Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Washington
Spas and skin care studios in the Longview-Kelso, WA metro area
How the Longview-Kelso, WA metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for spas and skin care studios: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 57 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #126 of 387 scored metro areas
#6 of 11 scored metro areas based in Washington
- Listings
- 48
- 3 chain locations (6%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $42.6M
- On personal care products and services · $969 a household
- Spending per listing
- $887K
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.9
- 5% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 114,885
- +3.5% since 2020
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What this means
At $969 per household (4% below the U.S. average), households in the Longview-Kelso metro area spend about $42.6M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 48 spas and skin care studios, that is $887K per studio, in line with 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 48 spas and skin care studios on map listings in the Longview-Kelso metro area as of September 2026. 3 of them (6%) are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 10.9 for every 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 11.5.
Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in the Longview-Kelso metro area in 2023. That is one for every 6,278 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S.
Population estimates show the Longview-Kelso metro area grew 3.5% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Longview-Kelso metro area scores 57 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for spas and skin care studios, ranking #126 of 387 scored metro areas and #6 of 11 scored metro areas based in Washington.
How the Longview-Kelso metro area compares
The same measures for Washington 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 | Longview-Kelso metro area | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.9 | 11.4 | 11.5 |
| Spending per listing | $887K | $996K | $876K |
| Households per official establishment | 6,278 | 4,054 | 4,055 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.0% | +29.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.5% | +3.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $969 | $1,137 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $76,531 | $98,141 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 57 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7
- Employees, 2023
- 28
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $683K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 483 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 49The 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 Longview-Kelso metro 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 Longview-Kelso metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 114,885+3.5% since 2020
- Households
- 43,943
- Median age
- 42.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,141 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 98
- Median household income
- $76,531+40.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $95,669
- Median home value
- $397,500
- Jobs located here
- 40,531
- Daytime population
- 95,784Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Washington market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Washington for spas and skin care studios, numbered among those based in Washington, with the Longview-Kelso metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Washington
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA | 70 | 93 | 8.6 | $1.3M | +2.7% | #37 of 387 |
| 2Kennewick-Richland, WA | 64 | 117 | 10.8 | $978K | +6.5% | #68 of 387 |
| 3Yakima, WA | 59 | 77 | 8.8 | $1.1M | +1.0% | #106 of 387 |
| 4Walla Walla, WA | 58 | 19 | 8.1 | $1.2M | −0.4% | #112 of 387 |
| 5Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 57 | 2,013 | 12.5 | $987K | +3.3% | #122 of 387 |
| 6Longview-Kelso, WA | 57 | 48 | 10.9 | $887K | +3.5% | #126 of 387 |
| 7Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA | 56 | 263 | 11.1 | $898K | +3.5% | #141 of 387 |
| 8Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA | 56 | 152 | 12.8 | $847K | +2.8% | #143 of 387 |
| 9Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA | 53 | 61 | 12.9 | $808K | +5.0% | #162 of 387 |
| 10Bellingham, WA | 49 | 101 | 10.7 | $954K | +3.9% | #197 of 387 |
Other business types in the Longview-Kelso metro area
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 spas62
- Hair salons71
- Barbershops76
- Nail salons38
- Spas and skin care57
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 the Longview-Kelso, WA metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 48 spas and skin care studios in the Longview-Kelso metro area. 3 of them (6%) are chain locations. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in 2023.
How much do households in the Longview-Kelso, WA metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $42.6M a year, or $969 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 48 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $887K 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 43,943 households in the Longview-Kelso metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Longview-Kelso, WA metro area compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?
The Longview-Kelso metro area has 10.9 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $887K, in line with the U.S. figure of $876K. At the U.S. ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, the Longview-Kelso metro area would have about 49, against 48 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,278 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S.
How fast is the Longview-Kelso, WA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Longview-Kelso metro area at 114,885 people in 2025, up 3.5% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 43,943 households. The median household income in the Longview-Kelso metro area is $76,531 a year, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 40.4% 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. The Longview-Kelso metro area scores 57 for spas and skin care studios (upper middle), #126 of 387 scored metro areas.
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