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Spas and skin care studios in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX metro area
How the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for spas and skin care studios: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 36 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #332 of 387 scored metro areas
#20 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas
- Listings
- 413
- 25 chain locations (6%)
- Official establishments
- 42
- +55.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $206.5M
- On personal care products and services · $764 a household
- Spending per listing
- $500K
- 43% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.3
- 33% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 921,549
- +5.6% since 2020
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What this means
The McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area scores 36 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for spas and skin care studios, ranking #332 of 387 scored metro areas and #20 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Households in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area spend about $206.5M a year on personal care products and services, or $764 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. Spread across 413 spas and skin care studios, that is $500K per studio, 43% 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 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area has 413 spas and skin care studios on map listings as of September 2026. 25 of them (6%) are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 15.3 for every 10,000 households, 33% above the U.S. rate of 11.5.
Official counts show 42 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area in 2023, up 55.6% from 2019. That is one for every 6,434 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $355K have gone to businesses classed as other personal care services in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area. Population estimates put the population change in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +5.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission 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 | McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.3 | 13.3 | 11.5 |
| Spending per listing | $500K | $705K | $876K |
| Households per official establishment | 6,434 | 4,169 | 4,055 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +55.6% | +46.4% | +29.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.6% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $764 | $937 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $54,338 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 36 | 39 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 42+55.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 207
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 41325 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 236The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $355K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as other personal care services in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission 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 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 921,549+5.6% since 2020
- Households
- 270,210
- Median age
- 31.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,571 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 568
- Median household income
- $54,338+35.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,309
- Median home value
- $140,900
- Jobs located here
- 292,679
- Daytime population
- 862,027Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 20McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | 36 | 413 | 15.3 | $500K | +5.6% | #332 of 387 |
Other business types in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission 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 salons36
- Barbershops33
- Nail salons40
- 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 the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 413 spas and skin care studios in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area. 25 of them (6%) are chain locations. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. Official counts show 42 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in 2023, up 55.6% from 2019.
How much do households in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $206.5M a year, or $764 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 413 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $500K 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 270,210 households in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?
The McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area has 15.3 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 33% above the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $500K, 43% below the U.S. figure of $876K. At the U.S. ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area would have about 236, against 413 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,434 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S. The official count rose 55.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +29.8% for the U.S.
How fast is the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX metro area growing?
Population estimates put the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area at 921,549 people in 2025, up 5.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 270,210 households. The median household income in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area is $54,338 a year, 33% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 35.8% 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. The McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area scores 36 for spas and skin care studios (lower middle), #332 of 387 scored metro areas.
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