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Barbershops in Morgan County, AL
How Morgan 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 #1,021 of 1,356 scored counties
#19 of 42 scored counties in Alabama
- Listings
- 30
- 4 chain locations (13%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $42.2M
- On personal care products and services · $861 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.4M
- 25% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.1
- 15% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 126,483
- +2.6% since 2020
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What this means
Morgan County scores 35 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for barbershops, ranking #1,021 of 1,356 scored counties and #19 of 42 scored counties in Alabama. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Morgan County spend about $42.2M a year on personal care products and services, or $861 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.4M per shop, 25% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops.
Morgan County has 30 barbershops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 13% of them, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.1, 15% above the U.S. rate of 5.3.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for barber shops in Morgan County, since they leave out counts under 3. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $500K has gone to businesses classed as barber shops in Morgan County. Population estimates show Morgan County grew 2.6% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Morgan 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 | Morgan County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.1 | 6.1 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.4M | $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 | +2.6% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $861 | $839 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $68,845 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 35 | 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
- 45Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 304 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 22The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $500K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as barber shops in Morgan 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 Morgan County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 126,483+2.6% since 2020
- Households
- 49,040
- Median age
- 41.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 580 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 215
- Median household income
- $68,845+32.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,529
- Median home value
- $212,000
- Jobs located here
- 53,389
- Daytime population
- 125,259Residents 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 |
| 19Morgan County, AL | 35 | 30 | 6.1 | $1.4M | +2.6% | #1,021 of 1,356 |
Other business types in Morgan 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 spas44
- Hair salons45
- Barbershops35
- Nail salons58
- Spas and skin care59
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in Morgan County, AL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 30 barbershops in Morgan County. 4 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in Morgan County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 45 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Morgan County, AL spend on personal care products and services?
About $42.2M a year, or $861 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 30 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $1.4M 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 49,040 households in Morgan County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Morgan County, AL compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
Morgan County has 6.1 barbershops per 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $1.4M, 25% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending, Morgan County would have about 22, against 30 on map listings.
How fast is Morgan County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Morgan County at 126,483 people in 2025, up 2.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 49,040 households. The median household income in Morgan County is $68,845 a year, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.0% 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. Morgan County scores 35 for barbershops (lower middle), #1,021 of 1,356 scored counties.
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