Beauty and personal care · County · Virginia
Spas and skin care studios in Albemarle County, VA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for spas and skin care studios in Albemarle County, VA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 69 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #250 of 1,769 scored counties
#18 of 71 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 36
- 5 chain locations (14%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $49.5M
- On personal care products and services · $1,079 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.4M
- 57% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.8
- 32% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 118,356
- +5.1% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Albemarle County spend about $49.5M a year on personal care products and services, or $1,079 per household, 7% above the U.S. average. Spread across 36 spas and skin care studios, that is $1.4M per studio, 57% above the U.S. figure of $876K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only spas and skin care studios.
Albemarle County has 36 spas and skin care studios on map listings as of September 2026. 5 of them (14%) are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.8, 32% below the U.S. rate of 11.5.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in Albemarle County was 11 in 2023. That is one for every 4,174 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Albemarle County grew 5.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Albemarle County scores 69 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for spas and skin care studios, ranking #250 of 1,769 scored counties and #18 of 71 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Albemarle County compares
The same measures for Virginia 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 | Albemarle County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.8 | 10.0 | 11.5 |
| Spending per listing | $1.4M | $1M | $876K |
| Households per official establishment | 4,174 | 3,736 | 4,055 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +28.9% | +29.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.1% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,079 | $1,023 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $104,392 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 69 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10 → 11
- Employees, 2023
- 78
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 365 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 57The 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 Albemarle 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 Albemarle County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 118,356+5.1% since 2020
- Households
- 45,912
- Median age
- 42.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 721 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 160
- Median household income
- $104,392+30.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $146,846
- Median home value
- $495,400
- Jobs located here
- 57,660
- Daytime population
- 124,085Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Virginia for spas and skin care studios, numbered among those based in Virginia, with Albemarle County marked.
Top counties in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1New Kent County, VA | 94 | 5 | 5.4 | $2.1M | +21.2% | #1 of 1,769 |
| 2King George County, VA | 91 | 6 | 5.9 | $1.9M | +10.5% | #8 of 1,769 |
| 3Louisa County, VA | 89 | 5 | 3.2 | $3M | +13.6% | #13 of 1,769 |
| 4Frederick County, VA | 89 | 15 | 4.2 | $2.4M | +8.8% | #14 of 1,769 |
| 5Powhatan County, VA | 87 | 7 | 6.2 | $1.8M | +7.0% | #18 of 1,769 |
| 6Suffolk city, VA | 80 | 22 | 5.8 | $1.7M | +10.4% | #64 of 1,769 |
| 7Rockingham County, VA | 79 | 15 | 4.6 | $2M | +6.6% | #70 of 1,769 |
| 8Orange County, VA | 78 | 9 | 6.1 | $1.7M | +10.1% | #89 of 1,769 |
| 9Isle of Wight County, VA | 77 | 11 | 7.0 | $1.4M | +6.7% | #101 of 1,769 |
| 10Spotsylvania County, VA | 76 | 44 | 8.4 | $1.3M | +10.5% | #112 of 1,769 |
| 18Albemarle County, VA | 69 | 36 | 7.8 | $1.4M | +5.1% | #250 of 1,769 |
Other business types in Albemarle 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 spas67
- Hair salons71
- Barbershops89
- Nail salons68
- Spas and skin care69
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 Albemarle County, VA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 36 spas and skin care studios in Albemarle County. 5 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in 2023.
How much do households in Albemarle County, VA spend on personal care products and services?
About $49.5M a year, or $1,079 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 36 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $1.4M 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 45,912 households in Albemarle County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Albemarle County, VA compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?
Albemarle County has 7.8 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $1.4M, 57% above the U.S. figure of $876K. At the U.S. ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, Albemarle County would have about 57, against 36 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,174 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S.
How fast is Albemarle County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Albemarle County at 118,356 people in 2025, up 5.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 45,912 households. The median household income in Albemarle County is $104,392 a year, 29% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.7% 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. Albemarle County scores 69 for spas and skin care studios (upper middle), #250 of 1,769 scored counties.
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