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Barbershops in Orange County, FL

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 33 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,062 of 1,356 scored counties
#40 of 50 scored counties in Florida

Listings
499
33 chain locations (7%)
Official establishments
72
+67.4% since 2019
Household spending a year
$496.4M
On personal care products and services · $941 a household
Spending per listing
$995K
47% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.5
79% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
1,528,002
+6.7% 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

Orange County scores 33 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for barbershops, ranking #1,062 of 1,356 scored counties and #40 of 50 scored counties in Florida. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Households in Orange County spend about $496.4M a year on personal care products and services, or $941 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. Spread across 499 barbershops, that is $995K per shop, 47% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops.

Orange County has 499 barbershops on map listings as of September 2026. 33 of them (7%) are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.5, 79% above the U.S. rate of 5.3.

In 2023, official counts showed 72 businesses with payroll in Orange County classed as barber shops, up 67.4% from 2019. That is one for every 7,330 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $27K have gone to businesses classed as barber shops in Orange County. Population estimates put the population change in Orange County from 2020 to 2025 at +6.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Orange 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 Orange County, FL compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureOrange CountyFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.57.15.3
Spending per listing$995K$1.3M$1.9M
Households per official establishment7,33010,83316,589
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+67.4%+47.7%+28.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.7%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$941$911$1,005
Median household income$79,719$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score3327

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
43 → 72+67.4% over the period
Employees, 2023
158
Annual payroll, 2023
$4.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
1,193Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
49933 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
263The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$27K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as barber shops in Orange 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 Orange County

Population, 2025 estimate
1,528,002+6.7% since 2020
Households
527,776
Median age
37.8
Homes lived in by their owners
57%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
903 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,630
Median household income
$79,719+36.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$111,351
Median home value
$390,100
Jobs located here
1,016,060
Daytime population
1,785,933Residents 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 Orange 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
40Orange County, FL334999.5$995K+6.7%#1,062 of 1,356

Other business types in Orange County

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

Questions

How many barbershops are in Orange County, FL?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 499 barbershops in Orange County. 33 of them (7%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. Official counts show 72 businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in 2023, up 67.4% from 2019. Official counts also show 1,193 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $496.4M a year, or $941 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 499 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $995K 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 527,776 households in Orange County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Orange County has 9.5 barbershops per 10,000 households, 79% above the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $995K, 47% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending, Orange County would have about 263, against 499 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 7,330 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S. The official count rose 67.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +28.5% for the U.S.

How fast is Orange County, FL growing?

Population estimates put Orange County at 1,528,002 people in 2025, up 6.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 527,776 households. The median household income in Orange County is $79,719 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.9% 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. Orange County scores 33 for barbershops (lower middle), #1,062 of 1,356 scored counties.

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