Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Florida
Barbershops in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for barbershops in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #169 of 387 scored metro areas
#5 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida
- Listings
- 67
- 8 chain locations (12%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $115M
- On personal care products and services · $960 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.7M
- 9% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.6
- 6% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 315,098
- +9.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 67 barbershops in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area. Of those, 8 are chain locations, or 12%, against 12% across the U.S. That comes to 5.6 for every 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 5.3.
Households in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area spend about $115M a year on personal care products and services, or $960 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.7M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 9% below 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 7 businesses with payroll in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area classed as barber shops. That is one for every 17,110 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S. Another 84 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area grew 9.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For barbershops, the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area has a Groundwork market score of 53 (upper middle): #169 of 387 scored metro areas and #5 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida.
How the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area compares
The same measures for Florida 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 | Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.6 | 7.1 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.7M | $1.3M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 17,110 | 10,833 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +47.7% | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.4% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $960 | $911 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $81,993 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 27 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7
- Employees, 2023
- 71
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 84Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 678 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 61The 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 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin 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 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 315,098+9.4% since 2020
- Households
- 119,773
- Median age
- 40.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,968 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 152
- Median household income
- $81,993+31.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $115,705
- Median home value
- $364,100
- Jobs located here
- 125,751
- Daytime population
- 308,702Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Florida market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Florida for barbershops, numbered among those based in Florida, with the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wildwood-The Villages, FL | 81 | 14 | 2.0 | $4.5M | +21.1% | #6 of 387 |
| 2Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL | 59 | 148 | 5.0 | $1.7M | +11.2% | #122 of 387 |
| 3Naples-Marco Island, FL | 56 | 78 | 4.7 | $2.2M | +10.6% | #140 of 387 |
| 4Punta Gorda, FL | 53 | 43 | 4.7 | $1.8M | +15.5% | #168 of 387 |
| 5Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL | 53 | 67 | 5.6 | $1.7M | +9.4% | #169 of 387 |
| 6Ocala, FL | 50 | 107 | 6.5 | $1.2M | +17.3% | #195 of 387 |
| 7North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL | 49 | 210 | 5.4 | $1.8M | +13.2% | #200 of 387 |
| 8Gainesville, FL | 47 | 82 | 5.8 | $1.5M | +5.4% | #228 of 387 |
| 9Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL | 46 | 52 | 5.9 | $1.5M | +15.7% | #237 of 387 |
| 10Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL | 43 | 45 | 6.4 | $1.4M | +7.7% | #262 of 387 |
Other business types in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin 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 spas34
- Hair salons37
- Barbershops53
- Nail salons43
- Spas and skin care32
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL metro area?
There are 67 barbershops on map listings in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area as of September 2026. 8 of them (12%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in 2023. Official counts list 84 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $115M a year, or $960 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 67 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $1.7M per shop. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 119,773 households in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL metro area compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
The Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area has 5.6 barbershops per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $1.7M, 9% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the national ratio of barbershops to household spending, the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area would have about 61, against 67 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 17,110 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S.
How fast is the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area at 315,098 people in 2025, up 9.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 119,773 households. Median household income in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area is $81,993, 2% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.9%, 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 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area scores 53 for barbershops (upper middle), #169 of 387 scored metro areas.
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