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Hair salons in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV metro area

The hair salons in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 64 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #67 of 387 scored metro areas
#2 of 4 scored metro areas based in Maryland

Listings
217
44 chain locations (20%)
Official establishments
65
−3.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$107.4M
On personal care products and services · $909 a household
Spending per listing
$495K
15% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
18.4
21% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
315,280
+7.1% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

As of September 2026, map listings count 217 hair salons in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area. Chain locations make up 20% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 18.4 for every 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.

Household spending on personal care products and services in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area comes to about $107.4M a year: $909 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That works out to $495K per salon, 15% above the U.S. figure of $430K. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which hair salons share with other businesses in the trade.

Official counts show 65 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area in 2023, down 3.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,818 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts list 495 one-person businesses without payroll.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area grew 7.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For hair salons, the Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area has a Groundwork market score of 64 (upper middle): #67 of 387 scored metro areas and #2 of 4 scored metro areas based in Maryland. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.

How the Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro 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.

Hair salons in Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV metro area compared with Maryland and the U.S.
MeasureHagerstown-Martinsburg metro areaMarylandU.S.
Listings per 10k households18.423.523.4
Spending per listing$495K$457K$430K
Households per official establishment1,8181,5951,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−3.0%+0.8%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+7.1%+1.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$909$1,072$1,005
Median household income$78,802$103,678$80,734
Groundwork market score6450

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
65−3.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
358
Annual payroll, 2023
$10.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
495Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
21744 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
250The 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 Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro 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 Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
315,280+7.1% since 2020
Households
118,181
Median age
41.0
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
1,008 sq. mi.
People per square mile
300
Median household income
$78,802+28.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$97,922
Median home value
$278,100
Jobs located here
107,689
Daytime population
269,788Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Hair salons across Maryland

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Maryland for hair salons, numbered among those based in Maryland (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Maryland

Metro areas in Maryland ranked for hair salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV685,21422.0$540K+3.3%#42 of 387
1Lexington Park, MD6712816.9$694K+2.1%#44 of 387
2Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV6421718.4$495K+7.1%#67 of 387
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD575,15720.9$518K+1.4%#121 of 387
3Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD522,51922.5$467K+0.4%#155 of 387
4Salisbury, MD4110321.1$418K+2.9%#277 of 387

Other business types in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many hair salons are in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV metro area?

The Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area has 217 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 44 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 65 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, down 3.0% from 2019. Official counts also show 495 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV metro area spend on personal care products and services?

About $107.4M a year, or $909 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 217 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $495K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 118,181 households in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV metro area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?

The Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area has 18.4 hair salons per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $495K, 15% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, the Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area would have about 250, against 217 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,818 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count fell 3.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.

How fast is the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area at 315,280 people in 2025, up 7.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 118,181 households. The median household income in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area is $78,802 a year, 2% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.9% 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. The Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area scores 64 for hair salons (upper middle), #67 of 387 scored metro areas.

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