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Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Ohio

Spas and skin care studios in the Salem, OH area

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 51 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #237 of 504 scored small-town markets
#20 of 28 scored small-town markets based in Ohio

Listings
34
1 chain location (3%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$35.8M
On personal care products and services · $864 a household
Spending per listing
$1.1M
20% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.2
29% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
99,377
−2.2% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 34 spas and skin care studios in the Salem area. One of them (3%) is a chain location, against 10% across the U.S. That is 8.2 per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 11.5.

Households in the Salem area spend about $35.8M a year on personal care products and services, or $864 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.1M per studio, 20% 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 Salem area was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 13,820 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $25K has gone to businesses classed as other personal care services in the Salem area.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Salem area declined 2.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For spas and skin care studios, the Salem area has a Groundwork market score of 51 (upper middle): #237 of 504 scored small-town markets and #20 of 28 scored small-town markets based in Ohio.

How the Salem 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.

Spas and skin care in Salem, OH area compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureSalem areaOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.28.111.5
Spending per listing$1.1M$1.2M$876K
Households per official establishment13,8205,8664,055
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+33.5%+29.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.2%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$864$976$1,005
Median household income$58,180$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market score5166

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
10
Annual payroll, 2023
$56K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
341 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
41The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$25K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as other personal care services in the Salem 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 Salem area

Population, 2025 estimate
99,377−2.2% since 2020
Households
41,459
Median age
44.5
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
532 sq. mi.
People per square mile
189
Median household income
$58,180+20.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$78,065
Median home value
$151,600
Jobs located here
28,013
Daytime population
85,744Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Spas and skin care across Ohio

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

Top small-town markets in Ohio

Small-town markets in Ohio ranked for spas and skin care studios by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Wilmington, OH8053.0$3.2M+0.6%#12 of 504
2Bellefontaine, OH7784.1$2.3M+0.4%#18 of 504
3Van Wert, OH7354.3$2.1M+0.3%#38 of 504
4Urbana, OH7295.8$1.7M+0.2%#49 of 504
5Norwalk, OH71114.7$2M−0.4%#54 of 504
6Mount Vernon, OH71177.2$1.3M+1.9%#59 of 504
7Greenville, OH68104.7$1.9M−0.7%#74 of 504
8Wooster, OH68255.6$1.7M−0.1%#75 of 504
9Findlay, OH64299.2$1.1M+0.1%#110 of 504
10Gallipolis, OH6354.3$2M−0.5%#111 of 504
20Salem, OH51348.2$1.1M−2.2%#237 of 504

Other business types in the Salem 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 Salem, OH area?

There are 34 spas and skin care studios on map listings in the Salem area as of September 2026. One of them (3%) is a chain location. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in 2023.

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

About $35.8M a year, or $864 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 34 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $1.1M 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 41,459 households in the Salem area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The Salem area has 8.2 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $1.1M, 20% above the U.S. figure of $876K. At the national ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, the Salem area would have about 41, against 34 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 13,820 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S.

How fast is the Salem, OH area growing?

Population estimates put the Salem area at 99,377 people in 2025, down 2.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 41,459 households. Median household income in the Salem area is $58,180, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.3%, 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 Salem area scores 51 for spas and skin care studios (upper middle), #237 of 504 scored small-town markets.

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