Beauty and personal care · County · Connecticut
Barbershops in the Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT
How the Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT compares with other counties and the U.S. for barbershops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 77 out of 100: High
Ranked #106 of 1,356 scored counties
#1 of 9 scored counties in Connecticut
- Listings
- 17
- 2 chain locations (12%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $52.9M
- On personal care products and services · $1,107 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.1M
- 65% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.6
- 32% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 114,690
- +2.2% since 2020
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What this means
For barbershops, the Northwest Hills Planning Region has a Groundwork market score of 77 (high): #106 of 1,356 scored counties and #1 of 9 scored counties in Connecticut. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for barbershops.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 17 barbershops in the Northwest Hills Planning Region. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 12%, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.6, 32% below the U.S. rate of 5.3.
Household spending on personal care products and services in the Northwest Hills Planning Region comes to about $52.9M a year: $1,107 per household, 10% above the U.S. average. That is about $3.1M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 65% 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 Northwest Hills Planning Region: counts under 3 aren’t published. Population estimates put the population change in the Northwest Hills Planning Region from 2020 to 2025 at +2.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Northwest Hills Planning Region compares
The same measures for Connecticut 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 | Northwest Hills Planning Region | Connecticut | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.6 | 6.3 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $3.1M | $1.8M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 18,152 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −5.9% | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.2% | +3.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,107 | $1,124 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $93,551 | $95,781 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 77 | 46 |
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
- 22Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 172 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 28The 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 Northwest Hills Planning Region, 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 Northwest Hills Planning Region
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 114,690+2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 47,845
- Median age
- 47.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 787 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 144
- Median household income
- $93,551
- Average household income
- $131,679
- Median home value
- $335,600
- Jobs located here
- 36,871
- Daytime population
- 93,666Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Connecticut market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Connecticut for barbershops, numbered among those based in Connecticut, with the Northwest Hills Planning Region marked.
Top counties in Connecticut
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT | 77 | 17 | 3.6 | $3.1M | +2.2% | #106 of 1,356 |
| 2Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT | 71 | 17 | 4.3 | $2.5M | +3.0% | #207 of 1,356 |
| 3Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT | 70 | 36 | 4.9 | $2.4M | +2.3% | #240 of 1,356 |
| 4Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT | 66 | 112 | 6.2 | $1.7M | +3.2% | #324 of 1,356 |
| 5South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT | 64 | 140 | 6.1 | $1.8M | +2.5% | #373 of 1,356 |
| 6Western Connecticut Planning Region, CT | 58 | 151 | 6.4 | $2M | +3.5% | #494 of 1,356 |
| 7Capitol Planning Region, CT | 56 | 284 | 7.3 | $1.5M | +3.1% | #553 of 1,356 |
| 8Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT | 54 | 76 | 6.4 | $1.8M | +4.1% | #603 of 1,356 |
| 9Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT | 53 | 76 | 6.6 | $1.6M | +2.0% | #631 of 1,356 |
Other business types in the Northwest Hills Planning Region
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 spas66
- Hair salons71
- Barbershops77
- Nail salons58
- Spas and skin care86
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in the Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT?
There are 17 barbershops on map listings in the Northwest Hills Planning Region as of September 2026. 2 of them (12%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in the Northwest Hills Planning Region: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 22 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT spend on personal care products and services?
About $52.9M a year, or $1,107 per household. That is 10% above the U.S. average (an index of 110, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $3.1M per shop. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 47,845 households in the Northwest Hills Planning Region and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
The Northwest Hills Planning Region has 3.6 barbershops per 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $3.1M, 65% above the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the national ratio of barbershops to household spending, the Northwest Hills Planning Region would have about 28, against 17 on map listings.
How fast is the Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT growing?
Population estimates put the Northwest Hills Planning Region at 114,690 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 47,845 households. Median household income in the Northwest Hills Planning Region is $93,551, 16% above the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Northwest Hills Planning Region scores 77 for barbershops (high), #106 of 1,356 scored counties.
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