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Barbershops in Palm Beach County, FL

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for barbershops in Palm Beach County, FL, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 42 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #900 of 1,356 scored counties
#31 of 50 scored counties in Florida

Listings
404
49 chain locations (12%)
Official establishments
69
+23.2% since 2019
Household spending a year
$591.7M
On personal care products and services · $977 a household
Spending per listing
$1.5M
22% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.7
26% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
1,575,726
+5.5% 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

Household spending on personal care products and services in Palm Beach County comes to about $591.7M a year: $977 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. Spread across 404 barbershops, that is $1.5M per shop, 22% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops.

Palm Beach County has 404 barbershops on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 49 are chain locations, or 12%, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.7, 26% above the U.S. rate of 5.3.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in Palm Beach County was 69 in 2023, up 23.2% from 2019. That is one for every 8,774 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S. Another 850 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $183K have gone to businesses classed as barber shops in Palm Beach County.

Population estimates put the population change in Palm Beach County from 2020 to 2025 at +5.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For barbershops, Palm Beach County has a Groundwork market score of 42 (lower middle): #900 of 1,356 scored counties and #31 of 50 scored counties in Florida.

How Palm Beach 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 Palm Beach County, FL compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasurePalm Beach CountyFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.77.15.3
Spending per listing$1.5M$1.3M$1.9M
Households per official establishment8,77410,83316,589
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+23.2%+47.7%+28.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.5%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$977$911$1,005
Median household income$83,581$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score4227

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
56 → 69+23.2% over the period
Employees, 2023
98
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
850Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
40449 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
314The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$183K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
1,575,726+5.5% since 2020
Households
605,430
Median age
45.7
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
1,964 sq. mi.
People per square mile
781
Median household income
$83,581+32.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$128,577
Median home value
$447,300
Jobs located here
678,049
Daytime population
1,576,309Residents 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 Palm Beach 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
31Palm Beach County, FL424046.7$1.5M+5.5%#900 of 1,356

Other business types in Palm Beach County

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

Questions

How many barbershops are in Palm Beach County, FL?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 404 barbershops in Palm Beach County. 49 of them (12%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. Official counts show 69 businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in 2023, up 23.2% from 2019. Official counts list 850 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $591.7M a year, or $977 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 404 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $1.5M 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 605,430 households in Palm Beach County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Palm Beach County has 6.7 barbershops per 10,000 households, 26% above the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $1.5M, 22% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending, Palm Beach County would have about 314, against 404 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,774 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S. The official count rose 23.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +28.5% for the U.S.

How fast is Palm Beach County, FL growing?

Population estimates put Palm Beach County at 1,575,726 people in 2025, up 5.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 605,430 households. The median household income in Palm Beach County is $83,581 a year, 4% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.0% 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. Palm Beach County scores 42 for barbershops (lower middle), #900 of 1,356 scored counties.

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