Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Maryland
Hair salons in the Cambridge, MD area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in the Cambridge, MD area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #245 of 538 scored small-town markets
#1 of 4 scored small-town markets based in Maryland
- Listings
- 26
- 4 chain locations (15%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $11.2M
- On personal care products and services · $827 a household
- Spending per listing
- $431K
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.2
- 18% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 33,628
- +3.4% since 2020
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What this means
At $827 per household (18% below the U.S. average), households in the Cambridge area spend about $11.2M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 26 hair salons, that is $431K per salon, in line with the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
The Cambridge area has 26 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (15%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 19.2, 18% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in the Cambridge area was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 2,258 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Another 78 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates put the population change in the Cambridge area from 2020 to 2025 at +3.4%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for hair salons in the Cambridge area is 53 (upper middle), #245 of 538 scored small-town markets and #1 of 4 scored small-town markets based in Maryland.
How the Cambridge area 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 | Cambridge area | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.2 | 23.5 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $431K | $457K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,258 | 1,595 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.8% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.4% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $827 | $1,072 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $61,839 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6
- Employees, 2023
- 13
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $153K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 78Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 264 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 26The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in the Cambridge area, 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 the Cambridge area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 33,628+3.4% since 2020
- Households
- 13,546
- Median age
- 43.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 541 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 61
- Median household income
- $61,839+16.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,771
- Median home value
- $262,400
- Jobs located here
- 12,352
- Daytime population
- 29,247Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Maryland
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Cambridge, MD | 53 | 26 | 19.2 | $431K | +3.4% | #245 of 538 |
| 2Ocean Pines, MD | 52 | 55 | 22.8 | $422K | +3.7% | #256 of 538 |
| 3Easton, MD | 36 | 53 | 32.3 | $304K | +2.0% | #429 of 538 |
| 4Cumberland, MD-WV | 27 | 78 | 20.3 | $391K | −1.3% | #488 of 538 |
Other business types in the Cambridge area
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 spas52
- Hair salons53
- Barbershops
- Nail salons53
- Spas and skin care50
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in the Cambridge, MD area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 26 hair salons in the Cambridge area. 4 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts list 78 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Cambridge, MD area spend on personal care products and services?
About $11.2M a year, or $827 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 26 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $431K 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 13,546 households in the Cambridge area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Cambridge, MD area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
The Cambridge area has 19.2 hair salons per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $431K, in line with the U.S. figure of $430K. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,258 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is the Cambridge, MD area growing?
Population estimates put the Cambridge area at 33,628 people in 2025, up 3.4% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,546 households. Median household income in the Cambridge area is $61,839, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.9%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Cambridge area scores 53 for hair salons (upper middle), #245 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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