Beauty and personal care · County · Alabama
Barbershops in Elmore County, AL
How Elmore County, AL compares with other counties and the U.S. for barbershops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #698 of 1,356 scored counties
#11 of 42 scored counties in Alabama
- Listings
- 16
- 4 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $29.3M
- On personal care products and services · $891 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 3% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.9
- 8% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 91,577
- +4.2% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Elmore County spend about $29.3M a year on personal care products and services, or $891 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.8M per shop, 3% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops.
Elmore County has 16 barbershops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 25% of them, against 12% across the U.S. That is 4.9 per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 5.3.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for barber shops in Elmore County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 31 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Elmore County grew 4.2% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Elmore County scores 50 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for barbershops, ranking #698 of 1,356 scored counties and #11 of 42 scored counties in Alabama.
How Elmore County 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 | Elmore County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.9 | 6.1 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $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 | +4.2% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $891 | $839 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $78,243 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 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
- 31Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 164 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 16The 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 Elmore 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 Elmore County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 91,577+4.2% since 2020
- Households
- 32,856
- Median age
- 40.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 619 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 145
- Median household income
- $78,243+28.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,745
- Median home value
- $223,900
- Jobs located here
- 20,312
- Daytime population
- 74,014Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Alabama market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Alabama for barbershops, numbered among those based in Alabama, with Elmore County marked.
Top counties in Alabama
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1St. Clair County, AL | 72 | 10 | 2.8 | $3.1M | +7.1% | #182 of 1,356 |
| 2Shelby County, AL | 65 | 48 | 5.5 | $1.9M | +6.5% | #345 of 1,356 |
| 3Baldwin County, AL | 65 | 56 | 5.7 | $1.6M | +14.8% | #349 of 1,356 |
| 4Lee County, AL | 64 | 24 | 3.5 | $2.4M | +8.6% | #366 of 1,356 |
| 5Limestone County, AL | 63 | 21 | 5.1 | $1.9M | +18.0% | #392 of 1,356 |
| 6Cullman County, AL | 60 | 12 | 3.4 | $2.4M | +6.7% | #451 of 1,356 |
| 7Madison County, AL | 58 | 127 | 7.7 | $1.3M | +11.0% | #506 of 1,356 |
| 8Autauga County, AL | 57 | 10 | 4.4 | $2.1M | +5.1% | #526 of 1,356 |
| 9Walker County, AL | 54 | 5 | 2.0 | $3.9M | 0.0% | #583 of 1,356 |
| 10Chilton County, AL | 52 | 7 | 3.9 | $2.1M | +5.9% | #651 of 1,356 |
| 11Elmore County, AL | 50 | 16 | 4.9 | $1.8M | +4.2% | #698 of 1,356 |
Other business types in Elmore 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 spas66
- Hair salons77
- Barbershops50
- Nail salons39
- Spas and skin care75
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in Elmore County, AL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 16 barbershops in Elmore County. 4 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in Elmore County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 31 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Elmore County, AL spend on personal care products and services?
About $29.3M a year, or $891 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $1.8M 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 32,856 households in Elmore County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Elmore County, AL compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
Elmore County has 4.9 barbershops per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $1.8M, 3% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending.
How fast is Elmore County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Elmore County at 91,577 people in 2025, up 4.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 32,856 households. The median household income in Elmore County is $78,243 a year, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.5% 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. Elmore County scores 50 for barbershops (upper middle), #698 of 1,356 scored counties.
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