Beauty and personal care · County · Maryland
Nail salons in Queen Anne’s County, MD
How Queen Anne’s 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 72 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #125 of 1,328 scored counties
#2 of 21 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 12
- 2 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $22.2M
- On personal care products and services · $1,114 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 11% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.0
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 54,448
- +8.8% since 2020
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What this means
For nail salons, Queen Anne’s County has a Groundwork market score of 72 (upper middle): #125 of 1,328 scored counties and #2 of 21 scored counties in Maryland. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for nail salons.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Queen Anne’s County comes to about $22.2M a year: $1,114 per household, 11% above the U.S. average. That is about $1.8M of household spending for each salon on map listings, 11% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.
There are 12 nail salons on map listings in Queen Anne’s County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 17% of them, against 27% across the U.S. That is 6.0 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 6.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for nail salons in Queen Anne’s County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates put the population change in Queen Anne’s County from 2020 to 2025 at +8.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Queen Anne’s 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 | Queen Anne’s County | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.0 | 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 | +8.8% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,114 | $1,072 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $112,826 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 72 | 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
- 22Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 122 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 Queen Anne’s 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 Queen Anne’s County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 54,448+8.8% since 2020
- Households
- 19,907
- Median age
- 44.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 83%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 372 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 139
- Median household income
- $112,826+16.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $141,291
- Median home value
- $462,700
- Jobs located here
- 15,070
- Daytime population
- 42,764Residents 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 Queen Anne’s 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 spas64
- Hair salons77
- Barbershops84
- Nail salons72
- Spas and skin care48
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in Queen Anne’s County, MD?
As of September 2026, map listings count 12 nail salons in Queen Anne’s County. 2 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in Queen Anne’s County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 22 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Queen Anne’s County, MD spend on personal care products and services?
About $22.2M a year, or $1,114 per household. That is 11% above the U.S. average (an index of 111, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 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 19,907 households in Queen Anne’s County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Queen Anne’s County, MD compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Queen Anne’s County has 6.0 nail salons per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.8M, 11% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, Queen Anne’s County would have about 13, against 12 on map listings.
How fast is Queen Anne’s County, MD growing?
Population estimates put Queen Anne’s County at 54,448 people in 2025, up 8.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,907 households. Median household income in Queen Anne’s County is $112,826, 40% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.3%, 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. Queen Anne’s County scores 72 for nail salons (upper middle), #125 of 1,328 scored counties.
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