Beauty and personal care · County · South Carolina
Spas and skin care studios in Clarendon County, SC
How Clarendon County, SC 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 28 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,564 of 1,769 scored counties
#30 of 31 scored counties in South Carolina
- Listings
- 10
- 1 chain location (10%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $9.1M
- On personal care products and services · $739 a household
- Spending per listing
- $913K
- 4% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.1
- 30% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 31,043
- +0.7% since 2020
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What this means
For spas and skin care studios, Clarendon County has a Groundwork market score of 28 (lower middle): #1,564 of 1,769 scored counties and #30 of 31 scored counties in South Carolina. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 spas and skin care studios in Clarendon County. One of them (10%) is a chain location, against 10% across the U.S. That is 8.1 per 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 11.5.
Households in Clarendon County spend about $9.1M a year on personal care products and services, or $739 per household, 26% below the U.S. average. Spread across 10 spas and skin care studios, that is $913K per studio, 4% 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in Clarendon County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Population estimates put the population change in Clarendon County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Clarendon County compares
The same measures for South Carolina 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 | Clarendon County | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.1 | 11.1 | 11.5 |
| Spending per listing | $913K | $787K | $876K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 5,055 | 4,055 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +27.7% | +29.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.7% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $739 | $871 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $52,401 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 28 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 101 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The 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 Clarendon 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 Clarendon County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 31,043+0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 12,356
- Median age
- 46.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 607 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 51
- Median household income
- $52,401+28.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $70,670
- Median home value
- $158,000
- Jobs located here
- 6,942
- Daytime population
- 25,933Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in South Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lancaster County, SC | 70 | 25 | 6.2 | $1.5M | +18.3% | #220 of 1,769 |
| 2Oconee County, SC | 69 | 21 | 6.1 | $1.4M | +6.3% | #251 of 1,769 |
| 3York County, SC | 69 | 103 | 9.1 | $1.1M | +8.1% | #253 of 1,769 |
| 4Berkeley County, SC | 66 | 79 | 8.4 | $1.1M | +18.7% | #342 of 1,769 |
| 5Chesterfield County, SC | 63 | 6 | 3.4 | $2.1M | +3.4% | #408 of 1,769 |
| 6Jasper County, SC | 62 | 8 | 6.1 | $1.4M | +32.2% | #450 of 1,769 |
| 7Anderson County, SC | 61 | 66 | 7.9 | $1.1M | +7.7% | #498 of 1,769 |
| 8Kershaw County, SC | 60 | 20 | 7.4 | $1.1M | +11.6% | #527 of 1,769 |
| 9Cherokee County, SC | 58 | 10 | 4.5 | $1.6M | +3.7% | #572 of 1,769 |
| 10Aiken County, SC | 58 | 50 | 7.2 | $1.2M | +7.3% | #583 of 1,769 |
| 30Clarendon County, SC | 28 | 10 | 8.1 | $913K | +0.7% | #1,564 of 1,769 |
Other business types in Clarendon 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 spas40
- Hair salons29
- Barbershops15
- Nail salons35
- Spas and skin care28
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 Clarendon County, SC?
There are 10 spas and skin care studios on map listings in Clarendon County as of September 2026. One of them (10%) is a chain location. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. No official count is published for other personal care services in Clarendon County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Clarendon County, SC spend on personal care products and services?
About $9.1M a year, or $739 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $913K 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 12,356 households in Clarendon County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Clarendon County, SC compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?
Clarendon County has 8.1 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $913K, 4% above the U.S. figure of $876K. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending.
How fast is Clarendon County, SC growing?
Population estimates put Clarendon County at 31,043 people in 2025, up 0.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,356 households. Median household income in Clarendon County is $52,401, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.1%, 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. Clarendon County scores 28 for spas and skin care studios (lower middle), #1,564 of 1,769 scored counties.
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