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Barbershops in Manatee County, FL

How Manatee 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 63 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #395 of 1,356 scored counties
#7 of 50 scored counties in Florida

Listings
93
9 chain locations (10%)
Official establishments
9
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$165.6M
On personal care products and services · $937 a household
Spending per listing
$1.8M
6% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.3
In line with the U.S.
Population, 2025
468,200
+16.6% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 93 barbershops in Manatee County. Chain locations make up 10% of them, against 12% across the U.S. That is 5.3 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 5.3.

Households in Manatee County spend about $165.6M a year on personal care products and services, or $937 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.8M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 6% 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.

Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in Manatee County in 2023. That is one for every 19,639 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S. Official counts list 151 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show Manatee County grew 16.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Manatee County scores 63 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for barbershops, ranking #395 of 1,356 scored counties and #7 of 50 scored counties in Florida.

How Manatee 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.

Barbershops in Manatee County, FL compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureManatee CountyFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.37.15.3
Spending per listing$1.8M$1.3M$1.9M
Households per official establishment19,63910,83316,589
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+47.7%+28.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+16.6%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$937$911$1,005
Median household income$78,457$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score6327

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 9
Employees, 2023
19
Annual payroll, 2023
$466K
One-person businesses, 2023
151Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
939 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
88The 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 Manatee 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 Manatee County

Population, 2025 estimate
468,200+16.6% since 2020
Households
176,747
Median age
48.7
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
743 sq. mi.
People per square mile
579
Median household income
$78,457+33.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$109,837
Median home value
$391,400
Jobs located here
145,644
Daytime population
393,187Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Barbershops across Florida

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

Top counties in Florida

Counties in Florida ranked for barbershops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Walton County, FL8882.3$4.2M+22.9%#22 of 1,356
2Sumter County, FL83142.0$4.5M+21.1%#44 of 1,356
3St. Johns County, FL80312.7$4.2M+25.0%#68 of 1,356
4Nassau County, FL73174.3$2.3M+17.4%#171 of 1,356
5Santa Rosa County, FL72304.1$2.4M+11.7%#189 of 1,356
6Flagler County, FL63254.8$1.9M+21.0%#391 of 1,356
7Manatee County, FL63935.3$1.8M+16.6%#395 of 1,356
8Putnam County, FL6082.6$2.9M+5.9%#444 of 1,356
9Volusia County, FL591235.1$1.7M+9.1%#472 of 1,356
10Charlotte County, FL58434.7$1.8M+15.5%#499 of 1,356

Other business types in Manatee County

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

Questions

How many barbershops are in Manatee County, FL?

Manatee County has 93 barbershops on map listings as of September 2026. 9 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in 2023. Official counts also show 151 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Manatee County, FL spend on personal care products and services?

About $165.6M a year, or $937 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 93 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per shop. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 176,747 households in Manatee County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Manatee County, FL compare with the U.S. for barbershops?

Manatee County has 5.3 barbershops per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $1.8M, 6% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the national ratio of barbershops to household spending, Manatee County would have about 88, against 93 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 19,639 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S.

How fast is Manatee County, FL growing?

Population estimates put Manatee County at 468,200 people in 2025, up 16.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 176,747 households. Median household income in Manatee County is $78,457, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.0%, 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. Manatee County scores 63 for barbershops (upper middle), #395 of 1,356 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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