Beauty and personal care · Metro area · California
Barbershops in the Yuba City, CA metro area
How the Yuba City, 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 43 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #263 of 387 scored metro areas
#24 of 25 scored metro areas based in California
- Listings
- 44
- 1 chain location (2%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $61.7M
- On personal care products and services · $997 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.4M
- 26% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.1
- 34% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 187,478
- +3.3% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Yuba City metro area spend about $61.7M a year on personal care products and services, or $997 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Spread across 44 barbershops, that is $1.4M per shop, 26% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops.
The Yuba City metro area has 44 barbershops on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (2%) is a chain location, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.1, 34% above the U.S. rate of 5.3.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for barber shops in the Yuba City metro area, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts also show 83 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Yuba City metro area grew 3.3%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For barbershops, the Yuba City metro area has a Groundwork market score of 43 (lower middle): #263 of 387 scored metro areas and #24 of 25 scored metro areas based in California.
How the Yuba City 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 | Yuba City metro area | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.1 | 5.4 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.4M | $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 | +3.3% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $997 | $1,149 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $78,179 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 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
- 83Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 441 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 33The 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 Yuba City 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 Yuba City metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 187,478+3.3% since 2020
- Households
- 61,927
- Median age
- 36.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,235 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 149
- Median household income
- $78,179+33.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $103,808
- Median home value
- $424,200
- Jobs located here
- 48,001
- Daytime population
- 155,297Residents 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 |
| 24Yuba City, CA | 43 | 44 | 7.1 | $1.4M | +3.3% | #263 of 387 |
Other business types in the Yuba City 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 spas75
- Hair salons81
- Barbershops43
- Nail salons57
- Spas and skin care79
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in the Yuba City, CA metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 44 barbershops in the Yuba City metro area. One of them (2%) is a chain location. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in the Yuba City metro area: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 83 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Yuba City, CA metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $61.7M a year, or $997 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 44 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $1.4M 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 61,927 households in the Yuba City metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Yuba City, CA metro area compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
The Yuba City metro area has 7.1 barbershops per 10,000 households, 34% above the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $1.4M, 26% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending, the Yuba City metro area would have about 33, against 44 on map listings.
How fast is the Yuba City, CA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Yuba City metro area at 187,478 people in 2025, up 3.3% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 61,927 households. The median household income in the Yuba City metro area is $78,179 a year, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.5% 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 Yuba City metro area scores 43 for barbershops (lower middle), #263 of 387 scored metro areas.
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