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Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Washington

Spas and skin care studios in the Pullman, WA area

How the Pullman, WA area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for spas and skin care studios: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 74 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #28 of 504 scored small-town markets
#3 of 9 scored small-town markets based in Washington

Listings
7
4 chain locations (57%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$16.5M
On personal care products and services · $882 a household
Spending per listing
$2.4M
2.7 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.7
68% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
48,512
+1.5% 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

For spas and skin care studios, the Pullman area has a Groundwork market score of 74 (upper middle): #28 of 504 scored small-town markets and #3 of 9 scored small-town markets based in Washington. That puts it in the top 10% of small-town markets for spas and skin care studios.

Household spending on personal care products and services in the Pullman area comes to about $16.5M a year: $882 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.4M of household spending for each studio on map listings, 2.7 times 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 7 spas and skin care studios on map listings in the Pullman area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 57% of them, against 10% across the U.S. That is 3.7 per 10,000 households, 68% below the U.S. rate of 11.5.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for other personal care services in the Pullman area, since they leave out counts under 3. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $18K has gone to businesses classed as other personal care services in the Pullman area. Population estimates show the Pullman area grew 1.5% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Pullman 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.

Spas and skin care in Pullman, WA area compared with Washington and the U.S.
MeasurePullman areaWashingtonU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.711.411.5
Spending per listing$2.4M$996K$876K
Households per official establishmentn/a4,0544,055
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+2.0%+29.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.5%+3.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$882$1,137$1,005
Median household income$55,406$98,141$80,734
Groundwork market score7461

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
74 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
19The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$18K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as other personal care services in the Pullman 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 Pullman area

Population, 2025 estimate
48,512+1.5% since 2020
Households
18,721
Median age
33.7
Homes lived in by their owners
47%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
2,159 sq. mi.
People per square mile
22
Median household income
$55,406+29.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$84,165
Median home value
$359,600
Jobs located here
19,571
Daytime population
49,541Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Spas and skin care across Washington

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Washington for spas and skin care studios, numbered among those based in Washington, with the Pullman area marked.

Top small-town markets in Washington

Small-town markets in Washington ranked for spas and skin care studios by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Shelton, WA9783.1$3.3M+7.8%#1 of 504
2Oak Harbor, WA75215.8$1.8M−1.5%#26 of 504
3Pullman, WA7473.7$2.4M+1.5%#28 of 504
4Port Townsend, WA71116.7$1.5M+2.7%#58 of 504
5Moses Lake, WA66359.9$953K+6.3%#96 of 504
6Centralia, WA63267.9$1.2M+6.7%#122 of 504
7Aberdeen, WA63289.1$980K+3.0%#124 of 504
8Port Angeles, WA58308.6$1.1M+1.1%#168 of 504
9Ellensburg, WA423115.5$642K+4.2%#352 of 504

Other business types in the Pullman 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 Pullman, WA area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 7 spas and skin care studios in the Pullman area. 4 of them (57%) are chain locations. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. No official count is published for other personal care services in the Pullman area: counts under 3 are left out.

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

About $16.5M a year, or $882 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $2.4M 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 18,721 households in the Pullman area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The Pullman area has 3.7 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 68% below the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $2.4M, 2.7 times the U.S. figure of $876K. At the U.S. ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, the Pullman area would have about 19, against 7 on map listings.

How fast is the Pullman, WA area growing?

Population estimates put the Pullman area at 48,512 people in 2025, up 1.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,721 households. The median household income in the Pullman area is $55,406 a year, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.6% 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 Pullman area scores 74 for spas and skin care studios (upper middle), #28 of 504 scored small-town markets.

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