Beauty and personal care · County · Utah
Spas and skin care studios in Salt Lake County, UT
How Salt Lake County, UT compares with other counties and the U.S. for spas and skin care studios: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 37 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,369 of 1,769 scored counties
#14 of 15 scored counties in Utah
- Listings
- 672
- 100 chain locations (15%)
- Official establishments
- 212
- +48.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $477M
- On personal care products and services · $1,119 a household
- Spending per listing
- $710K
- 19% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.8
- 37% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,220,916
- +2.9% since 2020
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What this means
For spas and skin care studios, Salt Lake County has a Groundwork market score of 37 (lower middle): #1,369 of 1,769 scored counties and #14 of 15 scored counties in Utah. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Salt Lake County spend about $477M a year on personal care products and services, or $1,119 per household, 11% above the U.S. average. That is about $710K of household spending for each studio on map listings, 19% below the U.S. figure of $876K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only spas and skin care studios.
There are 672 spas and skin care studios on map listings in Salt Lake County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 15% of them, against 10% across the U.S. That is 15.8 per 10,000 households, 37% above the U.S. rate of 11.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 212 businesses with payroll in Salt Lake County classed as other personal care services, up 48.3% from 2019. That is one for every 2,011 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 31 SBA-backed loans worth $14.4M have gone to businesses classed as other personal care services in Salt Lake County. Population estimates show Salt Lake County grew 2.9% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Salt Lake County compares
The same measures for Utah 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 | Salt Lake County | Utah | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.8 | 14.2 | 11.5 |
| Spending per listing | $710K | $773K | $876K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,011 | 2,429 | 4,055 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +48.3% | +62.5% | +29.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.9% | +7.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,119 | $1,100 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $97,494 | $95,166 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 37 | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 143 → 212+48.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,316
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $39.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 672100 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 545The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 31
- Amount
- $14.4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as other personal care services in Salt Lake 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 Salt Lake County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,220,916+2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 426,245
- Median age
- 35.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 753 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,590
- Median household income
- $97,494+30.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $124,987
- Median home value
- $525,700
- Jobs located here
- 775,993
- Daytime population
- 1,357,402Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Utah
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sanpete County, UT | 79 | 5 | 5.6 | $1.6M | +10.3% | #76 of 1,769 |
| 2Tooele County, UT | 75 | 18 | 7.5 | $1.5M | +19.2% | #123 of 1,769 |
| 3Sevier County, UT | 73 | 5 | 6.7 | $1.4M | +5.9% | #161 of 1,769 |
| 4Cache County, UT | 68 | 37 | 8.3 | $1.2M | +8.5% | #279 of 1,769 |
| 5Box Elder County, UT | 59 | 18 | 9.2 | $1.1M | +12.7% | #559 of 1,769 |
| 6Duchesne County, UT | 54 | 8 | 11.6 | $850K | +6.3% | #750 of 1,769 |
| 7Wasatch County, UT | 49 | 20 | 15.5 | $807K | +9.9% | #933 of 1,769 |
| 8Davis County, UT | 48 | 152 | 13.1 | $899K | +4.8% | #964 of 1,769 |
| 9Utah County, UT | 48 | 297 | 14.6 | $776K | +14.5% | #972 of 1,769 |
| 10Weber County, UT | 47 | 113 | 12.0 | $879K | +5.8% | #998 of 1,769 |
| 14Salt Lake County, UT | 37 | 672 | 15.8 | $710K | +2.9% | #1,369 of 1,769 |
Other business types in Salt Lake 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 spas43
- Hair salons56
- Barbershops49
- Nail salons54
- Spas and skin care37
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 Salt Lake County, UT?
As of September 2026, map listings count 672 spas and skin care studios in Salt Lake County. 100 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. Official counts show 212 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in 2023, up 48.3% from 2019.
How much do households in Salt Lake County, UT spend on personal care products and services?
About $477M a year, or $1,119 per household. That is 11% above the U.S. average (an index of 111, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 672 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $710K 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 426,245 households in Salt Lake County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Salt Lake County, UT compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?
Salt Lake County has 15.8 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 37% above the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $710K, 19% below the U.S. figure of $876K. At the U.S. ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, Salt Lake County would have about 545, against 672 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,011 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S. The official count rose 48.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +29.8% for the U.S.
How fast is Salt Lake County, UT growing?
Population estimates put Salt Lake County at 1,220,916 people in 2025, up 2.9% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 426,245 households. The median household income in Salt Lake County is $97,494 a year, 21% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.2% 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. Salt Lake County scores 37 for spas and skin care studios (lower middle), #1,369 of 1,769 scored counties.
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