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Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Utah

Spas and skin care studios in the Vernal, UT area

How the Vernal, UT area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for spas and skin care studios: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 51 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #241 of 504 scored small-town markets
#2 of 4 scored small-town markets based in Utah

Listings
16
2 chain locations (13%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$11.6M
On personal care products and services · $951 a household
Spending per listing
$722K
18% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
13.2
15% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
38,278
+7.3% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Households in the Vernal area spend about $11.6M a year on personal care products and services, or $951 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. That works out to $722K per studio, 18% 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 Vernal area has 16 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 13.2 per 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 11.5.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for other personal care services in the Vernal area, since they leave out counts under 3. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $682K has gone to businesses classed as other personal care services in the Vernal area.

Population estimates show the Vernal area grew 7.3% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for spas and skin care studios in the Vernal area is 51 (upper middle), #241 of 504 scored small-town markets and #2 of 4 scored small-town markets based in Utah.

How the Vernal area 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.

Spas and skin care in Vernal, UT area compared with Utah and the U.S.
MeasureVernal areaUtahU.S.
Listings per 10k households13.214.211.5
Spending per listing$722K$773K$876K
Households per official establishmentn/a2,4294,055
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+62.5%+29.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+7.3%+7.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$951$1,100$1,005
Median household income$73,746$95,166$80,734
Groundwork market score5141

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
162 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
13The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$682K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as other personal care services in the Vernal 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 Vernal area

Population, 2025 estimate
38,278+7.3% since 2020
Households
12,145
Median age
33.8
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
4,483 sq. mi.
People per square mile
8
Median household income
$73,746+13.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$94,276
Median home value
$298,600
Jobs located here
13,294
Daytime population
33,300Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Spas and skin care across Utah

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Utah for spas and skin care studios, numbered among those based in Utah (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Vernal area marked.

Top small-town markets in Utah

Small-town markets in Utah ranked for spas and skin care studios by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Brigham City, UT-ID59198.8$1.1M+12.6%#158 of 504
Evanston, WY-UT511011.6$845K+2.0%#240 of 504
2Vernal, UT511613.2$722K+7.3%#241 of 504
3Cedar City, UT432411.9$782K+16.4%#339 of 504
4Heber, UT388329.0$450K+5.3%#392 of 504

Other business types in the Vernal area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many spas and skin care studios are in the Vernal, UT area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 16 spas and skin care studios in the Vernal area. 2 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. No official count is published for other personal care services in the Vernal area: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in the Vernal, UT area spend on personal care products and services?

About $11.6M a year, or $951 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $722K 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 12,145 households in the Vernal area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Vernal, UT area compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?

The Vernal area has 13.2 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $722K, 18% below the U.S. figure of $876K. At the U.S. ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, the Vernal area would have about 13, against 16 on map listings.

How fast is the Vernal, UT area growing?

Population estimates put the Vernal area at 38,278 people in 2025, up 7.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,145 households. The median household income in the Vernal area is $73,746 a year, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 13.0% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Vernal area scores 51 for spas and skin care studios (upper middle), #241 of 504 scored small-town markets.

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