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Barbershops in Mobile County, AL
How Mobile 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 35 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,027 of 1,356 scored counties
#20 of 42 scored counties in Alabama
- Listings
- 133
- 15 chain locations (11%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $130.4M
- On personal care products and services · $807 a household
- Spending per listing
- $981K
- 48% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.2
- 55% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 411,658
- −0.7% since 2020
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What this means
For barbershops, Mobile County has a Groundwork market score of 35 (lower middle): #1,027 of 1,356 scored counties and #20 of 42 scored counties in Alabama. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Mobile County comes to about $130.4M a year: $807 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. Spread across 133 barbershops, that is $981K per shop, 48% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops.
There are 133 barbershops on map listings in Mobile County as of September 2026. Of those, 15 are chain locations, or 11%, against 12% across the U.S. That is 8.2 per 10,000 households, 55% above the U.S. rate of 5.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Mobile County classed as barber shops. That is one for every 40,416 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Mobile County declined 0.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Mobile 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 | Mobile County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.2 | 6.1 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $981K | $1.4M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 40,416 | 36,314 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +12.2% | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.7% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $807 | $839 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $58,880 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 35 | 39 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4
- Employees, 2023
- 7
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $306K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 374Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 13315 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 69The 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 Mobile 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 Mobile County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 411,658−0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 161,665
- Median age
- 39.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,229 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 336
- Median household income
- $58,880+23.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $81,726
- Median home value
- $190,700
- Jobs located here
- 181,672
- Daytime population
- 421,837Residents 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 |
| 20Mobile County, AL | 35 | 133 | 8.2 | $981K | −0.7% | #1,027 of 1,356 |
Other business types in Mobile 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 spas25
- Hair salons33
- Barbershops35
- Nail salons18
- Spas and skin care49
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in Mobile County, AL?
As of September 2026, map listings count 133 barbershops in Mobile County. 15 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in 2023. Official counts list 374 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Mobile County, AL spend on personal care products and services?
About $130.4M a year, or $807 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 133 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $981K 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 161,665 households in Mobile County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Mobile County, AL compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
Mobile County has 8.2 barbershops per 10,000 households, 55% above the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $981K, 48% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending, Mobile County would have about 69, against 133 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 40,416 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S.
How fast is Mobile County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Mobile County at 411,658 people in 2025, down 0.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 161,665 households. The median household income in Mobile County is $58,880 a year, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.7% 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. Mobile County scores 35 for barbershops (lower middle), #1,027 of 1,356 scored counties.
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