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Barbershops in Northwest Arctic Borough, AK
How Northwest Arctic Borough, AK compares with other counties and the U.S. for barbershops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 0
- None on the map
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $1.9M
- On personal care products and services · $1,046 a household
- Spending per listing
- n/a
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.0
- Population, 2025
- 7,095
- −9.0% since 2020
See the barbershops around any address in Northwest Arctic Borough
The site report maps the barbershops on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of Northwest Arctic Borough. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
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What this means
At $1,046 per household (4% above the U.S. average), households in Northwest Arctic Borough spend about $1.9M a year on personal care products and services. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops.
Map listings as of September 2026 show no barbershops in Northwest Arctic Borough. At the national ratio of barbershops to household spending, Northwest Arctic Borough would have about 1, against none on map listings.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for barber shops in Northwest Arctic Borough, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates show Northwest Arctic Borough declined 9.0% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Northwest Arctic 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 | Northwest Arctic Borough | Alaska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.0 | 3.0 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | n/a | $3.6M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 19,324 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | n/a | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −9.0% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,046 | $1,095 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $84,018 | $92,788 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 64 |
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
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 0
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1The 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 Northwest Arctic 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 Northwest Arctic Borough
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 7,095−9.0% since 2020
- Households
- 1,825
- Median age
- 27.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 0.5
- Land area
- 35,672 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 0
- Median household income
- $84,018
- Average household income
- $104,843
- Median home value
- $199,100
- Jobs located here
- n/a
- Daytime population
- n/aResidents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Northwest Arctic Borough?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the barbershops on map listings by name and distance.
Or open the report at the center of Northwest Arctic Borough. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
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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 |
| Northwest Arctic Borough, AK | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | −9.0% |
Other business types in Northwest Arctic Borough
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in Northwest Arctic Borough, AK?
There are no barbershops on map listings in Northwest Arctic Borough as of September 2026. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in Northwest Arctic Borough: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Northwest Arctic Borough, AK spend on personal care products and services?
About $1.9M a year, or $1,046 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). 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 1,825 households in Northwest Arctic Borough and national spending patterns by income.
How does Northwest Arctic Borough, AK compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
Northwest Arctic Borough has no barbershops on map listings. At the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending, Northwest Arctic Borough would have about 1, against none on map listings.
How fast is Northwest Arctic Borough, AK growing?
Population estimates put Northwest Arctic Borough at 7,095 people in 2025, down 9.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,825 households. The median household income in Northwest Arctic Borough is $84,018 a year, 4% above 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. 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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Northwest Arctic Borough. It maps the barbershops on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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Screening a site or an acquisition in Northwest Arctic Borough?
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