Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Colorado
Barbershops in the Boulder, CO metro area
How the Boulder, CO 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 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #159 of 387 scored metro areas
#5 of 7 scored metro areas based in Colorado
- Listings
- 55
- 20 chain locations (36%)
- Official establishments
- 14
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $162.4M
- On personal care products and services · $1,186 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3M
- 57% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.0
- 25% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 328,560
- −0.7% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on personal care products and services in the Boulder metro area comes to about $162.4M a year: $1,186 per household, 18% above the U.S. average. That is about $3M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 57% above the U.S. figure of $1.9M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops.
The Boulder metro area has 55 barbershops on map listings as of September 2026. 20 of them (36%) are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. That is 4.0 per 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 5.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 14 businesses with payroll in the Boulder metro area classed as barber shops. That is one for every 9,786 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S. Official counts list 38 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show the Boulder metro area declined 0.7% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for barbershops in the Boulder metro area is 54 (upper middle), #159 of 387 scored metro areas and #5 of 7 scored metro areas based in Colorado.
How the Boulder metro area compares
The same measures for Colorado 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 | Boulder metro area | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.0 | 4.5 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $3M | $2.5M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 9,786 | 12,562 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +24.3% | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.7% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,186 | $1,118 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $103,994 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14
- Employees, 2023
- 118
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 38Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5520 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 86The 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 Boulder 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 Boulder metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 328,560−0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 137,008
- Median age
- 39.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 726 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 453
- Median household income
- $103,994+25.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $148,846
- Median home value
- $756,300
- Jobs located here
- 190,563
- Daytime population
- 376,803Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Colorado
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Greeley, CO | 66 | 54 | 4.3 | $2.5M | +14.2% | #75 of 387 |
| 2Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | 65 | 537 | 4.4 | $2.7M | +4.1% | #79 of 387 |
| 3Grand Junction, CO | 60 | 26 | 3.9 | $2.4M | +4.4% | #111 of 387 |
| 4Fort Collins-Loveland, CO | 57 | 76 | 4.9 | $2.2M | +4.8% | #133 of 387 |
| 5Boulder, CO | 54 | 55 | 4.0 | $3M | −0.7% | #159 of 387 |
| 6Colorado Springs, CO | 47 | 180 | 6.0 | $1.8M | +3.1% | #223 of 387 |
| 7Pueblo, CO | 30 | 40 | 5.8 | $1.5M | +0.6% | #331 of 387 |
Other business types in the Boulder 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 spas40
- Hair salons50
- Barbershops54
- Nail salons54
- Spas and skin care26
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in the Boulder, CO metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 55 barbershops in the Boulder metro area. 20 of them (36%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in 2023. Official counts also show 38 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Boulder, CO metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $162.4M a year, or $1,186 per household. That is 18% above the U.S. average (an index of 118, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 55 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $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 137,008 households in the Boulder metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Boulder, CO metro area compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
The Boulder metro area has 4.0 barbershops per 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $3M, 57% above the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending, the Boulder metro area would have about 86, against 55 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 9,786 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S.
How fast is the Boulder, CO metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Boulder metro area at 328,560 people in 2025, down 0.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 137,008 households. The median household income in the Boulder metro area is $103,994 a year, 29% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.3% 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 Boulder metro area scores 54 for barbershops (upper middle), #159 of 387 scored metro areas.
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