Beauty and personal care · Metro area · California
Barbershops in the Redding, CA metro area
The barbershops in the Redding, CA metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #192 of 387 scored metro areas
#16 of 25 scored metro areas based in California
- Listings
- 32
- 5 chain locations (16%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $69.1M
- On personal care products and services · $971 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.2M
- 15% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.5
- 15% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 181,648
- −0.3% since 2020
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What this means
At $971 per household (3% below the U.S. average), households in the Redding metro area spend about $69.1M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 32 barbershops, that is $2.2M per shop, 15% above the U.S. figure of $1.9M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops.
There are 32 barbershops on map listings in the Redding metro area as of September 2026. 5 of them (16%) are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. That comes to 4.5 for every 10,000 households, 15% below the U.S. rate of 5.3.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for barber shops in the Redding metro area, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 38 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show the Redding metro area declined 0.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Redding metro area scores 50 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for barbershops, ranking #192 of 387 scored metro areas and #16 of 25 scored metro areas based in California.
How the Redding 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 | Redding metro area | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.5 | 5.4 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $2.2M | $2.1M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 22,808 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +17.9% | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.3% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $971 | $1,149 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $72,636 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 55 |
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
- 38Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 325 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 37The 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 Redding 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 Redding metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 181,648−0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 71,232
- Median age
- 42.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 3,776 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 48
- Median household income
- $72,636+32.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $98,245
- Median home value
- $366,400
- Jobs located here
- 65,820
- Daytime population
- 181,391Residents 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 |
| 16Redding, CA | 50 | 32 | 4.5 | $2.2M | −0.3% | #192 of 387 |
Other business types in the Redding 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 spas44
- Hair salons47
- Barbershops50
- Nail salons36
- Spas and skin care36
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in the Redding, CA metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 32 barbershops in the Redding metro area. 5 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in the Redding metro area: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 38 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Redding, CA metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $69.1M a year, or $971 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 32 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $2.2M 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 71,232 households in the Redding metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Redding, CA metro area compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
The Redding metro area has 4.5 barbershops per 10,000 households, 15% below the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $2.2M, 15% above the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending, the Redding metro area would have about 37, against 32 on map listings.
How fast is the Redding, CA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Redding metro area at 181,648 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 71,232 households. The median household income in the Redding metro area is $72,636 a year, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.9% 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. The Redding metro area scores 50 for barbershops (upper middle), #192 of 387 scored metro areas.
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