Beauty and personal care · County · Maryland
Barbershops in Anne Arundel County, MD
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for barbershops in Anne Arundel County, MD, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 62 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #409 of 1,356 scored counties
#11 of 19 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 122
- 24 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $263.7M
- On personal care products and services · $1,173 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.2M
- 15% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.4
- 2% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 603,380
- +1.7% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,173 per household (17% above the U.S. average), households in Anne Arundel County spend about $263.7M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $2.2M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 15% above the U.S. figure of $1.9M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops.
Anne Arundel County has 122 barbershops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 20% of them, against 12% across the U.S. That is 5.4 per 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 5.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in Anne Arundel County was 15 in 2023. That is one for every 14,983 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S. Official counts list 183 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $1.1M have gone to businesses classed as barber shops in Anne Arundel County.
Population estimates show Anne Arundel County grew 1.7% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Anne Arundel County scores 62 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for barbershops, ranking #409 of 1,356 scored counties and #11 of 19 scored counties in Maryland.
How Anne Arundel County compares
The same measures for Maryland and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all personal care products and services by the barbershops 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 | Anne Arundel County | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $2.2M | $2M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 14,983 | 18,317 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.6% | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.7% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,173 | $1,072 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $124,911 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 62 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 15 → 15
- Employees, 2023
- 98
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 183Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 12224 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 140The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $1.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as barber shops in Anne Arundel 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 Anne Arundel County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 603,380+1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 224,748
- Median age
- 40.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 415 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,442
- Median household income
- $124,911+23.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $156,835
- Median home value
- $467,900
- Jobs located here
- 269,614
- Daytime population
- 605,412Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Maryland
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Queen Anne’s County, MD | 84 | 8 | 4.0 | $2.8M | +8.8% | #42 of 1,356 |
| 2Frederick County, MD | 79 | 57 | 5.4 | $2.1M | +11.0% | #84 of 1,356 |
| 3Carroll County, MD | 76 | 25 | 3.9 | $2.9M | +2.2% | #124 of 1,356 |
| 4Calvert County, MD | 75 | 14 | 4.2 | $2.9M | +1.7% | #138 of 1,356 |
| 5Howard County, MD | 73 | 50 | 4.1 | $3.1M | +1.9% | #165 of 1,356 |
| 6Talbot County, MD | 72 | 5 | 3.0 | $3.2M | +2.0% | #181 of 1,356 |
| 7Montgomery County, MD | 72 | 156 | 4.0 | $3M | +1.3% | #183 of 1,356 |
| 8Cecil County, MD | 66 | 17 | 4.2 | $2.4M | +3.2% | #308 of 1,356 |
| 9St. Mary’s County, MD | 66 | 22 | 5.2 | $2.2M | +2.4% | #314 of 1,356 |
| 10Worcester County, MD | 64 | 10 | 4.1 | $2.3M | +3.7% | #369 of 1,356 |
| 11Anne Arundel County, MD | 62 | 122 | 5.4 | $2.2M | +1.7% | #409 of 1,356 |
Other business types in Anne Arundel 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 spas50
- Hair salons62
- Barbershops62
- Nail salons47
- Spas and skin care52
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in Anne Arundel County, MD?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 122 barbershops in Anne Arundel County. 24 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in 2023. Official counts also show 183 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Anne Arundel County, MD spend on personal care products and services?
About $263.7M a year, or $1,173 per household. That is 17% above the U.S. average (an index of 117, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 122 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $2.2M per shop. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which barbershops share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 224,748 households in Anne Arundel County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Anne Arundel County, MD compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
Anne Arundel County has 5.4 barbershops per 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $2.2M, 15% above the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending, Anne Arundel County would have about 140, against 122 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 14,983 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S.
How fast is Anne Arundel County, MD growing?
Population estimates put Anne Arundel County at 603,380 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 224,748 households. The median household income in Anne Arundel County is $124,911 a year, 55% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.9% 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. Anne Arundel County scores 62 for barbershops (upper middle), #409 of 1,356 scored counties.
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