Beauty and personal care · County · Maryland
Spas and skin care studios in Anne Arundel County, MD
How Anne Arundel County, MD compares with other counties and the U.S. for spas and skin care studios: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #807 of 1,769 scored counties
#15 of 23 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 238
- 48 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- 73
- +35.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $263.7M
- On personal care products and services · $1,173 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.1M
- 26% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.6
- 8% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 603,380
- +1.7% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,173 per household (17% above the U.S. average), households in Anne Arundel County spend about $263.7M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $1.1M per studio, 26% above the U.S. figure of $876K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only spas and skin care studios.
Anne Arundel County has 238 spas and skin care studios on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 20% of them, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 10.6 for every 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 11.5.
Official counts show 73 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in Anne Arundel County in 2023, up 35.2% from 2019. That is one for every 3,079 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $378K have gone to businesses classed as other personal care services in Anne Arundel County.
Population estimates show Anne Arundel County grew 1.7% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for spas and skin care studios in Anne Arundel County is 52 (upper middle), #807 of 1,769 scored counties and #15 of 23 scored counties in Maryland.
How Anne Arundel 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 spas and skin care studios 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 | Anne Arundel County | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.6 | 9.6 | 11.5 |
| Spending per listing | $1.1M | $1.1M | $876K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,079 | 5,274 | 4,055 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +35.2% | +43.6% | +29.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.7% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,173 | $1,072 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $124,911 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 52 | 67 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 54 → 73+35.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 355
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $14.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 23848 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 301The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $378K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as other personal care services in Anne Arundel 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 Anne Arundel County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 603,380+1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 224,748
- Median age
- 40.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 415 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,442
- Median household income
- $124,911+23.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $156,835
- Median home value
- $467,900
- Jobs located here
- 269,614
- Daytime population
- 605,412Residents 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1St. Mary’s County, MD | 82 | 16 | 3.8 | $3M | +2.4% | #46 of 1,769 |
| 2Charles County, MD | 74 | 49 | 8.0 | $1.4M | +5.9% | #145 of 1,769 |
| 3Cecil County, MD | 70 | 20 | 4.9 | $2M | +3.2% | #207 of 1,769 |
| 4Washington County, MD | 70 | 39 | 6.5 | $1.4M | +2.0% | #226 of 1,769 |
| 5Kent County, MD | 67 | 5 | 5.9 | $1.6M | +2.3% | #298 of 1,769 |
| 6Carroll County, MD | 67 | 54 | 8.4 | $1.4M | +2.2% | #305 of 1,769 |
| 7Harford County, MD | 66 | 98 | 9.6 | $1.1M | +2.0% | #340 of 1,769 |
| 8Prince George’s County, MD | 66 | 346 | 9.9 | $1.1M | +0.5% | #343 of 1,769 |
| 9Montgomery County, MD | 65 | 382 | 9.8 | $1.2M | +1.3% | #372 of 1,769 |
| 10Calvert County, MD | 63 | 31 | 9.3 | $1.3M | +1.7% | #417 of 1,769 |
| 15Anne Arundel County, MD | 52 | 238 | 10.6 | $1.1M | +1.7% | #807 of 1,769 |
Other business types in Anne Arundel 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 spas50
- Hair salons62
- Barbershops62
- Nail salons47
- Spas and skin care52
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many spas and skin care studios are in Anne Arundel County, MD?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 238 spas and skin care studios in Anne Arundel County. 48 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. Official counts show 73 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in 2023, up 35.2% from 2019.
How much do households in Anne Arundel County, MD spend on personal care products and services?
About $263.7M a year, or $1,173 per household. That is 17% above the U.S. average (an index of 117, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 238 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $1.1M per studio. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which spas and skin care studios share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 224,748 households in Anne Arundel County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Anne Arundel County, MD compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?
Anne Arundel County has 10.6 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $1.1M, 26% above the U.S. figure of $876K. At the U.S. ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, Anne Arundel County would have about 301, against 238 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,079 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S. The official count rose 35.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +29.8% for the U.S.
How fast is Anne Arundel County, MD growing?
Population estimates put Anne Arundel County at 603,380 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 224,748 households. The median household income in Anne Arundel County is $124,911 a year, 55% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.9% 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. 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. Anne Arundel County scores 52 for spas and skin care studios (upper middle), #807 of 1,769 scored counties.
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