Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Alabama
Barbershops in the Alexander City, AL area
The barbershops in the Alexander City, AL area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 30 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #307 of 377 scored small-town markets
#8 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Alabama
- Listings
- 8
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $13.3M
- On personal care products and services · $781 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.7M
- 12% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.7
- 11% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 40,953
- −0.8% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for barbershops in the Alexander City area is 30 (lower middle), #307 of 377 scored small-town markets and #8 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Alabama. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Households in the Alexander City area spend about $13.3M a year on personal care products and services, or $781 per household, 22% below the U.S. average. Spread across 8 barbershops, that is $1.7M per shop, 12% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops.
The Alexander City area has 8 barbershops on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. That comes to 4.7 for every 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 5.3.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for barber shops in the Alexander City area, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates show the Alexander City area declined 0.8% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Alexander City area compares
The same measures for Alabama and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all personal care products and services by the barbershops 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 | Alexander City area | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.7 | 6.1 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.7M | $1.4M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 36,314 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +12.2% | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.8% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $781 | $839 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $59,356 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 30 | 39 |
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
- 14Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 80 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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 barber shops in the Alexander City 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 Alexander City area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 40,953−0.8% since 2020
- Households
- 17,076
- Median age
- 44.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 717 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 57
- Median household income
- $59,356
- Average household income
- $78,535
- Median home value
- $158,500
- Jobs located here
- 12,620
- Daytime population
- 35,492Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Alabama market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Alabama for barbershops, numbered among those based in Alabama (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Alexander City area marked.
Top small-town markets in Alabama
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Cullman, AL | 65 | 12 | 3.4 | $2.4M | +6.7% | #102 of 377 |
| 2Scottsboro, AL | 55 | 7 | 3.2 | $2.4M | +3.3% | #160 of 377 |
| 3Enterprise, AL | 50 | 11 | 5.2 | $1.6M | +6.3% | #202 of 377 |
| 4Albertville, AL | 39 | 28 | 7.7 | $1.1M | +6.0% | #260 of 377 |
| 5Ozark, AL | 36 | 9 | 4.6 | $1.7M | +1.3% | #277 of 377 |
| 6Talladega-Sylacauga, AL | 35 | 16 | 4.2 | $1.8M | 0.0% | #281 of 377 |
| LaGrange, GA-AL | 33 | 26 | 6.4 | $1.2M | +3.0% | #298 of 377 |
| 7Fort Payne, AL | 32 | 14 | 5.3 | $1.4M | +3.4% | #301 of 377 |
| 8Alexander City, AL | 30 | 8 | 4.7 | $1.7M | −0.8% | #307 of 377 |
| 9Russellville, AL | 29 | 6 | 5.0 | $1.5M | +1.1% | #311 of 377 |
Other business types in the Alexander City area
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 salons34
- Barbershops30
- Nail salons41
- Spas and skin care37
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in the Alexander City, AL area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 barbershops in the Alexander City area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in the Alexander City area: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 14 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Alexander City, AL area spend on personal care products and services?
About $13.3M a year, or $781 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $1.7M per shop. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which barbershops share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 17,076 households in the Alexander City area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Alexander City, AL area compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
The Alexander City area has 4.7 barbershops per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $1.7M, 12% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending, the Alexander City area would have about 7, against 8 on map listings.
How fast is the Alexander City, AL area growing?
Population estimates put the Alexander City area at 40,953 people in 2025, down 0.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 17,076 households. The median household income in the Alexander City area is $59,356 a year, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Alexander City area scores 30 for barbershops (lower middle), #307 of 377 scored small-town markets.
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