{"title":"Med Spa Access and Deserts Statistics 2026","url":"https://medspastandard.com/statistics/med-spa-access/","snapshot":"2026-10-30","source":"MedSpaStandard directory snapshot 2026-10-30 (https://medspastandard.com/statistics/med-spa-access/)","numbers":[{"id":"zero_metros","label":"metros with no med spa","value":2,"display":"2","kind":"count","n":null,"denominator":null,"scope":"national","statement":"2 of the 387 US metropolitan areas have no med spa in the MedSpaStandard directory, as of October 2026."},{"id":"zero_pop","label":"people in metros without one","value":290718,"display":"290,718","kind":"count","n":null,"denominator":null,"scope":"national","statement":"About 291,000 people live in US metro areas with no med spa in the MedSpaStandard directory, as of October 2026."},{"id":"low_metro","label":"Erie, PA","value":3.7348,"display":"3.7","kind":"rate","n":null,"denominator":null,"scope":"metro","statement":"Among metros of 250,000 people or more, Erie, PA has the fewest med spas per capita: 3.7 per 100,000 residents, according to MedSpaStandard directory data for October 2026."},{"id":"rural_rate","label":"per 100,000 outside metros","value":6.5785,"display":"6.6","kind":"rate","n":null,"denominator":null,"scope":"national","statement":"Outside metro areas there are 6.6 med spas per 100,000 residents, against 17.1 inside them, according to MedSpaStandard directory data for October 2026."},{"id":"low_state","label":"Alabama","value":6.3013,"display":"6.3","kind":"rate","n":null,"denominator":null,"scope":"state","statement":"Alabama has the fewest med spas per capita of any state: 6.3 per 100,000 residents, according to MedSpaStandard directory data for October 2026."},{"id":"thin_metros","label":"large metros under 5 per 100,000","value":3,"display":"3","kind":"count","n":null,"denominator":null,"scope":"national","statement":"3 of the 195 US metros of 250,000+ people have fewer than 5 med spas per 100,000 residents, under a third of the national rate, according to MedSpaStandard directory data for October 2026."}],"table":{"title":"Med spas per capita in metros of 250,000+","head":["Metro area","Med spas","Per 100,000 residents"],"rows":[["Erie, PA","10","3.7"],["Merced, CA","14","4.7"],["Lynchburg, VA","13","4.9"],["Mobile, AL","22","5.3"],["Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV","17","5.5"],["Visalia, CA","27","5.6"],["Reading, PA","27","6.1"],["Roanoke, VA","20","6.3"],["Clarksville, TN-KY","23","6.6"],["Akron, OH","47","6.7"],["Lancaster, PA","38","6.7"],["Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA","39","6.8"],["Vallejo, CA","31","6.8"],["Montgomery, AL","27","7.0"],["York-Hanover, PA","33","7.0"],["Spartanburg, SC","28","7.1"],["Tuscaloosa, AL","20","7.1"],["Stockton-Lodi, CA","59","7.2"],["Winston-Salem, NC","52","7.4"],["South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI","24","7.4"],["Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA","21","7.5"],["Yakima, WA","20","7.7"],["Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI","93","7.9"],["Durham-Chapel Hill, NC","49","7.9"],["Utica-Rome, NY","23","8.0"],["College Station-Bryan, TX","23","8.0"],["Rockford, IL","28","8.3"],["Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC","31","8.3"],["Birmingham, AL","100","8.4"],["Fresno, CA","100","8.4"],["Jackson, MS","51","8.4"],["Youngstown-Warren, OH","36","8.4"],["Salinas, CA","37","8.5"],["Canton-Massillon, OH","34","8.5"],["Duluth, MN-WI","24","8.5"],["Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL","33","8.6"],["Green Bay, WI","29","8.7"],["Bakersfield-Delano, CA","80","8.7"],["Syracuse, NY","57","8.7"],["Huntsville, AL","48","8.9"],["Columbus, GA-AL","29","8.9"],["Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH","33","9.0"],["Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH","74","9.0"],["Fort Wayne, IN","42","9.1"],["Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA","29","9.2"],["Greensboro-High Point, NC","74","9.2"],["Lansing-East Lansing, MI","45","9.4"],["Rochester, NY","100","9.5"],["Columbia, SC","83","9.5"],["Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC","61","9.6"],["Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA","59","9.6"],["Memphis, TN-MS-AR","132","9.9"],["Peoria, IL","36","9.9"],["Modesto, CA","55","9.9"],["Gainesville, FL","36","10.0"],["Toledo, OH","61","10.1"],["Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL","87","10.2"],["Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA","31","10.2"],["Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN","237","10.3"],["Fayetteville, NC","41","10.4"],["Waco, TX","32","10.4"],["Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ","94","10.6"],["Evansville, IN","29","10.7"],["Cleveland, OH","237","10.9"],["Worcester, MA","97","11.0"],["Gulfport-Biloxi, MS","47","11.0"],["Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL","29","11.1"],["Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN","155","11.1"],["Lincoln, NE","39","11.1"],["Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD","319","11.2"],["Madison, WI","79","11.2"],["Lafayette, LA","47","11.2"],["Fargo, ND-MN","30","11.2"],["Springfield, MA","52","11.2"],["Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA","50","11.2"],["Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY","131","11.3"],["Tallahassee, FL","45","11.3"],["Kalamazoo-Portage, MI","30","11.3"],["Wichita, KS","75","11.3"],["Sioux Falls, SD-MN","35","11.4"],["Killeen-Temple, TX","58","11.4"],["Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA","69","11.4"],["Cedar Rapids, IA","32","11.5"],["Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN","250","11.5"],["Richmond, VA","158","11.5"],["Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC","208","11.6"],["Asheville, NC","49","11.6"],["Salem, OR","52","11.7"],["Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT","138","11.8"],["Baton Rouge, LA","105","11.9"],["Omaha, NE-IA","120","12.0"],["New Orleans-Metairie, LA","117","12.1"],["Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD","769","12.1"],["Kennewick-Richland, WA","39","12.2"],["Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI","193","12.3"],["Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY","112","12.3"],["Pittsburgh, PA","299","12.3"],["Columbus, OH","276","12.4"],["Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC","124","12.4"],["Shreveport-Bossier City, LA","48","12.5"],["Urban Honolulu, HI","127","12.7"],["Waterbury-Shelton, CT","59","12.8"],["Eugene-Springfield, OR","49","12.8"],["Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA","611","12.9"],["Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA","34","13.0"],["Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX","52","13.0"],["Corpus Christi, TX","59","13.1"],["Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA","99","13.1"],["Anchorage, AK","54","13.3"],["El Paso, TX","117","13.3"],["Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI","500","13.3"],["Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA","330","13.4"],["Flint, MI","54","13.4"],["San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA","269","13.5"],["Ocala, FL","58","13.5"],["Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR","82","13.5"],["Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ","51","13.7"],["Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR","107","13.9"],["Brownsville-Harlingen, TX","61","14.1"],["Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA","119","14.2"],["Chattanooga, TN-GA","84","14.3"],["Oklahoma City, OK","217","14.5"],["Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT","41","14.5"],["San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA","684","14.7"],["Kansas City, MO-KS","333","14.8"],["San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA","42","14.9"],["Tulsa, OK","158","14.9"],["Amarillo, TX","41","14.9"],["Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA","73","15.0"],["St. Louis, MO-IL","425","15.1"],["Portland-South Portland, ME","88","15.4"],["Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC","64","15.5"],["Raleigh-Cary, NC","242","15.5"],["Ann Arbor, MI","58","15.5"],["Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN","1,472","15.6"],["New Haven, CT","91","15.8"],["Albuquerque, NM","147","15.9"],["Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA","667","16.1"],["Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC","471","16.3"],["Providence-Warwick, RI-MA","279","16.4"],["Laredo, TX","45","16.5"],["Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL","109","16.6"],["Knoxville, TN","161","16.8"],["Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL","91","16.9"],["McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX","157","17.2"],["Trenton-Princeton, NJ","68","17.3"],["Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT","171","17.6"],["Tucson, AZ","190","17.6"],["Longview, TX","53","17.9"],["Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA","456","18.0"],["Lubbock, TX","66","18.0"],["Charleston-North Charleston, SC","157","18.0"],["Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL","56","18.1"],["Wilmington, NC","87","18.1"],["Manchester-Nashua, NH","78","18.1"],["Greeley, CO","67","18.1"],["Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI","802","18.2"],["Colorado Springs, CO","142","18.3"],["Jacksonville, FL","326","18.5"],["Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV","1,201","18.7"],["Lexington-Fayette, KY","100","18.7"],["Ogden, UT","126","18.9"],["Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL","141","19.1"],["Port St. Lucie, FL","108","19.4"],["Reno, NV","113","19.6"],["Springfield, MO","99","19.9"],["Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA","1,280","20.0"],["San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX","553","20.0"],["San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA","674","20.4"],["Savannah, GA","89","20.6"],["Salt Lake City-Murray, UT","271","20.8"],["Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX","1,703","21.8"],["Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH","1,103","21.9"],["New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ","4,390","22.0"],["Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT","170","22.4"],["Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN","489","22.7"],["Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX","1,930","23.1"],["Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV","557","23.2"],["Bend, OR","62","23.4"],["Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA","3,052","23.6"],["Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA","66","23.8"],["Boise City, ID","206","24.4"],["Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL","210","24.4"],["Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX","639","25.1"],["Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ","64","25.4"],["Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL","917","26.8"],["Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL","856","29.1"],["North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL","278","29.7"],["Fort Collins-Loveland, CO","114","30.4"],["Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO","931","30.5"],["Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ","1,634","31.5"],["Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY","226","31.8"],["Boulder, CO","121","36.6"],["Naples-Marco Island, FL","177","42.5"],["Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL","2,858","44.3"]]},"caveats":["Per-capita rates use Census Bureau Vintage 2024 population estimates (July 1, 2024).","Spas are placed in a metro through their city; cities we can't match to the Census take the metro of the nearest matched city within 25 miles."]}