Beauty and personal care · County · Virginia
Spas and skin care studios in Bristol city, VA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for spas and skin care studios in Bristol city, VA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 3 out of 100: Very low
Ranked #1,768 of 1,769 scored counties
#71 of 71 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 13
- 1 chain location (8%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $5.4M
- On personal care products and services · $743 a household
- Spending per listing
- $413K
- 53% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.0
- 57% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 16,418
- −5.2% since 2020
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What this means
Bristol city scores 3 (very low) on the Groundwork market score for spas and skin care studios, ranking #1,768 of 1,769 scored counties and #71 of 71 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Bristol city spend about $5.4M a year on personal care products and services, or $743 per household, 26% below the U.S. average. Spread across 13 spas and skin care studios, that is $413K per studio, 53% below the U.S. figure of $876K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only spas and skin care studios.
Bristol city has 13 spas and skin care studios on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (8%) is a chain location, against 10% across the U.S. That is 18.0 per 10,000 households, 57% above the U.S. rate of 11.5.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for other personal care services in Bristol city, since they leave out counts under 3. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Bristol city declined 5.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Bristol city 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 | Bristol city | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.0 | 10.0 | 11.5 |
| Spending per listing | $413K | $1M | $876K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 3,736 | 4,055 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +28.9% | +29.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −5.2% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $743 | $1,023 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $50,404 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 3 | 53 |
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
- 131 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Bristol city, 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 Bristol city
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 16,418−5.2% since 2020
- Households
- 7,226
- Median age
- 45.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 13 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,309
- Median household income
- $50,404+34.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $68,726
- Median home value
- $184,100
- Jobs located here
- 10,880
- Daytime population
- 20,776Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 71Bristol city, VA | 3 | 13 | 18.0 | $413K | −5.2% | #1,768 of 1,769 |
Other business types in Bristol city
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 spas7
- Hair salons5
- Barbershops
- Nail salons2
- Spas and skin care3
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 Bristol city, VA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 spas and skin care studios in Bristol city. One of them (8%) is a chain location. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. No official count is published for other personal care services in Bristol city: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Bristol city, VA spend on personal care products and services?
About $5.4M a year, or $743 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $413K 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 7,226 households in Bristol city and national spending patterns by income.
How does Bristol city, VA compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?
Bristol city has 18.0 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 57% above the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $413K, 53% below the U.S. figure of $876K. At the U.S. ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, Bristol city would have about 6, against 13 on map listings.
How fast is Bristol city, VA growing?
Population estimates put Bristol city at 16,418 people in 2025, down 5.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,226 households. The median household income in Bristol city is $50,404 a year, 38% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 34.4% 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. Bristol city scores 3 for spas and skin care studios (very low), #1,768 of 1,769 scored counties.
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