Beauty and personal care · County · Maryland
Nail salons in Allegany County, MD
How Allegany County, MD compares with other counties and the U.S. for nail salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 31 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,119 of 1,328 scored counties
#21 of 21 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 13
- 6 chain locations (46%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $21.3M
- On personal care products and services · $777 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- 2% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.7
- 22% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 66,848
- −1.6% since 2020
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What this means
For nail salons, Allegany County has a Groundwork market score of 31 (lower middle): #1,119 of 1,328 scored counties and #21 of 21 scored counties in Maryland. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 nail salons in Allegany County. Chain locations make up 46% of them, against 27% across the U.S. That comes to 4.7 for every 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Allegany County comes to about $21.3M a year: $777 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.6M per salon, 2% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which nail salons share with other businesses in the trade.
In 2023, official counts showed 6 businesses with payroll in Allegany County classed as nail salons. That is one for every 4,564 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Population estimates show Allegany County declined 1.6% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Allegany 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 nail 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 | Allegany County | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.7 | 6.4 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $1.7M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,564 | 3,998 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +31.3% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.6% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $777 | $1,072 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $59,603 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 31 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 28
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 38Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 136 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The 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 nail salons in Allegany 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 Allegany County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 66,848−1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 27,382
- Median age
- 42.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 422 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 160
- Median household income
- $59,603+29.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,712
- Median home value
- $154,900
- Jobs located here
- 25,839
- Daytime population
- 68,730Residents 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Cecil County, MD | 81 | 11 | 2.7 | $3.6M | +3.2% | #37 of 1,328 |
| 2Queen Anne’s County, MD | 72 | 12 | 6.0 | $1.8M | +8.8% | #125 of 1,328 |
| 3Carroll County, MD | 67 | 39 | 6.1 | $1.9M | +2.2% | #220 of 1,328 |
| 4Frederick County, MD | 67 | 66 | 6.3 | $1.8M | +11.0% | #222 of 1,328 |
| 5Harford County, MD | 62 | 56 | 5.5 | $2M | +2.0% | #349 of 1,328 |
| 6Montgomery County, MD | 60 | 204 | 5.2 | $2.3M | +1.3% | #395 of 1,328 |
| 7St. Mary’s County, MD | 57 | 28 | 6.6 | $1.7M | +2.4% | #488 of 1,328 |
| 8Dorchester County, MD | 49 | 6 | 4.4 | $1.9M | +3.4% | #732 of 1,328 |
| 9Howard County, MD | 48 | 97 | 8.0 | $1.6M | +1.9% | #759 of 1,328 |
| 10Baltimore city, MD | 47 | 113 | 4.4 | $1.9M | −2.3% | #775 of 1,328 |
| 21Allegany County, MD | 31 | 13 | 4.7 | $1.6M | −1.6% | #1,119 of 1,328 |
Other business types in Allegany 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 spas18
- Hair salons18
- Barbershops38
- Nail salons31
- Spas and skin care32
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in Allegany County, MD?
There are 13 nail salons on map listings in Allegany County as of September 2026. 6 of them (46%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023. Another 38 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Allegany County, MD spend on personal care products and services?
About $21.3M a year, or $777 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.6M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 27,382 households in Allegany County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Allegany County, MD compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Allegany County has 4.7 nail salons per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.6M, 2% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,564 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S.
How fast is Allegany County, MD growing?
Population estimates put Allegany County at 66,848 people in 2025, down 1.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 27,382 households. The median household income in Allegany County is $59,603 a year, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.9% 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. Allegany County scores 31 for nail salons (lower middle), #1,119 of 1,328 scored counties.
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