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Barbershops in Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK
How Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK compares with other counties and the U.S. for barbershops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #610 of 1,356 scored counties
#5 of 5 scored counties in Alaska
- Listings
- 12
- 1 chain location (8%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $39.1M
- On personal care products and services · $1,076 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.3M
- 73% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.3
- 38% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 93,972
- −1.4% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,076 per household (7% above the U.S. average), households in Fairbanks North Star Borough spend about $39.1M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 12 barbershops, that is $3.3M per shop, 73% above the U.S. figure of $1.9M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops.
Fairbanks North Star Borough has 12 barbershops on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (8%) is a chain location, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.3, 38% below the U.S. rate of 5.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in Fairbanks North Star Borough classed as barber shops. That is one for every 7,272 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S. Official counts list 20 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Fairbanks North Star Borough from 2020 to 2025 at −1.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for barbershops in Fairbanks North Star Borough is 53 (upper middle), #610 of 1,356 scored counties and #5 of 5 scored counties in Alaska.
How Fairbanks North Star Borough compares
The same measures for Alaska 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 | Fairbanks North Star Borough | Alaska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.3 | 3.0 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $3.3M | $3.6M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 7,272 | 19,324 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | n/a | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.4% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,076 | $1,095 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $88,267 | $92,788 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 64 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 24
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $886K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 20Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 121 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 21The 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 Fairbanks North Star Borough, 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 Fairbanks North Star Borough
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 93,972−1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 36,359
- Median age
- 35.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 7,335 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 13
- Median household income
- $88,267+14.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $112,548
- Median home value
- $298,200
- Jobs located here
- n/a
- Daytime population
- n/aResidents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Alaska market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Alaska for barbershops, numbered among those based in Alaska, with Fairbanks North Star Borough marked.
Top counties in Alaska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK | 90 | 12 | 3.0 | $3.6M | +10.4% | #14 of 1,356 |
| 2Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK | 83 | 7 | 2.9 | $3.6M | +5.1% | #47 of 1,356 |
| 3Juneau City and Borough, AK | 67 | 5 | 3.8 | $3M | −1.8% | #285 of 1,356 |
| 4Anchorage Municipality, AK | 65 | 41 | 3.8 | $3.1M | −1.3% | #330 of 1,356 |
| 5Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK | 53 | 12 | 3.3 | $3.3M | −1.4% | #610 of 1,356 |
Other business types in Fairbanks North Star Borough
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 spas53
- Hair salons63
- Barbershops53
- Nail salons53
- Spas and skin care46
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 barbershops in Fairbanks North Star Borough. One of them (8%) is a chain location. The listings count barbershops. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in 2023. Official counts also show 20 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK spend on personal care products and services?
About $39.1M a year, or $1,076 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $3.3M 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 36,359 households in Fairbanks North Star Borough and national spending patterns by income.
How does Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
Fairbanks North Star Borough has 3.3 barbershops per 10,000 households, 38% below the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $3.3M, 73% above the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending, Fairbanks North Star Borough would have about 21, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 7,272 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S.
How fast is Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK growing?
Population estimates put Fairbanks North Star Borough at 93,972 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 36,359 households. The median household income in Fairbanks North Star Borough is $88,267 a year, 9% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 14.6% 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. Fairbanks North Star Borough scores 53 for barbershops (upper middle), #610 of 1,356 scored counties.
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