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Barbershops in Okaloosa County, FL

The barbershops in Okaloosa County, FL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #789 of 1,356 scored counties
#26 of 50 scored counties in Florida

Listings
59
7 chain locations (12%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$81.7M
On personal care products and services · $956 a household
Spending per listing
$1.4M
27% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.9
30% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
221,810
+4.6% 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

Households in Okaloosa County spend about $81.7M a year on personal care products and services, or $956 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.4M per shop, 27% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops.

Okaloosa County has 59 barbershops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 12% of them, against 12% across the U.S. That is 6.9 per 10,000 households, 30% above the U.S. rate of 5.3.

Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in Okaloosa County in 2023. That is one for every 14,235 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S. Another 75 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Okaloosa County grew 4.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for barbershops in Okaloosa County is 47 (lower middle), #789 of 1,356 scored counties and #26 of 50 scored counties in Florida.

How Okaloosa 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 Okaloosa County, FL compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureOkaloosa CountyFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.97.15.3
Spending per listing$1.4M$1.3M$1.9M
Households per official establishment14,23510,83316,589
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+47.7%+28.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.6%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$956$911$1,005
Median household income$81,998$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score4727

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 6
Employees, 2023
68
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
75Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
597 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
43The 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 Okaloosa 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 Okaloosa County

Population, 2025 estimate
221,810+4.6% since 2020
Households
85,411
Median age
39.1
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
930 sq. mi.
People per square mile
233
Median household income
$81,998+29.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$109,934
Median home value
$351,200
Jobs located here
91,084
Daytime population
224,037Residents 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 Okaloosa 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
26Okaloosa County, FL47596.9$1.4M+4.6%#789 of 1,356

Other business types in Okaloosa County

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

Questions

How many barbershops are in Okaloosa County, FL?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 59 barbershops in Okaloosa County. 7 of them (12%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in 2023. Official counts list 75 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $81.7M a year, or $956 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 59 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $1.4M 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 85,411 households in Okaloosa County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Okaloosa County has 6.9 barbershops per 10,000 households, 30% above the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $1.4M, 27% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending, Okaloosa County would have about 43, against 59 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 14,235 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S.

How fast is Okaloosa County, FL growing?

Population estimates put Okaloosa County at 221,810 people in 2025, up 4.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 85,411 households. The median household income in Okaloosa County is $81,998 a year, 2% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.3% 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. Okaloosa County scores 47 for barbershops (lower middle), #789 of 1,356 scored counties.

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