Beauty and personal care · Metro area · California
Barbershops in the Vallejo, CA metro area
The barbershops in the Vallejo, CA metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #129 of 387 scored metro areas
#12 of 25 scored metro areas based in California
- Listings
- 92
- 9 chain locations (10%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $179.2M
- On personal care products and services · $1,138 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.9M
- 3% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.8
- 9% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 455,376
- +0.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 92 barbershops in the Vallejo metro area. Of those, 9 are chain locations, or 10%, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.8, 9% above the U.S. rate of 5.3.
Households in the Vallejo metro area spend about $179.2M a year on personal care products and services, or $1,138 per household, 13% above the U.S. average. That works out to $1.9M per shop, 3% 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in the Vallejo metro area: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 205 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $30K have gone to businesses classed as barber shops in the Vallejo metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Vallejo metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for barbershops in the Vallejo metro area is 58 (upper middle), #129 of 387 scored metro areas and #12 of 25 scored metro areas based in California.
How the Vallejo 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 | Vallejo metro area | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.8 | 5.4 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.9M | $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 | +0.6% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,138 | $1,149 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $100,401 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 58 | 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
- 205Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 929 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 95The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $30K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as barber shops in the Vallejo 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 Vallejo metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 455,376+0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 157,512
- Median age
- 40.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 822 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 550
- Median household income
- $100,401+23.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $126,026
- Median home value
- $617,700
- Jobs located here
- 138,955
- Daytime population
- 384,717Residents 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 |
| 12Vallejo, CA | 58 | 92 | 5.8 | $1.9M | +0.6% | #129 of 387 |
Other business types in the Vallejo 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 spas58
- Hair salons71
- Barbershops58
- Nail salons41
- Spas and skin care65
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in the Vallejo, CA metro area?
There are 92 barbershops on map listings in the Vallejo metro area as of September 2026. 9 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in the Vallejo metro area: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 205 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Vallejo, CA metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $179.2M a year, or $1,138 per household. That is 13% above the U.S. average (an index of 113, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 92 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $1.9M per shop. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 157,512 households in the Vallejo metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Vallejo, CA metro area compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
The Vallejo metro area has 5.8 barbershops per 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $1.9M, 3% above the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the national ratio of barbershops to household spending, the Vallejo metro area would have about 95, against 92 on map listings.
How fast is the Vallejo, CA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Vallejo metro area at 455,376 people in 2025, up 0.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 157,512 households. Median household income in the Vallejo metro area is $100,401, 24% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.2%, 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 Vallejo metro area scores 58 for barbershops (upper middle), #129 of 387 scored metro areas.
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