Beauty and personal care · County · Maryland
Nail salons in Caroline County, MD
How Caroline 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 46 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #803 of 1,328 scored counties
#13 of 21 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 6
- 1 chain location (17%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $10.6M
- On personal care products and services · $850 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 6% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.8
- 20% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 34,116
- +2.5% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Caroline County spend about $10.6M a year on personal care products and services, or $850 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. Spread across 6 nail salons, that is $1.8M per salon, 6% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.
Caroline County has 6 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (17%) is a chain location, against 27% across the U.S. That comes to 4.8 for every 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for nail salons in Caroline County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 27 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Caroline County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For nail salons, Caroline County has a Groundwork market score of 46 (lower middle): #803 of 1,328 scored counties and #13 of 21 scored counties in Maryland.
How Caroline 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 | Caroline County | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.8 | 6.4 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $1.7M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 3,998 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +31.3% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.5% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $850 | $1,072 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $68,457 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 46 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 27Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 61 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Caroline 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 Caroline County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 34,116+2.5% since 2020
- Households
- 12,495
- Median age
- 40.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 319 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 105
- Median household income
- $68,457+16.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,383
- Median home value
- $290,100
- Jobs located here
- 8,855
- Daytime population
- 25,447Residents 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 |
| 13Caroline County, MD | 46 | 6 | 4.8 | $1.8M | +2.5% | #803 of 1,328 |
Other business types in Caroline 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 spas57
- Hair salons54
- Barbershops
- Nail salons46
- Spas and skin care60
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in Caroline County, MD?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 nail salons in Caroline County. One of them (17%) is a chain location. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in Caroline County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 27 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Caroline County, MD spend on personal care products and services?
About $10.6M a year, or $850 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per salon. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which nail salons share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,495 households in Caroline County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Caroline County, MD compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Caroline County has 4.8 nail salons per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.8M, 6% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending.
How fast is Caroline County, MD growing?
Population estimates put Caroline County at 34,116 people in 2025, up 2.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,495 households. Median household income in Caroline County is $68,457, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.8%, 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. Caroline County scores 46 for nail salons (lower middle), #803 of 1,328 scored counties.
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