Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Alabama
Barbershops in the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL area
How the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL area compares with other small-town markets 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 #281 of 377 scored small-town markets
#6 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Alabama
- Listings
- 16
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $29.1M
- On personal care products and services · $764 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 4% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.2
- 21% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 91,764
- 0.0% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on personal care products and services in the Talladega-Sylacauga area comes to about $29.1M a year: $764 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.8M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 4% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops.
There are 16 barbershops on map listings in the Talladega-Sylacauga area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.2, 21% below the U.S. rate of 5.3.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for barber shops in the Talladega-Sylacauga area, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts also show 35 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Talladega-Sylacauga area held about level, against +3.1% for the U.S. For barbershops, the Talladega-Sylacauga area has a Groundwork market score of 35 (lower middle): #281 of 377 scored small-town markets and #6 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Alabama.
How the Talladega-Sylacauga 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 | Talladega-Sylacauga area | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.2 | 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 | 0.0% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $764 | $839 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $57,722 | $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
- 35Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 160 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 15The 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 the Talladega-Sylacauga 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 Talladega-Sylacauga area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 91,7640.0% since 2020
- Households
- 38,062
- Median age
- 43.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,388 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 66
- Median household income
- $57,722
- Average household income
- $72,187
- Median home value
- $144,400
- Jobs located here
- 28,443
- Daytime population
- 80,946Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Alabama market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Alabama for barbershops, numbered among those based in Alabama (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Talladega-Sylacauga area marked.
Top small-town markets in Alabama
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Cullman, AL | 65 | 12 | 3.4 | $2.4M | +6.7% | #102 of 377 |
| 2Scottsboro, AL | 55 | 7 | 3.2 | $2.4M | +3.3% | #160 of 377 |
| 3Enterprise, AL | 50 | 11 | 5.2 | $1.6M | +6.3% | #202 of 377 |
| 4Albertville, AL | 39 | 28 | 7.7 | $1.1M | +6.0% | #260 of 377 |
| 5Ozark, AL | 36 | 9 | 4.6 | $1.7M | +1.3% | #277 of 377 |
| 6Talladega-Sylacauga, AL | 35 | 16 | 4.2 | $1.8M | 0.0% | #281 of 377 |
| LaGrange, GA-AL | 33 | 26 | 6.4 | $1.2M | +3.0% | #298 of 377 |
| 7Fort Payne, AL | 32 | 14 | 5.3 | $1.4M | +3.4% | #301 of 377 |
| 8Alexander City, AL | 30 | 8 | 4.7 | $1.7M | −0.8% | #307 of 377 |
| 9Russellville, AL | 29 | 6 | 5.0 | $1.5M | +1.1% | #311 of 377 |
Other business types in the Talladega-Sylacauga 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 spas66
- Hair salons58
- Barbershops35
- Nail salons57
- Spas and skin care57
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 16 barbershops in the Talladega-Sylacauga area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in the Talladega-Sylacauga area: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 35 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL area spend on personal care products and services?
About $29.1M a year, or $764 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, 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 38,062 households in the Talladega-Sylacauga area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL area compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
The Talladega-Sylacauga area has 4.2 barbershops per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $1.8M, 4% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending, the Talladega-Sylacauga area would have about 15, against 16 on map listings.
How fast is the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL area growing?
Population estimates put the Talladega-Sylacauga area at 91,764 people in 2025, unchanged since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 38,062 households. The median household income in the Talladega-Sylacauga area is $57,722 a year, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Talladega-Sylacauga area scores 35 for barbershops (lower middle), #281 of 377 scored small-town markets.
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