Beauty and personal care · County · Maryland
Nail salons in Carroll County, MD
How Carroll 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 67 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #220 of 1,328 scored counties
#3 of 21 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 39
- 9 chain locations (23%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $73.2M
- On personal care products and services · $1,138 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.9M
- 12% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.1
- 2% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 176,677
- +2.2% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Carroll County spend about $73.2M a year on personal care products and services, or $1,138 per household, 13% above the U.S. average. That is about $1.9M of household spending for each salon on map listings, 12% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.
There are 39 nail salons on map listings in Carroll County as of September 2026. Of those, 9 are chain locations, or 23%, against 27% across the U.S. That is 6.1 per 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 6.0.
In 2023, official counts showed 8 businesses with payroll in Carroll County classed as nail salons. That is one for every 8,036 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Official counts list 78 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $500K has gone to businesses classed as nail salons in Carroll County.
Population estimates put the population change in Carroll County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For nail salons, Carroll County has a Groundwork market score of 67 (upper middle): #220 of 1,328 scored counties and #3 of 21 scored counties in Maryland. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Carroll 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 | Carroll County | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.1 | 6.4 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.9M | $1.7M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 8,036 | 3,998 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +31.3% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.2% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,138 | $1,072 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $118,211 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 67 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 8
- Employees, 2023
- 29
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 78Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 399 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 44The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $500K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as nail salons in Carroll 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 Carroll County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 176,677+2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 64,285
- Median age
- 42.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 84%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 448 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 392
- Median household income
- $118,211+22.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $142,587
- Median home value
- $434,000
- Jobs located here
- 57,897
- Daytime population
- 147,678Residents 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 |
Other business types in Carroll 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 salons60
- Barbershops76
- Nail salons67
- Spas and skin care67
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in Carroll County, MD?
As of September 2026, map listings count 39 nail salons in Carroll County. 9 of them (23%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023. Official counts also show 78 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Carroll County, MD spend on personal care products and services?
About $73.2M a year, or $1,138 per household. That is 13% above the U.S. average (an index of 113, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 39 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.9M 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 64,285 households in Carroll County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Carroll County, MD compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Carroll County has 6.1 nail salons per 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.9M, 12% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, Carroll County would have about 44, against 39 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,036 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S.
How fast is Carroll County, MD growing?
Population estimates put Carroll County at 176,677 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 64,285 households. Median household income in Carroll County is $118,211, 46% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.2%, 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. Carroll County scores 67 for nail salons (upper middle), #220 of 1,328 scored counties.
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