Beauty and personal care · County · Tennessee
Spas and skin care studios in Knox County, TN
The spas and skin care studios in Knox County, TN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 36 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,398 of 1,769 scored counties
#45 of 57 scored counties in Tennessee
- Listings
- 290
- 38 chain locations (13%)
- Official establishments
- 60
- +62.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $182.5M
- On personal care products and services · $907 a household
- Spending per listing
- $629K
- 28% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.4
- 25% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 511,453
- +6.5% since 2020
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What this means
For spas and skin care studios, Knox County has a Groundwork market score of 36 (lower middle): #1,398 of 1,769 scored counties and #45 of 57 scored counties in Tennessee. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Knox County comes to about $182.5M a year: $907 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That works out to $629K per studio, 28% below the U.S. figure of $876K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only spas and skin care studios.
Knox County has 290 spas and skin care studios on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 13% of them, against 10% across the U.S. That is 14.4 per 10,000 households, 25% above the U.S. rate of 11.5.
Official counts show 60 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in Knox County in 2023, up 62.2% from 2019. That is one for every 3,352 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 15 SBA-backed loans worth $9.5M have gone to businesses classed as other personal care services in Knox County. Population estimates show Knox County grew 6.5% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Knox County compares
The same measures for Tennessee 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 | Knox County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.4 | 10.5 | 11.5 |
| Spending per listing | $629K | $830K | $876K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,352 | 4,938 | 4,055 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +62.2% | +49.7% | +29.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.5% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $907 | $874 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $74,222 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 36 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 37 → 60+62.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 467
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $14.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 29038 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 208The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 15
- Amount
- $9.5M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as other personal care services in Knox 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 Knox County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 511,453+6.5% since 2020
- Households
- 201,146
- Median age
- 38.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 508 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 972
- Median household income
- $74,222+29.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $104,460
- Median home value
- $320,900
- Jobs located here
- 270,203
- Daytime population
- 541,810Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Tennessee
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Loudon County, TN | 82 | 13 | 5.4 | $1.7M | +15.6% | #54 of 1,769 |
| 2Blount County, TN | 81 | 28 | 5.0 | $1.8M | +6.0% | #55 of 1,769 |
| 3Hawkins County, TN | 73 | 8 | 3.4 | $2.3M | +5.0% | #151 of 1,769 |
| 4Monroe County, TN | 72 | 5 | 2.5 | $3M | +7.2% | #164 of 1,769 |
| 5Jefferson County, TN | 70 | 11 | 5.0 | $1.7M | +9.3% | #217 of 1,769 |
| 6Maury County, TN | 70 | 31 | 7.3 | $1.2M | +16.0% | #233 of 1,769 |
| 7Tipton County, TN | 69 | 8 | 3.5 | $2.5M | +2.0% | #238 of 1,769 |
| 8Robertson County, TN | 68 | 16 | 5.7 | $1.6M | +9.9% | #266 of 1,769 |
| 9Bedford County, TN | 68 | 11 | 5.6 | $1.5M | +9.7% | #271 of 1,769 |
| 10Roane County, TN | 66 | 14 | 6.1 | $1.4M | +7.0% | #329 of 1,769 |
| 45Knox County, TN | 36 | 290 | 14.4 | $629K | +6.5% | #1,398 of 1,769 |
Other business types in Knox 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 spas38
- Hair salons46
- Barbershops42
- Nail salons52
- Spas and skin care36
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 Knox County, TN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 290 spas and skin care studios in Knox County. 38 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. Official counts show 60 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in 2023, up 62.2% from 2019.
How much do households in Knox County, TN spend on personal care products and services?
About $182.5M a year, or $907 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 290 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $629K 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 201,146 households in Knox County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Knox County, TN compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?
Knox County has 14.4 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 25% above the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $629K, 28% below the U.S. figure of $876K. At the U.S. ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, Knox County would have about 208, against 290 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,352 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S. The official count rose 62.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +29.8% for the U.S.
How fast is Knox County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Knox County at 511,453 people in 2025, up 6.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 201,146 households. The median household income in Knox County is $74,222 a year, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.2% 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. Knox County scores 36 for spas and skin care studios (lower middle), #1,398 of 1,769 scored counties.
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