Beauty and personal care · County · Florida
Barbershops in Sarasota County, FL
How Sarasota 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 51 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #682 of 1,356 scored counties
#18 of 50 scored counties in Florida
- Listings
- 117
- 10 chain locations (9%)
- Official establishments
- 21
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $204.5M
- On personal care products and services · $964 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.7M
- 7% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.5
- 4% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 479,958
- +10.0% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 117 barbershops in Sarasota County. 10 of them (9%) are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.5, 4% above the U.S. rate of 5.3.
Households in Sarasota County spend about $204.5M a year on personal care products and services, or $964 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.7M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 7% 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 21 businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in Sarasota County in 2023. That is one for every 10,105 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S. Another 144 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $80K has gone to businesses classed as barber shops in Sarasota County.
Population estimates put the population change in Sarasota County from 2020 to 2025 at +10.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For barbershops, Sarasota County has a Groundwork market score of 51 (upper middle): #682 of 1,356 scored counties and #18 of 50 scored counties in Florida.
How Sarasota 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 | Sarasota County | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.5 | 7.1 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.7M | $1.3M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 10,105 | 10,833 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +47.7% | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +10.0% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $964 | $911 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $83,416 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 51 | 27 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17 → 21
- Employees, 2023
- 38
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 144Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 11710 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 108The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $80K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as barber shops in Sarasota 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 Sarasota County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 479,958+10.0% since 2020
- Households
- 212,204
- Median age
- 54.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 556 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 826
- Median household income
- $83,416+34.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $124,732
- Median home value
- $411,800
- Jobs located here
- 194,397
- Daytime population
- 481,661Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Florida market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Florida for barbershops, numbered among those based in Florida, with Sarasota County marked.
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 |
| 18Sarasota County, FL | 51 | 117 | 5.5 | $1.7M | +10.0% | #682 of 1,356 |
Other business types in Sarasota 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 spas37
- Hair salons41
- Barbershops51
- Nail salons51
- Spas and skin care36
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in Sarasota County, FL?
There are 117 barbershops on map listings in Sarasota County as of September 2026. 10 of them (9%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in 2023. Official counts list 144 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Sarasota County, FL spend on personal care products and services?
About $204.5M a year, or $964 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 117 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $1.7M per shop. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 212,204 households in Sarasota County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Sarasota County, FL compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
Sarasota County has 5.5 barbershops per 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $1.7M, 7% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the national ratio of barbershops to household spending, Sarasota County would have about 108, against 117 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 10,105 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S.
How fast is Sarasota County, FL growing?
Population estimates put Sarasota County at 479,958 people in 2025, up 10.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 212,204 households. Median household income in Sarasota County is $83,416, 3% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.0%, 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. Sarasota County scores 51 for barbershops (upper middle), #682 of 1,356 scored counties.
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