Beauty and personal care · County · Virginia
Spas and skin care studios in Charlottesville city, VA
How Charlottesville city, VA 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 14 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,740 of 1,769 scored counties
#66 of 71 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 38
- 1 chain location (3%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $18.5M
- On personal care products and services · $935 a household
- Spending per listing
- $488K
- 44% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.2
- 67% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 44,388
- −4.4% since 2020
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What this means
For spas and skin care studios, Charlottesville city has a Groundwork market score of 14 (low): #1,740 of 1,769 scored counties and #66 of 71 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Charlottesville city spend about $18.5M a year on personal care products and services, or $935 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That is about $488K of household spending for each studio on map listings, 44% 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 38 spas and skin care studios on map listings in Charlottesville city as of September 2026. One of them (3%) is a chain location, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 19.2, 67% above the U.S. rate of 11.5.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in Charlottesville city was 10 in 2023. That is one for every 1,982 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Charlottesville city declined 4.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Charlottesville 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 | Charlottesville city | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.2 | 10.0 | 11.5 |
| Spending per listing | $488K | $1M | $876K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,982 | 3,736 | 4,055 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +28.9% | +29.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.4% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $935 | $1,023 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $74,824 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 14 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 10
- Employees, 2023
- 56
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 381 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 21The 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 Charlottesville 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 Charlottesville city
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 44,388−4.4% since 2020
- Households
- 19,815
- Median age
- 35.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 44%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.5
- Land area
- 10 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 4,435
- Median household income
- $74,824+25.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $115,430
- Median home value
- $486,700
- Jobs located here
- 37,763
- Daytime population
- 63,939Residents 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 Charlottesville city 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 |
| 66Charlottesville city, VA | 14 | 38 | 19.2 | $488K | −4.4% | #1,740 of 1,769 |
Other business types in Charlottesville 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 spas15
- Hair salons14
- Barbershops23
- Nail salons31
- Spas and skin care14
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 Charlottesville city, VA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 38 spas and skin care studios in Charlottesville city. One of them (3%) is a chain location. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in 2023.
How much do households in Charlottesville city, VA spend on personal care products and services?
About $18.5M a year, or $935 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 38 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $488K 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 19,815 households in Charlottesville city and national spending patterns by income.
How does Charlottesville city, VA compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?
Charlottesville city has 19.2 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 67% above the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $488K, 44% below the U.S. figure of $876K. At the U.S. ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, Charlottesville city would have about 21, against 38 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,982 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S.
How fast is Charlottesville city, VA growing?
Population estimates put Charlottesville city at 44,388 people in 2025, down 4.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 19,815 households. The median household income in Charlottesville city is $74,824 a year, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.8% 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. Charlottesville city scores 14 for spas and skin care studios (low), #1,740 of 1,769 scored counties.
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