Beauty and personal care · County · Maryland
Hair salons in Dorchester County, MD
The hair salons in Dorchester County, MD, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,189 of 2,339 scored counties
#14 of 24 scored counties 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
Household spending on personal care products and services in Dorchester County comes to about $11.2M a year: $827 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. 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.
Dorchester County has 26 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 15%, against 14% across the U.S. That is 19.2 per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 6 businesses with payroll in Dorchester County classed as beauty salons. That is one for every 2,258 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts list 78 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Dorchester County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.4%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For hair salons, Dorchester County has a Groundwork market score of 50 (upper middle): #1,189 of 2,339 scored counties and #14 of 24 scored counties in Maryland.
How Dorchester 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 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 | Dorchester County | 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 | 50 | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 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 Dorchester 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 Dorchester County
- 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 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 |
| 14Dorchester County, MD | 50 | 26 | 19.2 | $431K | +3.4% | #1,189 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Dorchester 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 spas49
- Hair salons50
- Barbershops
- Nail salons49
- Spas and skin care46
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Dorchester County, MD?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 26 hair salons in Dorchester County. 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 also show 78 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Dorchester County, MD 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 Dorchester County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Dorchester County, MD compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Dorchester County 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 Dorchester County, MD growing?
Population estimates put Dorchester County 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 Dorchester County 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. 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. Dorchester County scores 50 for hair salons (upper middle), #1,189 of 2,339 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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