Beauty and personal care · Metro area · South Carolina
Spas and skin care studios in the Columbia, SC metro area
The spas and skin care studios in the Columbia, SC metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 42 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #265 of 387 scored metro areas
#4 of 8 scored metro areas based in South Carolina
- Listings
- 379
- 48 chain locations (13%)
- Official establishments
- 70
- +23.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $293.4M
- On personal care products and services · $864 a household
- Spending per listing
- $774K
- 12% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.2
- 3% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 879,918
- +6.0% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 379 spas and skin care studios in the Columbia metro area. Of those, 48 are chain locations, or 13%, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 11.2, 3% below the U.S. rate of 11.5.
At $864 per household (14% below the U.S. average), households in the Columbia metro area spend about $293.4M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 379 spas and skin care studios, that is $774K per studio, 12% below 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.
Official counts show 70 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in the Columbia metro area in 2023, up 23.6% from 2019. That is one for every 4,851 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $1.5M have gone to businesses classed as other personal care services in the Columbia metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Columbia metro area grew 6.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For spas and skin care studios, the Columbia metro area has a Groundwork market score of 42 (lower middle): #265 of 387 scored metro areas and #4 of 8 scored metro areas based in South Carolina.
How the Columbia metro area 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 | Columbia metro area | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.2 | 11.1 | 11.5 |
| Spending per listing | $774K | $787K | $876K |
| Households per official establishment | 4,851 | 5,055 | 4,055 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +23.6% | +27.7% | +29.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.0% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $864 | $871 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $68,359 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 42 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 70+23.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 397
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $8.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 37948 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 335The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $1.5M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as other personal care services in the Columbia 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 Columbia metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 879,918+6.0% since 2020
- Households
- 339,601
- Median age
- 39.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 3,703 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 229
- Median household income
- $68,359+22.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,243
- Median home value
- $232,400
- Jobs located here
- 410,492
- Daytime population
- 894,123Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every South Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in South Carolina for spas and skin care studios, numbered among those based in South Carolina (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Columbia metro area marked.
Top metro areas in South Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Spartanburg, SC | 56 | 134 | 9.4 | $885K | +14.3% | #142 of 387 |
| Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 48 | 230 | 9.9 | $876K | +4.7% | #208 of 387 |
| 2Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC | 45 | 460 | 12.0 | $734K | +9.0% | #238 of 387 |
| 3Sumter, SC | 43 | 36 | 8.8 | $893K | −0.3% | #254 of 387 |
| 4Columbia, SC | 42 | 379 | 11.2 | $774K | +6.0% | #265 of 387 |
| Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 40 | 1,496 | 13.9 | $697K | +10.1% | #290 of 387 |
| 5Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 39 | 495 | 14.7 | $656K | +10.7% | #304 of 387 |
| 6Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC | 39 | 153 | 16.0 | $606K | +12.0% | #305 of 387 |
| 7Florence, SC | 36 | 82 | 10.5 | $749K | +0.9% | #325 of 387 |
| 8Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC | 27 | 237 | 14.9 | $563K | +20.9% | #376 of 387 |
Other business types in the Columbia 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 spas38
- Hair salons37
- Barbershops45
- Nail salons43
- Spas and skin care42
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 Columbia, SC metro area?
The Columbia metro area has 379 spas and skin care studios on map listings as of September 2026. 48 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. Official counts show 70 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in 2023, up 23.6% from 2019.
How much do households in the Columbia, SC metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $293.4M 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 379 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $774K 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 339,601 households in the Columbia metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Columbia, SC metro area compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?
The Columbia metro area has 11.2 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $774K, 12% below the U.S. figure of $876K. At the national ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, the Columbia metro area would have about 335, against 379 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,851 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S. The official count rose 23.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +29.8% for the U.S.
How fast is the Columbia, SC metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Columbia metro area at 879,918 people in 2025, up 6.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 339,601 households. Median household income in the Columbia metro area is $68,359, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.1%, 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. The Columbia metro area scores 42 for spas and skin care studios (lower middle), #265 of 387 scored metro areas.
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