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Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Vermont

Spas and skin care studios in the Barre, VT area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for spas and skin care studios in the Barre, VT area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 65 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #101 of 504 scored small-town markets
#1 of 4 scored small-town markets based in Vermont

Listings
17
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$26.3M
On personal care products and services · $1,019 a household
Spending per listing
$1.5M
77% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.6
43% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
59,652
−0.2% 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

Household spending on personal care products and services in the Barre area comes to about $26.3M a year: $1,019 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That is about $1.5M of household spending for each studio on map listings, 77% above the U.S. figure of $876K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only spas and skin care studios.

The Barre area has 17 spas and skin care studios on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. That is 6.6 per 10,000 households, 43% below the U.S. rate of 11.5.

In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in the Barre area classed as other personal care services. That is one for every 5,171 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S.

Population estimates show the Barre area declined 0.2% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Barre area scores 65 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for spas and skin care studios, ranking #101 of 504 scored small-town markets and #1 of 4 scored small-town markets based in Vermont. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.

How the Barre area compares

The same measures for Vermont 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 Barre, VT area compared with Vermont and the U.S.
MeasureBarre areaVermontU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.68.611.5
Spending per listing$1.5M$1.2M$876K
Households per official establishment5,1715,1594,055
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+6.0%+29.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.2%+0.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$1,019$1,014$1,005
Median household income$83,449$81,203$80,734
Groundwork market score6563

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5
Employees, 2023
14
Annual payroll, 2023
$546K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
170 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
30The 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 the Barre 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 Barre area

Population, 2025 estimate
59,652−0.2% since 2020
Households
25,855
Median age
44.1
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
687 sq. mi.
People per square mile
87
Median household income
$83,449+32.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$108,553
Median home value
$315,000
Jobs located here
30,099
Daytime population
61,944Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Spas and skin care across Vermont

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

Top small-town markets in Vermont

Small-town markets in Vermont ranked for spas and skin care studios by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT74636.9$1.5M+1.5%#31 of 504
1Barre, VT65176.6$1.5M−0.2%#101 of 504
2Brattleboro, VT482110.6$906K−1.4%#273 of 504
3Rutland, VT412811.1$839K−1.4%#359 of 504
4Bennington, VT322214.7$663K−1.8%#431 of 504

Other business types in the Barre 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 Barre, VT area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 17 spas and skin care studios in the Barre area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in 2023.

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

About $26.3M a year, or $1,019 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $1.5M 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 25,855 households in the Barre area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The Barre area has 6.6 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 43% below the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $1.5M, 77% above the U.S. figure of $876K. At the U.S. ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, the Barre area would have about 30, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,171 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S.

How fast is the Barre, VT area growing?

Population estimates put the Barre area at 59,652 people in 2025, down 0.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 25,855 households. The median household income in the Barre area is $83,449 a year, 3% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.9% 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 Barre area scores 65 for spas and skin care studios (upper middle), #101 of 504 scored small-town markets.

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