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Barbershops in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro area
The barbershops in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 75 out of 100: High
Ranked #24 of 387 scored metro areas
#3 of 25 scored metro areas based in California
- Listings
- 121
- 18 chain locations (15%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $336.7M
- On personal care products and services · $1,201 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.8M
- 48% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.3
- 19% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 830,851
- −1.5% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for barbershops in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area is 75 (high), #24 of 387 scored metro areas and #3 of 25 scored metro areas based in California. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for barbershops.
As of September 2026, map listings count 121 barbershops in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area. Chain locations make up 15% of them, against 12% across the U.S. That comes to 4.3 for every 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 5.3.
Household spending on personal care products and services in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area comes to about $336.7M a year: $1,201 per household, 20% above the U.S. average. That is about $2.8M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 48% above 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.
Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area in 2023. That is one for every 56,072 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $43K have gone to businesses classed as barber shops in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area. Population estimates show the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area declined 1.5% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura 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 | Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.3 | 5.4 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $2.8M | $2.1M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 56,072 | 22,808 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +17.9% | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.5% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,201 | $1,149 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $109,797 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 75 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5
- Employees, 2023
- 14
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $654K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 268Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 12118 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 179The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $43K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as barber shops in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura 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 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 830,851−1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 280,360
- Median age
- 40.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,841 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 455
- Median household income
- $109,797+24.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $144,867
- Median home value
- $822,700
- Jobs located here
- 321,509
- Daytime population
- 755,963Residents 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 |
Other business types in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura 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 spas46
- Hair salons58
- Barbershops75
- Nail salons41
- Spas and skin care35
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro area?
The Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area has 121 barbershops on map listings as of September 2026. 18 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in 2023. Another 268 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $336.7M a year, or $1,201 per household. That is 20% above the U.S. average (an index of 120, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 121 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $2.8M per shop. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 280,360 households in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro area compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
The Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area has 4.3 barbershops per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $2.8M, 48% above the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the national ratio of barbershops to household spending, the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area would have about 179, against 121 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 56,072 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S.
How fast is the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area at 830,851 people in 2025, down 1.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 280,360 households. Median household income in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area is $109,797, 36% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.6%, 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. The Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area scores 75 for barbershops (high), #24 of 387 scored metro areas.
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