Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Alabama
Barbershops in the Huntsville, AL metro area
The barbershops in the Huntsville, AL metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #145 of 387 scored metro areas
#3 of 12 scored metro areas based in Alabama
- Listings
- 148
- 12 chain locations (8%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $199.5M
- On personal care products and services · $969 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- 29% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.2
- 36% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 556,444
- +12.5% since 2020
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What this means
At $969 per household (4% below the U.S. average), households in the Huntsville metro area spend about $199.5M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $1.3M per shop, 29% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops.
The Huntsville metro area has 148 barbershops on map listings as of September 2026. 12 of them (8%) are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.2, 36% above the U.S. rate of 5.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in the Huntsville metro area was 8 in 2023. That is one for every 25,748 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S. Official counts list 209 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $151K has gone to businesses classed as barber shops in the Huntsville metro area.
Population estimates show the Huntsville metro area grew 12.5% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Huntsville metro area scores 56 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for barbershops, ranking #145 of 387 scored metro areas and #3 of 12 scored metro areas based in Alabama.
How the Huntsville metro 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 | Huntsville metro area | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.2 | 6.1 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $1.4M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 25,748 | 36,314 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +12.2% | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +12.5% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $969 | $839 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $85,989 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 56 | 39 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8
- Employees, 2023
- 73
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 209Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 14812 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 106The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $151K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as barber shops in the Huntsville metro 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 Huntsville metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 556,444+12.5% since 2020
- Households
- 205,984
- Median age
- 39.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,365 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 379
- Median household income
- $85,989+33.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $114,012
- Median home value
- $295,200
- Jobs located here
- 250,093
- Daytime population
- 546,361Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Alabama market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Alabama for barbershops, numbered among those based in Alabama, with the Huntsville metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Alabama
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Auburn-Opelika, AL | 61 | 25 | 3.3 | $2.6M | +7.1% | #103 of 387 |
| 2Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL | 61 | 56 | 5.7 | $1.6M | +14.8% | #107 of 387 |
| 3Huntsville, AL | 56 | 148 | 7.2 | $1.3M | +12.5% | #145 of 387 |
| 4Tuscaloosa, AL | 41 | 59 | 5.6 | $1.5M | +2.9% | #276 of 387 |
| 5Birmingham, AL | 41 | 292 | 6.3 | $1.4M | +1.4% | #279 of 387 |
| 6Montgomery, AL | 37 | 103 | 6.8 | $1.2M | +0.9% | #303 of 387 |
| 7Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL | 35 | 31 | 4.9 | $1.7M | +3.5% | #310 of 387 |
| 8Dothan, AL | 30 | 47 | 7.7 | $1M | +3.4% | #335 of 387 |
| 9Decatur, AL | 29 | 37 | 5.9 | $1.4M | +2.5% | #337 of 387 |
| 10Mobile, AL | 29 | 133 | 8.2 | $981K | −0.7% | #339 of 387 |
Other business types in the Huntsville metro 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 spas54
- Hair salons52
- Barbershops56
- Nail salons59
- Spas and skin care55
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in the Huntsville, AL metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 148 barbershops in the Huntsville metro area. 12 of them (8%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in 2023. Official counts also show 209 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Huntsville, AL metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $199.5M a year, or $969 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 148 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $1.3M 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 205,984 households in the Huntsville metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Huntsville, AL metro area compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
The Huntsville metro area has 7.2 barbershops per 10,000 households, 36% above the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $1.3M, 29% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending, the Huntsville metro area would have about 106, against 148 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 25,748 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S.
How fast is the Huntsville, AL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Huntsville metro area at 556,444 people in 2025, up 12.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 205,984 households. The median household income in the Huntsville metro area is $85,989 a year, 7% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.4% 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. The Huntsville metro area scores 56 for barbershops (upper middle), #145 of 387 scored metro areas.
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