Beauty and personal care · County · West Virginia
Spas and skin care studios in Hardy County, WV
How Hardy County, WV compares with other counties and the U.S. for spas and skin care studios: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $4.4M
- On personal care products and services · $744 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.2M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.4
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 14,337
- +0.7% since 2020
See the spas and skin care studios around any address in Hardy County
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What this means
Households in Hardy County spend about $4.4M a year on personal care products and services, or $744 per household, 26% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.2M per studio. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only spas and skin care studios.
Hardy County has 2 spas and skin care studios on map listings as of September 2026. That is 3.4 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for other personal care services in Hardy County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in Hardy County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 spas and skin care studios on map listings, Hardy County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Hardy County compares
The same measures for West 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 | Hardy County | West Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.4 | 6.7 | 11.5 |
| Spending per listing | $2.2M | $1.2M | $876K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 9,223 | 4,055 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +43.6% | +29.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.7% | −1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $744 | $802 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $49,272 | $59,608 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 57 |
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
- 20 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 Hardy 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 Hardy County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 14,337+0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 5,954
- Median age
- 46.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 582 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 24
- Median household income
- $49,272+3.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $68,673
- Median home value
- $166,300
- Jobs located here
- 5,666
- Daytime population
- 13,105Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in West Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jefferson County, WV | 87 | 12 | 5.3 | $1.9M | +9.2% | #17 of 1,769 |
| 2Berkeley County, WV | 77 | 31 | 6.1 | $1.5M | +13.7% | #100 of 1,769 |
| 3Monongalia County, WV | 50 | 34 | 7.6 | $1.1M | +2.0% | #879 of 1,769 |
| 4Marshall County, WV | 48 | 5 | 4.0 | $1.9M | −4.4% | #942 of 1,769 |
| 5Logan County, WV | 44 | 5 | 3.9 | $1.9M | −6.6% | #1,075 of 1,769 |
| 6Wayne County, WV | 43 | 8 | 5.1 | $1.5M | −4.0% | #1,115 of 1,769 |
| 7Morgan County, WV | 43 | 7 | 9.5 | $881K | +5.5% | #1,138 of 1,769 |
| 8Fayette County, WV | 42 | 7 | 4.4 | $1.7M | −5.6% | #1,168 of 1,769 |
| 9Cabell County, WV | 42 | 24 | 6.1 | $1.3M | −3.2% | #1,171 of 1,769 |
| 10Upshur County, WV | 40 | 6 | 6.3 | $1.2M | −0.3% | #1,232 of 1,769 |
| Hardy County, WV | Not scored | 2 | 3.4 | $2.2M | +0.7% |
Other business types in Hardy 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 spas39
- Hair salons30
- Barbershops
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care
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 Hardy County, WV?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 spas and skin care studios in Hardy County. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. No official count is published for other personal care services in Hardy County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Hardy County, WV spend on personal care products and services?
About $4.4M a year, or $744 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $2.2M 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 5,954 households in Hardy County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hardy County, WV compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?
Hardy County has 2 spas and skin care studios on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, Hardy County would have about 5, against 2 on map listings.
How fast is Hardy County, WV growing?
Population estimates put Hardy County at 14,337 people in 2025, up 0.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,954 households. The median household income in Hardy County is $49,272 a year, 39% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 3.9% 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. Hardy County has no market score for spas and skin care studios: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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