Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Texas
Spas and skin care studios in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area
The spas and skin care studios in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 40 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #291 of 387 scored metro areas
#16 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas
- Listings
- 4,649
- 637 chain locations (14%)
- Official establishments
- 887
- +57.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $2.9B
- On personal care products and services · $1,007 a household
- Spending per listing
- $626K
- 29% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.1
- 40% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 8,477,157
- +10.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 4,649 spas and skin care studios in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area. Of those, 637 are chain locations, or 14%, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 16.1 for every 10,000 households, 40% above the U.S. rate of 11.5.
Household spending on personal care products and services in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area comes to about $2.9B a year: $1,007 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Spread across 4,649 spas and skin care studios, that is $626K per studio, 29% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 887 businesses with payroll in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area classed as other personal care services, up 57.1% from 2019. That is one for every 3,260 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 119 SBA-backed loans worth $68.8M have gone to businesses classed as other personal care services in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area.
Population estimates show the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area grew 10.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For spas and skin care studios, the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area has a Groundwork market score of 40 (lower middle): #291 of 387 scored metro areas and #16 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas.
How the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area compares
The same measures for Texas 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 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.1 | 13.3 | 11.5 |
| Spending per listing | $626K | $705K | $876K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,260 | 4,169 | 4,055 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +57.1% | +46.4% | +29.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +10.6% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,007 | $937 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $90,275 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 40 | 39 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 887+57.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 6,683
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $255.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4,649637 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3,323The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 119
- Amount
- $68.8M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as other personal care services in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington 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 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 8,477,157+10.6% since 2020
- Households
- 2,891,725
- Median age
- 36.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 60%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 8,676 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 920
- Median household income
- $90,275+28.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $124,389
- Median home value
- $359,500
- Jobs located here
- 4,175,571
- Daytime population
- 8,229,586Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Texas for spas and skin care studios, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1College Station-Bryan, TX | 54 | 94 | 8.9 | $936K | +6.9% | #156 of 387 |
| 2Waco, TX | 53 | 108 | 9.7 | $876K | +4.2% | #161 of 387 |
| 3Odessa, TX | 52 | 72 | 11.2 | $785K | +5.0% | #179 of 387 |
| 4Sherman-Denison, TX | 49 | 66 | 11.9 | $742K | +12.8% | #200 of 387 |
| 5Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 47 | 1,355 | 13.7 | $775K | +14.0% | #222 of 387 |
| 6San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 46 | 1,213 | 12.5 | $730K | +9.5% | #231 of 387 |
| 7Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX | 45 | 153 | 10.2 | $828K | +0.5% | #237 of 387 |
| 8Eagle Pass, TX | 44 | 12 | 6.6 | $1.1M | +1.7% | #240 of 387 |
| 9Amarillo, TX | 44 | 109 | 10.6 | $823K | +2.7% | #247 of 387 |
| 10Corpus Christi, TX | 43 | 160 | 9.5 | $903K | +1.1% | #253 of 387 |
| 16Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 40 | 4,649 | 16.1 | $626K | +10.6% | #291 of 387 |
Other business types in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington 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 spas44
- Hair salons48
- Barbershops46
- Nail salons52
- 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 the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area?
There are 4,649 spas and skin care studios on map listings in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area as of September 2026. 637 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. Official counts show 887 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in 2023, up 57.1% from 2019.
How much do households in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $2.9B a year, or $1,007 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4,649 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $626K 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 2,891,725 households in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?
The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area has 16.1 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 40% above the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $626K, 29% below the U.S. figure of $876K. At the national ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area would have about 3,323, against 4,649 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,260 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S. The official count rose 57.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +29.8% for the U.S.
How fast is the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area at 8,477,157 people in 2025, up 10.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 2,891,725 households. Median household income in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area is $90,275, 12% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.5%, 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 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area scores 40 for spas and skin care studios (lower middle), #291 of 387 scored metro areas.
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