Beauty and personal care · County · Maryland
Hair salons in Baltimore city, MD
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in Baltimore city, MD, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 39 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,690 of 2,339 scored counties
#22 of 24 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 560
- 35 chain locations (6%)
- Official establishments
- 83
- +7.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $214.7M
- On personal care products and services · $840 a household
- Spending per listing
- $383K
- 11% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 21.9
- 6% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 569,997
- −2.3% since 2020
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What this means
At $840 per household (16% below the U.S. average), households in Baltimore city spend about $214.7M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 560 hair salons, that is $383K per salon, 11% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
Baltimore city has 560 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 6% of them, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 21.9, 6% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 83 businesses with payroll in Baltimore city classed as beauty salons, up 7.8% from 2019. That is one for every 3,080 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts list 2,267 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 10 SBA-backed loans worth $1.5M have gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Baltimore city.
Population estimates show Baltimore city declined 2.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For hair salons, Baltimore city has a Groundwork market score of 39 (lower middle): #1,690 of 2,339 scored counties and #22 of 24 scored counties in Maryland.
How Baltimore city 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 hair salons 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 | Baltimore city | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 21.9 | 23.5 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $383K | $457K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,080 | 1,595 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +7.8% | +0.8% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.3% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $840 | $1,072 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $62,177 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 39 | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 77 → 83+7.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 372
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $12.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 2,267Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 56035 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 499The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 10
- Amount
- $1.5M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Baltimore city, 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 Baltimore city
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 569,997−2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 255,668
- Median age
- 37.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 48%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.1
- Land area
- 81 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 7,082
- Median household income
- $62,177+23.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,312
- Median home value
- $229,600
- Jobs located here
- 344,611
- Daytime population
- 667,322Residents 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 | 77 | 36 | 18.1 | $616K | +8.8% | #120 of 2,339 |
| 2Cecil County, MD | 70 | 61 | 15.0 | $655K | +3.2% | #281 of 2,339 |
| 3Calvert County, MD | 68 | 45 | 13.4 | $899K | +1.7% | #340 of 2,339 |
| 4Charles County, MD | 68 | 149 | 24.5 | $470K | +5.9% | #374 of 2,339 |
| 5Frederick County, MD | 65 | 250 | 23.9 | $487K | +11.0% | #461 of 2,339 |
| 6Montgomery County, MD | 64 | 773 | 19.9 | $611K | +1.3% | #483 of 2,339 |
| 7St. Mary’s County, MD | 64 | 83 | 19.6 | $582K | +2.4% | #488 of 2,339 |
| 8Somerset County, MD | 62 | 9 | 10.8 | $731K | +1.7% | #568 of 2,339 |
| 9Harford County, MD | 62 | 194 | 19.1 | $574K | +2.0% | #579 of 2,339 |
| 10Anne Arundel County, MD | 62 | 477 | 21.2 | $553K | +1.7% | #582 of 2,339 |
| 22Baltimore city, MD | 39 | 560 | 21.9 | $383K | −2.3% | #1,690 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Baltimore city
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 spas33
- Hair salons39
- Barbershops21
- Nail salons47
- Spas and skin care56
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Baltimore city, MD?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 560 hair salons in Baltimore city. 35 of them (6%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 83 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, up 7.8% from 2019. Official counts also show 2,267 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Baltimore city, MD spend on personal care products and services?
About $214.7M a year, or $840 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 560 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $383K per salon. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which hair salons share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 255,668 households in Baltimore city and national spending patterns by income.
How does Baltimore city, MD compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Baltimore city has 21.9 hair salons per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $383K, 11% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Baltimore city would have about 499, against 560 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,080 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count rose 7.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Baltimore city, MD growing?
Population estimates put Baltimore city at 569,997 people in 2025, down 2.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 255,668 households. Median household income in Baltimore city is $62,177, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.4%, 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. Baltimore city scores 39 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,690 of 2,339 scored counties.
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