Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Oklahoma
Spas and skin care studios in the Ardmore, OK area
The spas and skin care studios in the Ardmore, OK area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #424 of 504 scored small-town markets
#9 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Oklahoma
- Listings
- 35
- 2 chain locations (6%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $15.4M
- On personal care products and services · $807 a household
- Spending per listing
- $439K
- 50% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.4
- 60% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 48,910
- +1.8% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for spas and skin care studios in the Ardmore area is 34 (lower middle), #424 of 504 scored small-town markets and #9 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Oklahoma. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Household spending on personal care products and services in the Ardmore area comes to about $15.4M a year: $807 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. Spread across 35 spas and skin care studios, that is $439K per studio, 50% below 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 35 spas and skin care studios on map listings in the Ardmore area as of September 2026. 2 of them (6%) are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 18.4, 60% above the U.S. rate of 11.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in the Ardmore area classed as other personal care services. That is one for every 6,349 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Ardmore area grew 1.8%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Ardmore area compares
The same measures for Oklahoma 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 | Ardmore area | Oklahoma | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.4 | 11.2 | 11.5 |
| Spending per listing | $439K | $748K | $876K |
| Households per official establishment | 6,349 | 6,250 | 4,055 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +23.8% | +29.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.8% | +4.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $807 | $841 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $60,723 | $65,039 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 34 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 14
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $182K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 352 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 18The 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 the Ardmore 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 Ardmore area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 48,910+1.8% since 2020
- Households
- 19,046
- Median age
- 38.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 822 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 59
- Median household income
- $60,723
- Average household income
- $83,415
- Median home value
- $168,500
- Jobs located here
- 23,303
- Daytime population
- 50,671Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Oklahoma market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Oklahoma for spas and skin care studios, numbered among those based in Oklahoma, with the Ardmore area marked.
Top small-town markets in Oklahoma
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ada, OK | 59 | 8 | 5.3 | $1.5M | +1.2% | #149 of 504 |
| 2Shawnee, OK | 58 | 18 | 6.7 | $1.2M | +3.5% | #166 of 504 |
| 3Duncan, OK | 52 | 13 | 7.4 | $1.1M | +3.4% | #225 of 504 |
| 4Tahlequah, OK | 47 | 14 | 7.5 | $1M | +4.5% | #285 of 504 |
| 5Bartlesville, OK | 44 | 23 | 11.0 | $754K | +2.7% | #325 of 504 |
| 6Stillwater, OK | 43 | 26 | 8.0 | $952K | +2.8% | #332 of 504 |
| 7Durant, OK | 43 | 20 | 10.9 | $719K | +10.9% | #341 of 504 |
| 8Altus, OK | 38 | 8 | 8.2 | $998K | +0.1% | #386 of 504 |
| 9Ardmore, OK | 34 | 35 | 18.4 | $439K | +1.8% | #424 of 504 |
| 10Ponca City, OK | 29 | 15 | 8.9 | $881K | −0.3% | #455 of 504 |
Other business types in the Ardmore 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 spas33
- Hair salons33
- Barbershops53
- Nail salons32
- Spas and skin care34
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 Ardmore, OK area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 35 spas and skin care studios in the Ardmore area. 2 of them (6%) are chain locations. 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 Ardmore, OK area spend on personal care products and services?
About $15.4M a year, or $807 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 35 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $439K 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 19,046 households in the Ardmore area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Ardmore, OK area compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?
The Ardmore area has 18.4 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 60% above the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $439K, 50% below the U.S. figure of $876K. At the U.S. ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, the Ardmore area would have about 18, against 35 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,349 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S.
How fast is the Ardmore, OK area growing?
Population estimates put the Ardmore area at 48,910 people in 2025, up 1.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,046 households. The median household income in the Ardmore area is $60,723 a year, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Ardmore area scores 34 for spas and skin care studios (lower middle), #424 of 504 scored small-town markets.
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