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Spas and skin care studios in York County, PA

How York County, PA 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 75 out of 100: High

Ranked #121 of 1,769 scored counties
#4 of 53 scored counties in Pennsylvania

Listings
115
13 chain locations (11%)
Official establishments
33
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$185.4M
On personal care products and services · $1,021 a household
Spending per listing
$1.6M
84% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.3
45% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
473,197
+3.6% since 2020

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What this means

The Groundwork market score for spas and skin care studios in York County is 75 (high), #121 of 1,769 scored counties and #4 of 53 scored counties in Pennsylvania. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for spas and skin care studios.

At $1,021 per household (2% above the U.S. average), households in York County spend about $185.4M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $1.6M of household spending for each studio on map listings, 84% above the U.S. figure of $876K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only spas and skin care studios.

York County has 115 spas and skin care studios on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 11% of them, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.3, 45% below the U.S. rate of 11.5.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in York County was 33 in 2023. That is one for every 5,503 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $1.8M have gone to businesses classed as other personal care services in York County. Population estimates put the population change in York County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How York County compares

The same measures for Pennsylvania 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 York County, PA compared with Pennsylvania and the U.S.
MeasureYork CountyPennsylvaniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.37.711.5
Spending per listing$1.6M$1.3M$876K
Households per official establishment5,5034,8174,055
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+32.4%+29.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.6%+0.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$1,021$1,004$1,005
Median household income$84,829$77,971$80,734
Groundwork market score7563

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
18 → 33
Employees, 2023
159
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
11513 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
212The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
4
Amount
$1.8M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as other personal care services in York 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 York County

Population, 2025 estimate
473,197+3.6% since 2020
Households
181,583
Median age
42.2
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
904 sq. mi.
People per square mile
512
Median household income
$84,829+27.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$104,143
Median home value
$248,600
Jobs located here
187,332
Daytime population
423,675Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Spas and skin care across Pennsylvania

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The highest-scoring counties in Pennsylvania for spas and skin care studios, numbered among those based in Pennsylvania, with York County marked.

Top counties in Pennsylvania

Counties in Pennsylvania ranked for spas and skin care studios by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Adams County, PA82204.9$2.1M+3.6%#51 of 1,769
2Pike County, PA77187.4$1.4M+7.2%#102 of 1,769
3Schuylkill County, PA76223.8$2.4M+1.5%#104 of 1,769
4York County, PA751156.3$1.6M+3.6%#121 of 1,769
5Berks County, PA741066.5$1.5M+2.7%#142 of 1,769
6Lebanon County, PA73254.4$2.2M+2.2%#153 of 1,769
7Lancaster County, PA721466.9$1.5M+1.9%#174 of 1,769
8Beaver County, PA70405.5$1.7M−1.1%#215 of 1,769
9Dauphin County, PA69786.4$1.5M+2.3%#246 of 1,769
10Wayne County, PA6862.9$3.1M+1.1%#256 of 1,769

Other business types in York County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many spas and skin care studios are in York County, PA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 115 spas and skin care studios in York County. 13 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. Official counts show 33 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in 2023.

How much do households in York County, PA spend on personal care products and services?

About $185.4M a year, or $1,021 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 115 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $1.6M 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 181,583 households in York County and national spending patterns by income.

How does York County, PA compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?

York County has 6.3 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 45% below the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $1.6M, 84% above the U.S. figure of $876K. At the U.S. ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, York County would have about 212, against 115 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,503 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S.

How fast is York County, PA growing?

Population estimates put York County at 473,197 people in 2025, up 3.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 181,583 households. The median household income in York County is $84,829 a year, 5% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.6% 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. York County scores 75 for spas and skin care studios (high), #121 of 1,769 scored counties.

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