dakota
Spas and skin care studios in Grand Forks County, ND
How Grand Forks County, ND compares with other counties and the U.S. for spas and skin care studios: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #820 of 1,769 scored counties
#3 of 9 scored counties in North Dakota
- Listings
- 31
- 9 chain locations (29%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $29.8M
- On personal care products and services · $953 a household
- Spending per listing
- $962K
- 10% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.9
- 14% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 74,501
- +1.9% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on personal care products and services in Grand Forks County comes to about $29.8M a year: $953 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. Spread across 31 spas and skin care studios, that is $962K per studio, 10% above 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 31 spas and skin care studios on map listings in Grand Forks County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 29% of them, against 10% across the U.S. That is 9.9 per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 11.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 6 businesses with payroll in Grand Forks County classed as other personal care services. That is one for every 5,216 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Grand Forks County grew 1.9% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for spas and skin care studios in Grand Forks County is 52 (upper middle), #820 of 1,769 scored counties and #3 of 9 scored counties in North Dakota.
How Grand Forks County compares
The same measures for North Dakota 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 | Grand Forks County | North Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.9 | 10.0 | 11.5 |
| Spending per listing | $962K | $1M | $876K |
| Households per official establishment | 5,216 | 3,989 | 4,055 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +15.3% | +29.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.9% | +2.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $953 | $1,002 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $68,075 | $76,657 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 52 | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 26
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $499K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 319 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 34The 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 Grand Forks 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 Grand Forks County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 74,501+1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 31,295
- Median age
- 33.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 52%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,436 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 51
- Median household income
- $68,075+26.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,591
- Median home value
- $252,700
- Jobs located here
- 38,188
- Daytime population
- 77,655Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every North Dakota market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in North Dakota for spas and skin care studios, numbered among those based in North Dakota, with Grand Forks County marked.
Top counties in North Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1McKenzie County, ND | 61 | 7 | 11.7 | $992K | +2.8% | #502 of 1,769 |
| 2Morton County, ND | 56 | 10 | 7.2 | $1.4M | +3.8% | #649 of 1,769 |
| 3Grand Forks County, ND | 52 | 31 | 9.9 | $962K | +1.9% | #820 of 1,769 |
| 4Burleigh County, ND | 48 | 50 | 12.1 | $881K | +4.7% | #965 of 1,769 |
| 5Cass County, ND | 46 | 103 | 12.3 | $820K | +9.1% | #1,031 of 1,769 |
| 6Stark County, ND | 41 | 18 | 13.3 | $752K | +0.5% | #1,221 of 1,769 |
| 7Ward County, ND | 40 | 28 | 9.8 | $1M | −2.4% | #1,236 of 1,769 |
| 8Williams County, ND | 37 | 22 | 14.5 | $744K | +1.4% | #1,367 of 1,769 |
| 9Stutsman County, ND | 27 | 12 | 12.7 | $715K | −0.6% | #1,598 of 1,769 |
Other business types in Grand Forks 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 spas45
- Hair salons54
- Barbershops57
- Nail salons56
- Spas and skin care52
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 Grand Forks County, ND?
As of September 2026, map listings count 31 spas and skin care studios in Grand Forks County. 9 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in 2023.
How much do households in Grand Forks County, ND spend on personal care products and services?
About $29.8M a year, or $953 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 31 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $962K 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 31,295 households in Grand Forks County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Grand Forks County, ND compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?
Grand Forks County has 9.9 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $962K, 10% above the U.S. figure of $876K. At the U.S. ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, Grand Forks County would have about 34, against 31 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,216 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S.
How fast is Grand Forks County, ND growing?
Population estimates put Grand Forks County at 74,501 people in 2025, up 1.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 31,295 households. The median household income in Grand Forks County is $68,075 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.0% 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. Grand Forks County scores 52 for spas and skin care studios (upper middle), #820 of 1,769 scored counties.
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