Beauty and personal care · County · Florida
Barbershops in Highlands County, FL
How Highlands County, FL compares with other counties and the U.S. for barbershops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 31 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,092 of 1,356 scored counties
#42 of 50 scored counties in Florida
- Listings
- 35
- 5 chain locations (14%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $35.7M
- On personal care products and services · $761 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1M
- 46% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.5
- 42% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 111,122
- +9.7% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for barbershops in Highlands County is 31 (lower middle), #1,092 of 1,356 scored counties and #42 of 50 scored counties in Florida. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Highlands County spend about $35.7M a year on personal care products and services, or $761 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1M per shop, 46% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops.
Highlands County has 35 barbershops on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 5 are chain locations, or 14%, against 12% across the U.S. That comes to 7.5 for every 10,000 households, 42% above the U.S. rate of 5.3.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for barber shops in Highlands County, since they leave out counts under 3. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Highlands County grew 9.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Highlands County 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 | Highlands County | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.5 | 7.1 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1M | $1.3M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 10,833 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +47.7% | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.7% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $761 | $911 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $54,897 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 31 | 27 |
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
- 54Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 355 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 19The 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 Highlands 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 Highlands County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 111,122+9.7% since 2020
- Households
- 46,879
- Median age
- 52.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 1,018 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 104
- Median household income
- $54,897+34.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $71,953
- Median home value
- $187,900
- Jobs located here
- 28,038
- Daytime population
- 94,243Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Walton County, FL | 88 | 8 | 2.3 | $4.2M | +22.9% | #22 of 1,356 |
| 2Sumter County, FL | 83 | 14 | 2.0 | $4.5M | +21.1% | #44 of 1,356 |
| 3St. Johns County, FL | 80 | 31 | 2.7 | $4.2M | +25.0% | #68 of 1,356 |
| 4Nassau County, FL | 73 | 17 | 4.3 | $2.3M | +17.4% | #171 of 1,356 |
| 5Santa Rosa County, FL | 72 | 30 | 4.1 | $2.4M | +11.7% | #189 of 1,356 |
| 6Flagler County, FL | 63 | 25 | 4.8 | $1.9M | +21.0% | #391 of 1,356 |
| 7Manatee County, FL | 63 | 93 | 5.3 | $1.8M | +16.6% | #395 of 1,356 |
| 8Putnam County, FL | 60 | 8 | 2.6 | $2.9M | +5.9% | #444 of 1,356 |
| 9Volusia County, FL | 59 | 123 | 5.1 | $1.7M | +9.1% | #472 of 1,356 |
| 10Charlotte County, FL | 58 | 43 | 4.7 | $1.8M | +15.5% | #499 of 1,356 |
| 42Highlands County, FL | 31 | 35 | 7.5 | $1M | +9.7% | #1,092 of 1,356 |
Other business types in Highlands County
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 spas39
- Hair salons46
- Barbershops31
- Nail salons45
- Spas and skin care45
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in Highlands County, FL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 35 barbershops in Highlands County. 5 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in Highlands County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 54 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Highlands County, FL spend on personal care products and services?
About $35.7M a year, or $761 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 35 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $1M 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 46,879 households in Highlands County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Highlands County, FL compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
Highlands County has 7.5 barbershops per 10,000 households, 42% above the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $1M, 46% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending, Highlands County would have about 19, against 35 on map listings.
How fast is Highlands County, FL growing?
Population estimates put Highlands County at 111,122 people in 2025, up 9.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 46,879 households. The median household income in Highlands County is $54,897 a year, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 34.1% 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. Highlands County scores 31 for barbershops (lower middle), #1,092 of 1,356 scored counties.
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