Why the Spa Industry

  • Generated in excess of $14 billion in revenue.
  • Number of spa visits in the US exceeded 160 million.
  • Between July, 2013 and July, 2014, 32.6 Million Americans had at least one massage.
  • Over 343,000 spa employees in the U.S.
  • Global spa industry amounted to more than 3.4 trillion U.S. dollars. The beauty and anti-aging segment was by far the largest, constituting about one third.

Massage

  • Research estimates that massage therapy was a $12.1 billion industry in the country in 2015.
  • By comparison in 2005, massage therapy was projected to be a $6 to $11 billion a year industry.
  • It is estimated that there are 300,000 to 350,000 massage therapists and massage school students in the United States.
  • From 2011 to 2015, revenue from alternative health care providers, which includes massage therapists, increased by 14 percent, and employment increased 19 percent.
  • Revenue growth is projected to continue at an average rate of 3.6 percent per year through 2020.
  • Between July, 2014 and July, 2015, roughly 39.1 million adult Americans (18 percent) had a massage at least once.

*Massage statistics from the American Massage Therapy Association

Skin Care

  • Skin care is a growing industry. By 2018, the U.S. skin care market will reach nearly $11 billion.
  • Market segments growing due to greater awareness and consciousness, especially in the male, millennials and baby boomer population segments.
  • Top selling retailer of #1 rated Dermalogica products in Minnesota.