Beauty and personal care · County · Maryland
Hair salons in Talbot County, MD
How Talbot County, MD compares with other counties and the U.S. for hair salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 31 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,999 of 2,339 scored counties
#23 of 24 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 53
- 5 chain locations (9%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $16.1M
- On personal care products and services · $980 a household
- Spending per listing
- $304K
- 29% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 32.3
- 38% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 38,238
- +2.0% since 2020
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What this means
Talbot County scores 31 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #1,999 of 2,339 scored counties and #23 of 24 scored counties in Maryland. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 53 hair salons in Talbot County. Of those, 5 are chain locations, or 9%, against 14% across the U.S. That is 32.3 per 10,000 households, 38% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Talbot County comes to about $16.1M a year: $980 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. That works out to $304K per salon, 29% below 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Talbot County was 16 in 2023. That is one for every 1,027 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $78K have gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Talbot County. Population estimates show Talbot County grew 2.0% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Talbot 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 | Talbot County | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 32.3 | 23.5 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $304K | $457K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,027 | 1,595 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.8% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.0% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $980 | $1,072 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $84,811 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 31 | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16 → 16
- Employees, 2023
- 55
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 61Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 535 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 37The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $78K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Talbot 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 Talbot County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 38,238+2.0% since 2020
- Households
- 16,433
- Median age
- 50.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 269 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 141
- Median household income
- $84,811+15.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $126,276
- Median home value
- $409,700
- Jobs located here
- 17,017
- Daytime population
- 37,878Residents 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 |
| 23Talbot County, MD | 31 | 53 | 32.3 | $304K | +2.0% | #1,999 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Talbot 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 spas32
- Hair salons31
- Barbershops72
- Nail salons36
- Spas and skin care38
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Talbot County, MD?
There are 53 hair salons on map listings in Talbot County as of September 2026. 5 of them (9%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Another 61 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Talbot County, MD spend on personal care products and services?
About $16.1M a year, or $980 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 53 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $304K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,433 households in Talbot County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Talbot County, MD compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Talbot County has 32.3 hair salons per 10,000 households, 38% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $304K, 29% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Talbot County would have about 37, against 53 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,027 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Talbot County, MD growing?
Population estimates put Talbot County at 38,238 people in 2025, up 2.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,433 households. The median household income in Talbot County is $84,811 a year, 5% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 15.3% 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. Talbot County scores 31 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,999 of 2,339 scored counties.
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