Beauty and personal care · County · Maryland
Salons, barbers and spas in Carroll County, MD
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for salons, barbers and spas in Carroll County, MD, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 57 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #784 of 2,385 scored counties
#8 of 24 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 255
- 52 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- 83
- +2.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $73.2M
- On personal care products and services · $1,138 a household
- Spending per listing
- $287K
- 35% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 39.7
- 16% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 176,677
- +2.2% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 255 salons, barbers and spas in Carroll County. Chain locations make up 20% of them, against 15% across the U.S. That is 39.7 per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 47.2.
At $1,138 per household (13% above the U.S. average), households in Carroll County spend about $73.2M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $287K of household spending for each business on map listings, 35% above the U.S. figure of $213K.
In 2023, official counts showed 83 businesses with payroll in Carroll County classed as personal care services, up 2.5% from 2019. That is one for every 775 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. Official counts also show 490 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 8 SBA-backed loans worth $1.8M have gone to businesses classed as personal care services in Carroll County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Carroll County grew 2.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Carroll County scores 57 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for salons, barbers and spas, ranking #784 of 2,385 scored counties and #8 of 24 scored counties in Maryland.
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 salons, barbers and spas 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 | 39.7 | 46.1 | 47.2 |
| Spending per listing | $287K | $232K | $213K |
| Households per official establishment | 775 | 877 | 804 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +2.5% | +11.5% | +14.1% |
| 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 | 57 | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 81 → 83+2.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 555
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $16.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 490Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 25552 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 344The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 8
- Amount
- $1.8M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as personal care services 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 | 68 | 111 | 27.3 | $360K | +3.2% | #334 of 2,385 |
| 2Somerset County, MD | 65 | 11 | 13.2 | $598K | +1.7% | #444 of 2,385 |
| 3Queen Anne’s County, MD | 64 | 84 | 42.2 | $264K | +8.8% | #512 of 2,385 |
| 4St. Mary’s County, MD | 63 | 152 | 35.8 | $318K | +2.4% | #532 of 2,385 |
| 5Calvert County, MD | 61 | 117 | 35.0 | $346K | +1.7% | #598 of 2,385 |
| 6Frederick County, MD | 59 | 497 | 47.5 | $245K | +11.0% | #716 of 2,385 |
| 7Montgomery County, MD | 58 | 1,567 | 40.3 | $301K | +1.3% | #742 of 2,385 |
| 8Carroll County, MD | 57 | 255 | 39.7 | $287K | +2.2% | #784 of 2,385 |
| 9Caroline County, MD | 57 | 39 | 31.2 | $272K | +2.5% | #796 of 2,385 |
| 10Harford County, MD | 56 | 397 | 39.0 | $281K | +2.0% | #837 of 2,385 |
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 salons, barbers and spas are in Carroll County, MD?
Carroll County has 255 salons, barbers and spas on map listings as of September 2026. 52 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and nail salons, barbers, spas and skin care. Official counts show 83 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in 2023, up 2.5% from 2019. Another 490 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
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 255 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $287K per business. 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 salons, barbers and spas?
Carroll County has 39.7 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 47.2. Spending per business is $287K, 35% above the U.S. figure of $213K. At the national ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, Carroll County would have about 344, against 255 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 775 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. The official count rose 2.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +14.1% for 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 57 for salons, barbers and spas (upper middle), #784 of 2,385 scored counties.
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