Beauty and personal care · County · Maryland
Barbershops in Prince George’s County, MD
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for barbershops in Prince George’s County, MD, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #608 of 1,356 scored counties
#14 of 19 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 267
- 17 chain locations (6%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $365.8M
- On personal care products and services · $1,052 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.4M
- 27% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.7
- 45% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 970,374
- +0.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 267 barbershops in Prince George’s County. Of those, 17 are chain locations, or 6%, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.7, 45% above the U.S. rate of 5.3.
Households in Prince George’s County spend about $365.8M a year on personal care products and services, or $1,052 per household, 5% above the U.S. average. That works out to $1.4M per shop, 27% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which barbershops share with other businesses in the trade.
In 2023, official counts showed 12 businesses with payroll in Prince George’s County classed as barber shops. That is one for every 28,979 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S. Official counts list 596 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $445K have gone to businesses classed as barber shops in Prince George’s County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Prince George’s County grew 0.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for barbershops in Prince George’s County is 54 (upper middle), #608 of 1,356 scored counties and #14 of 19 scored counties in Maryland.
How Prince George’s 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 | Prince George’s County | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.7 | 5.5 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.4M | $2M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 28,979 | 18,317 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.6% | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.5% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,052 | $1,072 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $101,798 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 12
- Employees, 2023
- 18
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $751K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 596Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 26717 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 194The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $445K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as barber shops in Prince George’s 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 Prince George’s County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 970,374+0.5% since 2020
- Households
- 347,744
- Median age
- 39.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 483 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,989
- Median household income
- $101,798+19.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $125,138
- Median home value
- $426,000
- Jobs located here
- 318,010
- Daytime population
- 849,316Residents 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 |
| 14Prince George’s County, MD | 54 | 267 | 7.7 | $1.4M | +0.5% | #608 of 1,356 |
Other business types in Prince George’s 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 spas40
- Hair salons44
- Barbershops54
- Nail salons43
- Spas and skin care66
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in Prince George’s County, MD?
There are 267 barbershops on map listings in Prince George’s County as of September 2026. 17 of them (6%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in 2023. Official counts also show 596 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Prince George’s County, MD spend on personal care products and services?
About $365.8M a year, or $1,052 per household. That is 5% above the U.S. average (an index of 105, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 267 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $1.4M per shop. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 347,744 households in Prince George’s County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Prince George’s County, MD compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
Prince George’s County has 7.7 barbershops per 10,000 households, 45% above the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $1.4M, 27% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the national ratio of barbershops to household spending, Prince George’s County would have about 194, against 267 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 28,979 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S.
How fast is Prince George’s County, MD growing?
Population estimates put Prince George’s County at 970,374 people in 2025, up 0.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 347,744 households. Median household income in Prince George’s County is $101,798, 26% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.9%, 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. Prince George’s County scores 54 for barbershops (upper middle), #608 of 1,356 scored counties.
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