Beauty and personal care · County · Tennessee
Spas and skin care studios in Sullivan County, TN
The spas and skin care studios in Sullivan County, TN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 40 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,253 of 1,769 scored counties
#39 of 57 scored counties in Tennessee
- Listings
- 73
- 6 chain locations (8%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $55.8M
- On personal care products and services · $810 a household
- Spending per listing
- $764K
- 13% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.6
- 8% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 163,759
- +3.5% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Sullivan County spend about $55.8M a year on personal care products and services, or $810 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. Spread across 73 spas and skin care studios, that is $764K per studio, 13% below the U.S. figure of $876K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only spas and skin care studios.
Sullivan County has 73 spas and skin care studios on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 6 are chain locations, or 8%, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 10.6, 8% below the U.S. rate of 11.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 13 businesses with payroll in Sullivan County classed as other personal care services. That is one for every 5,301 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Sullivan County grew 3.5% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For spas and skin care studios, Sullivan County has a Groundwork market score of 40 (lower middle): #1,253 of 1,769 scored counties and #39 of 57 scored counties in Tennessee.
How Sullivan 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 | Sullivan County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.6 | 10.5 | 11.5 |
| Spending per listing | $764K | $830K | $876K |
| Households per official establishment | 5,301 | 4,938 | 4,055 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +49.7% | +29.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.5% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $810 | $874 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $58,807 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 40 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 13
- Employees, 2023
- 56
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 736 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 64The 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 Sullivan 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 Sullivan County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 163,759+3.5% since 2020
- Households
- 68,907
- Median age
- 44.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 414 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 388
- Median household income
- $58,807+26.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,467
- Median home value
- $213,300
- Jobs located here
- 71,251
- Daytime population
- 164,416Residents 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 |
| 39Sullivan County, TN | 40 | 73 | 10.6 | $764K | +3.5% | #1,253 of 1,769 |
Other business types in Sullivan 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 spas42
- Hair salons51
- Barbershops56
- Nail salons51
- Spas and skin care40
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 Sullivan County, TN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 73 spas and skin care studios in Sullivan County. 6 of them (8%) are chain locations. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in 2023.
How much do households in Sullivan County, TN spend on personal care products and services?
About $55.8M a year, or $810 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 73 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $764K 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 68,907 households in Sullivan County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Sullivan County, TN compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?
Sullivan County has 10.6 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $764K, 13% below the U.S. figure of $876K. At the U.S. ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, Sullivan County would have about 64, against 73 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,301 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S.
How fast is Sullivan County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Sullivan County at 163,759 people in 2025, up 3.5% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 68,907 households. The median household income in Sullivan County is $58,807 a year, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.0% 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. Sullivan County scores 40 for spas and skin care studios (lower middle), #1,253 of 1,769 scored counties.
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