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Barbershops in Yuba County, CA

How Yuba County, CA compares with other counties and the U.S. for barbershops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 70 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #241 of 1,356 scored counties
#18 of 48 scored counties in California

Listings
12
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$27.8M
On personal care products and services · $972 a household
Spending per listing
$2.3M
23% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.2
21% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
88,691
+8.2% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

At $972 per household (3% below the U.S. average), households in Yuba County spend about $27.8M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $2.3M per shop, 23% above the U.S. figure of $1.9M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops.

Yuba County has 12 barbershops on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.2, 21% below the U.S. rate of 5.3.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for barber shops in Yuba County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 31 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in Yuba County from 2020 to 2025 at +8.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For barbershops, Yuba County has a Groundwork market score of 70 (upper middle): #241 of 1,356 scored counties and #18 of 48 scored counties in California. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Yuba County 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.

Barbershops in Yuba County, CA compared with California and the U.S.
MeasureYuba CountyCaliforniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.25.45.3
Spending per listing$2.3M$2.1M$1.9M
Households per official establishmentn/a22,80816,589
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+17.9%+28.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+8.2%−0.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$972$1,149$1,005
Median household income$76,373$99,122$80,734
Groundwork market score7055

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
31Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
120 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
15The 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 Yuba County, 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 Yuba County

Population, 2025 estimate
88,691+8.2% since 2020
Households
28,635
Median age
35.6
Homes lived in by their owners
64%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
632 sq. mi.
People per square mile
134
Median household income
$76,373+31.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$98,648
Median home value
$412,300
Jobs located here
17,377
Daytime population
68,426Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Barbershops across California

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The highest-scoring counties in California for barbershops, numbered among those based in California, with Yuba County marked.

Top counties in California

Counties in California ranked for barbershops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1San Benito County, CA8983.9$3.2M+8.6%#21 of 1,356
2Placer County, CA88694.4$2.8M+8.9%#24 of 1,356
3San Mateo County, CA81853.2$4.4M−2.5%#58 of 1,356
4Sonoma County, CA80673.5$3.4M−0.4%#71 of 1,356
5Amador County, CA8053.1$3.3M+3.2%#72 of 1,356
6Yolo County, CA80263.4$3.2M+3.1%#74 of 1,356
7Marin County, CA78242.3$5.9M−2.9%#86 of 1,356
8El Dorado County, CA77263.4$3.5M+0.6%#104 of 1,356
9Calaveras County, CA7763.3$3.2M+2.8%#105 of 1,356
10Contra Costa County, CA771804.3$3M+0.3%#107 of 1,356
18Yuba County, CA70124.2$2.3M+8.2%#241 of 1,356

Other business types in Yuba County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many barbershops are in Yuba County, CA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 barbershops in Yuba County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in Yuba County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 31 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Yuba County, CA spend on personal care products and services?

About $27.8M a year, or $972 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $2.3M 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 28,635 households in Yuba County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Yuba County, CA compare with the U.S. for barbershops?

Yuba County has 4.2 barbershops per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $2.3M, 23% above the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending, Yuba County would have about 15, against 12 on map listings.

How fast is Yuba County, CA growing?

Population estimates put Yuba County at 88,691 people in 2025, up 8.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 28,635 households. The median household income in Yuba County is $76,373 a year, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.6% 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. Yuba County scores 70 for barbershops (upper middle), #241 of 1,356 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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