European Wax Center
417 mapped US locations. Median trade area within 3 miles: 86,231 residents and a $105,103 median household income.
Compared with the typical US retail site, a European Wax Center trade area holds more apparel, beauty and coffee — and less lodging, auto and big box.
European Wax Center is a franchise. Its investment range, fees and FDD details live on FranchiseLens: European Wax Center franchise economics →
Who lives around it
| Measure | 25th | Median | 75th | vs typical site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population within 1 mi | 6,774 | 10,797 | 18,442 | |
| Population within 3 mi | 54,672 | 86,231 | 134,605 | |
| Population within 5 mi | 130,454 | 214,542 | 337,738 | |
| Households within 3 mi | 21,463 | 33,260 | 52,974 | |
| Median household income (3 mi) | $84,402 | $105,103 | $126,822 | |
| Median age (3 mi) | 37.0 | 39.1 | 42.1 | |
| Owner-occupied homes (3 mi) | 51.0% | 61.6% | 71.5% | |
| Family households (3 mi) | 56.3% | 64.8% | 71.8% | |
| Residents with a bachelor's degree (3 mi)ACS B15003_022E — bachelor's as the highest degree attained, so it excludes graduate degrees. | 10,099 | 15,690 | 26,556 |
How you get there
| Measure | 25th | Median | 75th | vs typical site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance to a traffic signalSignalised intersections are the cheapest available proxy for an arterial with turning access. | 98 m | 146 m | 214 m | |
| Distance to a primary road | 85 m | 208 m | 924 m | |
| Distance to a motorway | 243 m | 596 m | 1.3 km | |
| Traffic signals within 1 mi | 22 | 39 | 65 |
What else is there
| Measure | 25th | Median | 75th | vs typical site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance to the nearest business of the same kindAny business in the chain's own category - an independent counts the same as a national brand. Reads 50 km when there is nothing of the kind within 50 km. | 128 m | 171 m | 274 m | |
| Businesses of the same kind within 3 miA grocer's competitors are other grocers, a gym's are other gyms. The chain's own stores are excluded. | 20 | 38 | 77 | |
| Mapped POIs per resident (3 mi)A coverage flag, not a market signal: a low value can mean an empty trade area or a thinly mapped one. | 0.0059 | 0.0081 | 0.0111 |
The retail mix around its sites
Median count of each category within 3 miles, and that category's share of all mapped retail in the ring. The share is what makes this a fingerprint rather than a density reading — it is what separates a Walmart trade area from a Starbucks one.
| Category | Median within 3 mi | Share of mix | vs typical site |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apparel | 23 | 3.1% | |
| Beauty | 38 | 5.6% | |
| Coffee | 17 | 2.8% | |
| Fitness | 20 | 2.8% | |
| Medical | 34 | 4.5% | |
| Bars | 8 | 1.2% | |
| Restaurants | 80 | 12.8% | |
| Professional services | 14 | 1.9% | |
| Other retail | 153 | 21.5% | |
| Banks | 28 | 3.9% | |
| Pharmacy | 10 | 1.5% | |
| Entertainment | 4 | 0.7% | |
| Fast food | 59 | 8.6% | |
| Grocery | 13 | 1.9% | |
| Education | 36 | 5.2% | |
| Convenience | 18 | 2.9% | |
| Home improvement | 6 | 0.8% | |
| Big box | 11 | 1.6% | |
| Auto | 62 | 8.8% | |
| Lodging | 13 | 1.8% |
Where its locations are
Top metro areas
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | 52 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 21 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 18 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 17 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 15 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | 14 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | 14 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | 14 |
Top states
| CA | 74 |
| TX | 43 |
| NY | 37 |
| NJ | 31 |
| PA | 26 |
| VA | 17 |
| MD | 16 |
| AZ | 14 |
What the “vs typical site” column means. It is this chain's median divided by the median across all 173,178 tracked retail sites. 1.00× is exactly typical. It describes where the chain is today; it is not a prediction and not a judgement about any individual location.
Every count around a European Wax Center site is computed with European Wax Center itself excluded, so a chain never counts its own stores.