Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · South Dakota
Spas and skin care studios in the Watertown, SD area
The spas and skin care studios in the Watertown, SD area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #343 of 504 scored small-town markets
#8 of 9 scored small-town markets based in South Dakota
- Listings
- 23
- 2 chain locations (9%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $11.7M
- On personal care products and services · $936 a household
- Spending per listing
- $510K
- 42% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.4
- 60% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 29,562
- +4.3% since 2020
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What this means
At $936 per household (7% below the U.S. average), households in the Watertown area spend about $11.7M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 23 spas and skin care studios, that is $510K per studio, 42% below the U.S. figure of $876K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only spas and skin care studios.
The Watertown area has 23 spas and skin care studios on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (9%) are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. That is 18.4 per 10,000 households, 60% above the U.S. rate of 11.5.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for other personal care services in the Watertown area, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Watertown area grew 4.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for spas and skin care studios in the Watertown area is 43 (lower middle), #343 of 504 scored small-town markets and #8 of 9 scored small-town markets based in South Dakota.
How the Watertown area compares
The same measures for South Dakota 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 | Watertown area | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.4 | 8.6 | 11.5 |
| Spending per listing | $510K | $1.1M | $876K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 4,202 | 4,055 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +22.5% | +29.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.3% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $936 | $983 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $72,727 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 65 |
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
- 232 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The 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 Watertown 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 Watertown area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 29,562+4.3% since 2020
- Households
- 12,526
- Median age
- 39.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 688 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 42
- Median household income
- $72,727
- Average household income
- $90,805
- Median home value
- $237,700
- Jobs located here
- 16,302
- Daytime population
- 29,337Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in South Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brookings, SD | 60 | 10 | 7.2 | $1.3M | +9.6% | #145 of 504 |
| 2Mitchell, SD | 56 | 9 | 8.2 | $1.1M | +0.6% | #188 of 504 |
| 3Pierre, SD | 52 | 6 | 7.0 | $1.4M | −0.5% | #220 of 504 |
| 4Huron, SD | 48 | 8 | 10.6 | $865K | +2.4% | #277 of 504 |
| 5Aberdeen, SD | 47 | 15 | 8.4 | $1.1M | −1.5% | #283 of 504 |
| 6Yankton, SD | 45 | 12 | 12.4 | $775K | +1.5% | #315 of 504 |
| 7Vermillion, SD | 43 | 5 | 9.0 | $981K | +0.2% | #331 of 504 |
| 8Watertown, SD | 43 | 23 | 18.4 | $510K | +4.3% | #343 of 504 |
| 9Spearfish, SD | 41 | 15 | 12.4 | $762K | +14.0% | #360 of 504 |
Other business types in the Watertown 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 spas37
- Hair salons37
- Barbershops
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care43
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 Watertown, SD area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 23 spas and skin care studios in the Watertown area. 2 of them (9%) are chain locations. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. No official count is published for other personal care services in the Watertown area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Watertown, SD area spend on personal care products and services?
About $11.7M a year, or $936 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 23 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $510K 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 12,526 households in the Watertown area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Watertown, SD area compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?
The Watertown 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 $510K, 42% below the U.S. figure of $876K. At the U.S. ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, the Watertown area would have about 13, against 23 on map listings.
How fast is the Watertown, SD area growing?
Population estimates put the Watertown area at 29,562 people in 2025, up 4.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,526 households. The median household income in the Watertown area is $72,727 a year, 10% 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 Watertown area scores 43 for spas and skin care studios (lower middle), #343 of 504 scored small-town markets.
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