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Barbershops in Suwannee County, FL

How Suwannee 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 53 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #621 of 1,356 scored counties
#14 of 50 scored counties in Florida

Listings
6
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$12.4M
On personal care products and services · $773 a household
Spending per listing
$2.1M
10% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.7
30% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
48,149
+10.6% 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

Household spending on personal care products and services in Suwannee County comes to about $12.4M a year: $773 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.1M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 10% above the U.S. figure of $1.9M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops.

Suwannee County has 6 barbershops on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. That comes to 3.7 for every 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 5.3.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for barber shops in Suwannee County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 12 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show Suwannee County grew 10.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for barbershops in Suwannee County is 53 (upper middle), #621 of 1,356 scored counties and #14 of 50 scored counties in Florida.

How Suwannee 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 Suwannee County, FL compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureSuwannee CountyFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.77.15.3
Spending per listing$2.1M$1.3M$1.9M
Households per official establishmentn/a10,83316,589
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+47.7%+28.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+10.6%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$773$911$1,005
Median household income$56,658$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score5327

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
12Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
60 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
7The 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 Suwannee 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 Suwannee County

Population, 2025 estimate
48,149+10.6% since 2020
Households
16,112
Median age
43.8
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
689 sq. mi.
People per square mile
66
Median household income
$56,658+18.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$73,048
Median home value
$171,600
Jobs located here
11,204
Daytime population
40,506Residents 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 Suwannee 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
14Suwannee County, FL5363.7$2.1M+10.6%#621 of 1,356

Other business types in Suwannee County

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

Questions

How many barbershops are in Suwannee County, FL?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 barbershops in Suwannee County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in Suwannee County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 12 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $12.4M a year, or $773 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $2.1M 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 16,112 households in Suwannee County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Suwannee County has 3.7 barbershops per 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $2.1M, 10% above the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending, Suwannee County would have about 7, against 6 on map listings.

How fast is Suwannee County, FL growing?

Population estimates put Suwannee County at 48,149 people in 2025, up 10.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,112 households. The median household income in Suwannee County is $56,658 a year, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 18.4% 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. Suwannee County scores 53 for barbershops (upper middle), #621 of 1,356 scored counties.

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