Beauty and personal care · Metro area · California
Barbershops in the Fresno, CA metro area
How the Fresno, CA metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for barbershops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 51 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #189 of 387 scored metro areas
#15 of 25 scored metro areas based in California
- Listings
- 243
- 33 chain locations (14%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $362.9M
- On personal care products and services · $981 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 21% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.6
- 25% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,203,383
- +3.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 243 barbershops in the Fresno metro area. Chain locations make up 14% of them, against 12% across the U.S. That is 6.6 per 10,000 households, 25% above the U.S. rate of 5.3.
Households in the Fresno metro area spend about $362.9M a year on personal care products and services, or $981 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.5M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 21% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which barbershops share with other businesses in the trade.
In 2023, official counts showed 15 businesses with payroll in the Fresno metro area classed as barber shops. That is one for every 24,672 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S. Official counts also show 601 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $20K has gone to businesses classed as barber shops in the Fresno metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Fresno metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +3.2%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For barbershops, the Fresno metro area has a Groundwork market score of 51 (upper middle): #189 of 387 scored metro areas and #15 of 25 scored metro areas based in California.
How the Fresno metro area compares
The same measures for California 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 | Fresno metro area | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.6 | 5.4 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $2.1M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 24,672 | 22,808 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +17.9% | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.2% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $981 | $1,149 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $74,468 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 51 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 15
- Employees, 2023
- 142
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 601Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 24333 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 193The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $20K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as barber shops in the Fresno metro 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 Fresno metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,203,383+3.2% since 2020
- Households
- 370,081
- Median age
- 34.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 57%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 8,095 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 145
- Median household income
- $74,468
- Average household income
- $100,662
- Median home value
- $389,400
- Jobs located here
- 466,033
- Daytime population
- 1,171,895Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | 80 | 67 | 3.5 | $3.4M | −0.4% | #8 of 387 |
| 2Stockton-Lodi, CA | 76 | 118 | 4.8 | $2.3M | +5.5% | #22 of 387 |
| 3Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | 75 | 121 | 4.3 | $2.8M | −1.5% | #24 of 387 |
| 4Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | 75 | 396 | 4.5 | $2.5M | +3.2% | #26 of 387 |
| 5San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 72 | 245 | 3.6 | $4M | −0.6% | #32 of 387 |
| 6San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 72 | 684 | 3.9 | $3.4M | −2.4% | #35 of 387 |
| 7Salinas, CA | 72 | 45 | 3.4 | $3.3M | −1.5% | #36 of 387 |
| 8San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA | 70 | 53 | 4.8 | $2.3M | 0.0% | #52 of 387 |
| 9Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA | 69 | 26 | 2.7 | $4.5M | −4.7% | #53 of 387 |
| 10Napa, CA | 65 | 22 | 4.4 | $2.8M | −3.3% | #78 of 387 |
| 15Fresno, CA | 51 | 243 | 6.6 | $1.5M | +3.2% | #189 of 387 |
Other business types in the Fresno metro 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 spas59
- Hair salons72
- Barbershops51
- Nail salons45
- Spas and skin care62
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in the Fresno, CA metro area?
There are 243 barbershops on map listings in the Fresno metro area as of September 2026. 33 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in 2023. Another 601 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Fresno, CA metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $362.9M a year, or $981 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 243 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per shop. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 370,081 households in the Fresno metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Fresno, CA metro area compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
The Fresno metro area has 6.6 barbershops per 10,000 households, 25% above the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $1.5M, 21% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the national ratio of barbershops to household spending, the Fresno metro area would have about 193, against 243 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 24,672 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S.
How fast is the Fresno, CA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Fresno metro area at 1,203,383 people in 2025, up 3.2% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 370,081 households. Median household income in the Fresno metro area is $74,468, 8% 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. 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 Fresno metro area scores 51 for barbershops (upper middle), #189 of 387 scored metro areas.
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