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Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Maryland

Salons, barbers and spas in the Easton, MD area

How the Easton, MD area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #457 of 538 scored small-town markets
#3 of 4 scored small-town markets based in Maryland

Listings
101
15 chain locations (15%)
Official establishments
24
+14.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$16.1M
On personal care products and services · $980 a household
Spending per listing
$160K
25% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
61.5
30% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
38,238
+2.0% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

The Groundwork market score for salons, barbers and spas in the Easton area is 34 (lower middle), #457 of 538 scored small-town markets and #3 of 4 scored small-town markets based in Maryland. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.

At $980 per household (2% below the U.S. average), households in the Easton area spend about $16.1M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $160K per business, 25% below the U.S. figure of $213K.

The Easton area has 101 salons, barbers and spas on map listings as of September 2026. 15 of them (15%) are chain locations, against 15% across the U.S. That is 61.5 per 10,000 households, 30% above the U.S. rate of 47.2.

In 2023, official counts showed 24 businesses with payroll in the Easton area classed as personal care services, up 14.3% from 2019. That is one for every 685 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $78K have gone to businesses classed as personal care services in the Easton area. Population estimates show the Easton area grew 2.0% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Easton area 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.

Salons, barbers and spas in Easton, MD area compared with Maryland and the U.S.
MeasureEaston areaMarylandU.S.
Listings per 10k households61.546.147.2
Spending per listing$160K$232K$213K
Households per official establishment685877804
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+14.3%+11.5%+14.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.0%+1.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$980$1,072$1,005
Median household income$84,811$103,678$80,734
Groundwork market score3450

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
24+14.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
72
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
125Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
10115 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
76The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$78K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as personal care services in the Easton area, 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 the Easton area

Population, 2025 estimate
38,238+2.0% since 2020
Households
16,433
Median age
50.1
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
269 sq. mi.
People per square mile
141
Median household income
$84,811+15.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$126,276
Median home value
$409,700
Jobs located here
17,017
Daytime population
37,878Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Salons, barbers and spas across Maryland

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Maryland for salons, barbers and spas, numbered among those based in Maryland, with the Easton area marked.

Top small-town markets in Maryland

Small-town markets in Maryland ranked for salons, barbers and spas by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Cambridge, MD524734.7$238K+3.4%#246 of 538
2Ocean Pines, MD4411547.6$202K+3.7%#349 of 538
3Easton, MD3410161.5$160K+2.0%#457 of 538
4Cumberland, MD-WV2913835.8$221K−1.3%#489 of 538

Other business types in the Easton area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many salons, barbers and spas are in the Easton, MD area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 101 salons, barbers and spas in the Easton area. 15 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and nail salons, barbers, spas and skin care. Official counts show 24 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in 2023, up 14.3% from 2019. Official counts also show 125 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Easton, MD area spend on personal care products and services?

About $16.1M a year, or $980 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 101 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $160K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,433 households in the Easton area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Easton, MD area compare with the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas?

The Easton area has 61.5 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, 30% above the U.S. rate of 47.2. Spending per business is $160K, 25% below the U.S. figure of $213K. At the U.S. ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, the Easton area would have about 76, against 101 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 685 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. The official count rose 14.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +14.1% for the U.S.

How fast is the Easton, MD area growing?

Population estimates put the Easton area at 38,238 people in 2025, up 2.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,433 households. The median household income in the Easton area is $84,811 a year, 5% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 15.3% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Easton area scores 34 for salons, barbers and spas (lower middle), #457 of 538 scored small-town markets.

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