Beauty and personal care · County · Alabama
Barbershops in Marengo County, AL
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for barbershops in Marengo County, AL, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 9 out of 100: Very low
Ranked #1,309 of 1,356 scored counties
#37 of 42 scored counties in Alabama
- Listings
- 5
- 1 chain location (20%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $5.9M
- On personal care products and services · $741 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 38% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.3
- 19% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 18,311
- −5.0% since 2020
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What this means
For barbershops, Marengo County has a Groundwork market score of 9 (very low): #1,309 of 1,356 scored counties and #37 of 42 scored counties in Alabama. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Marengo County spend about $5.9M a year on personal care products and services, or $741 per household, 26% below the U.S. average. Spread across 5 barbershops, that is $1.2M per shop, 38% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops.
Marengo County has 5 barbershops on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (20%) is a chain location, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.3, 19% above the U.S. rate of 5.3.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for barber shops in Marengo County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates put the population change in Marengo County from 2020 to 2025 at −5.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Marengo 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 | Marengo County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.3 | 6.1 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $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 | −5.0% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $741 | $839 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $43,825 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 9 | 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
- 11Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 51 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 Marengo 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 Marengo County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 18,311−5.0% since 2020
- Households
- 7,898
- Median age
- 42.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 977 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 19
- Median household income
- $43,825+31.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $70,748
- Median home value
- $107,400
- Jobs located here
- 7,402
- Daytime population
- 17,810Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 37Marengo County, AL | 9 | 5 | 6.3 | $1.2M | −5.0% | #1,309 of 1,356 |
Other business types in Marengo 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 spas32
- Hair salons10
- Barbershops9
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in Marengo County, AL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 barbershops in Marengo County. One of them (20%) is a chain location. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in Marengo County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 11 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Marengo County, AL spend on personal care products and services?
About $5.9M a year, or $741 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $1.2M 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 7,898 households in Marengo County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Marengo County, AL compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
Marengo County has 6.3 barbershops per 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $1.2M, 38% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending, Marengo County would have about 3, against 5 on map listings.
How fast is Marengo County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Marengo County at 18,311 people in 2025, down 5.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,898 households. The median household income in Marengo County is $43,825 a year, 46% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.8% 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. Marengo County scores 9 for barbershops (very low), #1,309 of 1,356 scored counties.
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