Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Ohio
Spas and skin care studios in the Lima, OH metro area
How the Lima, OH metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for spas and skin care studios: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #189 of 387 scored metro areas
#10 of 12 scored metro areas based in Ohio
- Listings
- 37
- 8 chain locations (22%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $37.3M
- On personal care products and services · $903 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1M
- 15% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.0
- 22% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 100,881
- −1.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 37 spas and skin care studios in the Lima metro area. Chain locations make up 22% of them, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 9.0 for every 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 11.5.
Households in the Lima metro area spend about $37.3M a year on personal care products and services, or $903 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. Spread across 37 spas and skin care studios, that is $1M per studio, 15% above the U.S. figure of $876K. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which spas and skin care studios share with other businesses in the trade.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in the Lima metro area was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 6,883 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $43K has gone to businesses classed as other personal care services in the Lima metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Lima metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −1.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for spas and skin care studios in the Lima metro area is 50 (upper middle), #189 of 387 scored metro areas and #10 of 12 scored metro areas based in Ohio.
How the Lima metro area compares
The same measures for Ohio 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 | Lima metro area | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.0 | 8.1 | 11.5 |
| Spending per listing | $1M | $1.2M | $876K |
| Households per official establishment | 6,883 | 5,866 | 4,055 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +33.5% | +29.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.2% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $903 | $976 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $64,038 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 66 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6
- Employees, 2023
- 29
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $330K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 378 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 43The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $43K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as other personal care services in the Lima 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 Lima metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 100,881−1.2% since 2020
- Households
- 41,295
- Median age
- 40.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 403 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 252
- Median household income
- $64,038+20.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,511
- Median home value
- $165,300
- Jobs located here
- 49,401
- Daytime population
- 105,788Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Ohio market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Ohio for spas and skin care studios, numbered among those based in Ohio (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Lima metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Ohio
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 75 | 701 | 7.7 | $1.3M | +2.7% | #17 of 387 |
| 2Columbus, OH | 68 | 855 | 9.9 | $1.1M | +4.7% | #47 of 387 |
| 3Springfield, OH | 67 | 35 | 6.3 | $1.4M | −0.4% | #49 of 387 |
| 4Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH | 64 | 281 | 8.2 | $1.2M | +1.5% | #64 of 387 |
| 5Akron, OH | 60 | 215 | 7.3 | $1.4M | 0.0% | #91 of 387 |
| Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH | 59 | 25 | 5.0 | $1.6M | −3.6% | #99 of 387 |
| 6Cleveland, OH | 56 | 789 | 8.5 | $1.2M | −0.8% | #132 of 387 |
| 7Toledo, OH | 56 | 210 | 8.3 | $1.1M | −1.0% | #133 of 387 |
| 8Sandusky, OH | 55 | 50 | 9.8 | $986K | −2.6% | #148 of 387 |
| 9Mansfield, OH | 50 | 32 | 6.4 | $1.4M | −0.1% | #187 of 387 |
| 10Lima, OH | 50 | 37 | 9.0 | $1M | −1.2% | #189 of 387 |
Other business types in the Lima 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 spas46
- Hair salons35
- Barbershops54
- Nail salons49
- Spas and skin care50
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 Lima, OH metro area?
There are 37 spas and skin care studios on map listings in the Lima metro area as of September 2026. 8 of them (22%) 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 the Lima, OH metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $37.3M a year, or $903 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 37 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $1M per studio. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only spas and skin care studios. It is estimated from the incomes of the 41,295 households in the Lima metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Lima, OH metro area compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?
The Lima metro area has 9.0 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $1M, 15% above the U.S. figure of $876K. At the national ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, the Lima metro area would have about 43, against 37 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,883 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S.
How fast is the Lima, OH metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Lima metro area at 100,881 people in 2025, down 1.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 41,295 households. Median household income in the Lima metro area is $64,038, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.5%, 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 Lima metro area scores 50 for spas and skin care studios (upper middle), #189 of 387 scored metro areas.
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