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Barbershops in Georgia

Markets across Georgia ranked by the Groundwork market score for barbershops, with competitor counts and household spending for each.

Listings
2,568
272 chain locations (11%)
Official establishments
212
+52.5% since 2019
Household spending a year
$3.8B
On personal care products and services
Listings per 10k households
6.3
19% above the U.S.
Spending per listing
$1.5M
22% below the U.S.
Rank among states
#45 of 51
Market score 34 · Lower middle

A site report maps the barbershops on map listings around any address in Georgia by name and distance, and the spending within reach.

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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

As of September 2026, map listings count 2,568 barbershops in Georgia. Of those, 272 are chain locations, or 11%, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.3, 19% above the U.S. rate of 5.3.

Household spending on personal care products and services in Georgia comes to about $3.8B a year: $926 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.5M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 22% 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.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in Georgia was 212 in 2023, up 52.5% from 2019. That is one for every 19,219 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S. Across the U.S., the count rose 28.5% over the same years. Since fiscal 2022, 19 SBA-backed loans worth $3.9M have gone to businesses classed as barber shops in Georgia.

Among the 50 states and DC, Georgia ranks #45 for barbershops, with a Groundwork market score of 34 (lower middle). Of the 15 scored metro areas in or partly in Georgia, the Gainesville metro area scores highest (58). Of the 17 scored small-town markets in or partly in Georgia, the Jefferson area scores highest (90).

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Numbered by Groundwork market score among the markets based in Georgia, highest first; the U.S. rank compares each market with every other of its kind. A metro area that crosses a state line is listed in each state it reaches, and numbered only in the state its page is under. How the score works.

Metro areas

Metro areas reaching Georgia, ranked for barbershops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Gainesville, GA58334.5$2.1M+11.4%#128 of 387
Chattanooga, TN-GA561144.9$1.8M+5.3%#142 of 387
2Athens-Clarke County, GA52283.3$2.6M+3.9%#175 of 387
3Warner Robins, GA52445.9$1.5M+8.2%#182 of 387
4Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA451,6437.1$1.4M+5.9%#251 of 387
5Brunswick-St. Simons, GA39255.3$1.6M+4.4%#287 of 387
6Savannah, GA391106.8$1.3M+8.1%#289 of 387
7Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC391576.8$1.3M+4.7%#291 of 387
8Rome, GA34195.2$1.6M+2.8%#312 of 387
9Hinesville, GA31206.6$1.2M+12.6%#327 of 387
10Dalton, GA28336.3$1.3M+3.5%#340 of 387
11Macon-Bibb County, GA23525.9$1.4M+2.1%#357 of 387
12Columbus, GA-AL201098.5$940K−1.3%#373 of 387
13Valdosta, GA16396.9$1.1M+3.3%#379 of 387
14Albany, GA5417.1$1.1M−1.8%#387 of 387

Small-town markets

Small-town markets reaching Georgia, ranked for barbershops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Jefferson, GA9093.2$3.1M+29.3%#6 of 377
2Cedartown, GA6453.1$2.5M+6.0%#108 of 377
3Calhoun, GA5994.2$2M+6.9%#137 of 377
4Moultrie, GA5853.0$2.5M+3.3%#143 of 377
5Kingsland, GA53125.5$1.6M+9.5%#180 of 377
6Cornelia, GA5195.4$1.6M+9.3%#197 of 377
7Statesboro, GA43205.7$1.4M+8.0%#240 of 377
8Dublin, GA41104.6$1.7M+2.8%#249 of 377
9Waycross, GA3994.4$1.7M+3.0%#257 of 377
10Douglas, GA3884.3$1.7M+2.9%#264 of 377
11Thomasville, GA36155.2$1.5M+1.3%#279 of 377
12LaGrange, GA-AL33266.4$1.2M+3.0%#298 of 377
13Tifton, GA31105.3$1.4M+1.7%#304 of 377
14Milledgeville, GA26106.0$1.3M+0.6%#323 of 377
Eufaula, AL-GA1176.9$1M−1.2%#359 of 377
15Cordele, GA1056.3$1.2M−4.1%#360 of 377
16Americus, GA7129.5$762K−1.9%#370 of 377
Vidalia, GANot scored43.0$2.6M+1.5%
Jesup, GANot scored43.6$2.1M+7.8%
Bainbridge, GANot scored00.0n/a0.0%
Thomaston, GANot scored21.9$4.1M+2.7%
Toccoa, GANot scored43.8$2M+3.8%
Summerville, GANot scored33.3$2.2M+1.5%
Fitzgerald, GANot scored34.2$1.6M−0.4%

Counties

Counties in Georgia, ranked for barbershops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Cherokee County, GA89313.1$3.5M+11.6%#20 of 1,356
2Forsyth County, GA86313.5$3.6M+11.8%#31 of 1,356
3Jackson County, GA8493.2$3.1M+29.3%#41 of 1,356
4Bartow County, GA76133.2$2.9M+10.5%#125 of 1,356
5Dawson County, GA7654.3$2.3M+30.7%#128 of 1,356
6Effingham County, GA69114.5$2.1M+14.1%#267 of 1,356
7Walton County, GA66164.5$2.1M+16.0%#319 of 1,356
8Monroe County, GA6654.7$2M+14.1%#320 of 1,356
9Coweta County, GA65274.8$2.1M+9.2%#342 of 1,356
10Pickens County, GA6564.5$2.1M+11.4%#343 of 1,356
11Hall County, GA63334.5$2.1M+11.4%#390 of 1,356
12Paulding County, GA62294.8$2.1M+12.7%#411 of 1,356
13Henry County, GA61586.7$1.4M+9.5%#438 of 1,356
14Barrow County, GA60154.9$1.9M+18.7%#455 of 1,356
15Catoosa County, GA5993.4$2.6M+2.3%#464 of 1,356
16Newton County, GA59184.4$2M+11.2%#469 of 1,356
17Polk County, GA5853.1$2.5M+6.0%#484 of 1,356
18Fayette County, GA57327.2$1.5M+4.7%#533 of 1,356
19Houston County, GA55416.4$1.4M+8.5%#581 of 1,356
20Lumpkin County, GA5465.1$1.8M+7.5%#602 of 1,356
21Gordon County, GA5394.2$2M+6.9%#626 of 1,356
22Colquitt County, GA5253.0$2.5M+3.3%#639 of 1,356
23Laurens County, GA5163.2$2.4M+3.0%#671 of 1,356
24Columbia County, GA50386.9$1.5M+7.9%#703 of 1,356
25Camden County, GA49125.5$1.6M+9.5%#735 of 1,356
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Counties in Georgia, ranked for barbershops by Groundwork market score, continued
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
26Cobb County, GA492347.9$1.4M+3.5%#738 of 1,356
27Habersham County, GA4795.4$1.6M+9.3%#786 of 1,356
28Gilmer County, GA4675.4$1.6M+7.9%#816 of 1,356
29Gwinnett County, GA452678.2$1.2M+6.2%#845 of 1,356
30Murray County, GA4474.6$1.8M+4.0%#855 of 1,356
31DeKalb County, GA442197.6$1.3M+1.3%#865 of 1,356
32Douglas County, GA43417.9$1.2M+6.6%#886 of 1,356
33Clarke County, GA42244.4$1.8M+1.0%#895 of 1,356
34Troup County, GA42134.8$1.7M+5.0%#896 of 1,356
35Carroll County, GA42296.6$1.3M+9.8%#903 of 1,356
36Spalding County, GA41134.9$1.6M+4.9%#913 of 1,356
37Glynn County, GA41215.9$1.5M+3.7%#918 of 1,356
38Floyd County, GA39195.2$1.6M+2.8%#945 of 1,356
39Bulloch County, GA39185.8$1.4M+8.8%#948 of 1,356
40Chatham County, GA38957.9$1.1M+5.7%#968 of 1,356
41Fannin County, GA3765.0$1.6M+2.6%#976 of 1,356
42Fulton County, GA374098.8$1.2M+2.7%#984 of 1,356
43Putnam County, GA37109.6$941K+7.0%#989 of 1,356
44Rockdale County, GA36329.3$979K+5.2%#1,008 of 1,356
45Coffee County, GA3374.6$1.6M+3.2%#1,047 of 1,356
46Whitfield County, GA31267.1$1.2M+3.3%#1,088 of 1,356
47Liberty County, GA31187.5$1M+7.6%#1,091 of 1,356
48Tift County, GA3085.1$1.5M+2.1%#1,102 of 1,356
49Clayton County, GA28969.1$869K−0.6%#1,148 of 1,356
50Ware County, GA2664.6$1.5M+1.9%#1,164 of 1,356
51Thomas County, GA26115.9$1.4M+1.3%#1,166 of 1,356
52Richmond County, GA24648.3$930K0.0%#1,185 of 1,356
53Appling County, GA2357.0$1M+3.9%#1,196 of 1,356
54Lowndes County, GA22378.0$978K+3.7%#1,202 of 1,356
55McDuffie County, GA2156.1$1.3M+0.1%#1,212 of 1,356
56Baldwin County, GA21106.0$1.3M+0.6%#1,213 of 1,356
57Bibb County, GA15467.7$1M+0.3%#1,272 of 1,356
58Crisp County, GA956.3$1.2M−4.1%#1,310 of 1,356
59Muscogee County, GA8809.8$811K−2.3%#1,320 of 1,356
60Sumter County, GA41210.9$655K−2.4%#1,339 of 1,356
61Dougherty County, GA33610.5$681K−3.0%#1,346 of 1,356
Walker County, GANot scored41.5$5.3M+3.7%
Bryan County, GANot scored42.4$4.3M+15.6%
Oconee County, GANot scored21.3$8.7M+6.9%
Harris County, GANot scored21.5$6.7M+6.8%
Lee County, GANot scored10.8$11.5M+2.9%
Madison County, GANot scored10.9$9.1M+8.8%
Haralson County, GANot scored32.6$3.4M+10.0%
Wayne County, GANot scored43.6$2.1M+7.8%
Decatur County, GANot scored00.0n/a0.0%
White County, GANot scored32.8$3M+6.0%
Jones County, GANot scored10.9$9.5M+2.8%
Peach County, GANot scored32.8$3.1M+6.5%
Upson County, GANot scored21.9$4.1M+2.7%
Toombs County, GANot scored43.8$1.9M+1.7%
Stephens County, GANot scored43.8$2M+3.8%
Hart County, GANot scored32.7$3M+10.7%
Butts County, GANot scored22.2$3.7M+6.5%
Union County, GANot scored32.6$3.2M+12.3%
Grady County, GANot scored44.0$2M+1.4%
Chattooga County, GANot scored33.3$2.2M+1.5%
Burke County, GANot scored33.3$2.4M−0.9%
Franklin County, GANot scored33.3$2.3M+10.5%
Tattnall County, GANot scored45.2$1.4M+0.2%
Emanuel County, GANot scored44.8$1.5M+1.2%
Morgan County, GANot scored33.7$2.5M+9.4%
Mitchell County, GANot scored33.8$1.9M−5.6%
Meriwether County, GANot scored44.8$1.6M+4.4%
Worth County, GANot scored33.9$2M−3.2%
Pierce County, GANot scored33.9$2.1M+5.1%
Greene County, GANot scored33.7$2.7M+12.3%
Pike County, GANot scored11.5$6.3M+10.5%
Elbert County, GANot scored22.4$3.3M+2.1%
Washington County, GANot scored11.4$5.4M−2.5%
Dodge County, GANot scored11.5$5.1M−1.4%
Lamar County, GANot scored34.2$2M+12.9%
Banks County, GANot scored00.0n/a+17.3%
Long County, GANot scored23.2$2.4M+32.6%
Berrien County, GANot scored22.8$2.7M+4.4%
Brantley County, GANot scored11.5$5.1M+4.9%
Cook County, GANot scored23.2$2.5M+5.8%
Rabun County, GANot scored33.9$2.2M+5.0%
Ben Hill County, GANot scored34.2$1.6M−0.4%
Brooks County, GANot scored23.3$2.1M−1.0%
Dade County, GANot scored34.9$1.7M−0.5%
Jasper County, GANot scored11.7$5M+20.2%
Oglethorpe County, GANot scored11.8$4.7M+10.4%
Jefferson County, GANot scored00.0n/a−4.2%
Jeff Davis County, GANot scored23.6$1.9M+2.8%
Screven County, GANot scored36.1$1.3M+2.4%
Towns County, GANot scored35.1$1.6M+5.8%
Charlton County, GANot scored00.0n/a+4.7%
Bleckley County, GANot scored24.5$1.8M+2.8%
Crawford County, GANot scored00.0n/a+0.9%
Macon County, GANot scored12.4$2.8M−2.2%
Telfair County, GANot scored00.0n/a−10.1%
Heard County, GANot scored24.6$1.8M+6.2%
McIntosh County, GANot scored35.9$1.3M+9.2%
Bacon County, GANot scored12.4$2.9M−0.4%
Candler County, GANot scored00.0n/a+2.2%
Dooly County, GANot scored00.0n/a−0.1%
Evans County, GANot scored24.9$1.5M+2.2%
Early County, GANot scored12.4$3M−3.1%
Lanier County, GANot scored00.0n/a+7.1%
Pulaski County, GANot scored00.0n/a+3.0%
Wilkes County, GANot scored00.0n/a−0.1%
Irwin County, GANot scored12.8$2.6M−6.5%
Johnson County, GANot scored412.4$586K+1.4%
Seminole County, GANot scored12.7$2.8M+0.4%
Turner County, GANot scored26.1$1.1M−0.1%
Chattahoochee County, GANot scored15.4$1.5M−10.6%
Terrell County, GANot scored13.0$2.5M−5.3%
Wilcox County, GANot scored00.0n/a+0.1%
Wilkinson County, GANot scored12.9$2.4M−2.1%
Jenkins County, GANot scored00.0n/a+2.1%
Hancock County, GANot scored13.4$2.1M−0.3%
Montgomery County, GANot scored00.0n/a+0.8%
Atkinson County, GANot scored13.1$2.3M+1.8%
Lincoln County, GANot scored26.7$1.2M+5.3%
Twiggs County, GANot scored00.0n/a−5.1%
Taylor County, GANot scored00.0n/a0.0%
Marion County, GANot scored13.4$2.2M+2.0%
Wheeler County, GANot scored00.0n/a+1.7%
Clinch County, GANot scored14.1$1.8M+1.8%
Treutlen County, GANot scored00.0n/a+1.1%
Randolph County, GANot scored13.7$1.6M−3.3%
Miller County, GANot scored13.9$1.9M−3.0%
Talbot County, GANot scored00.0n/a−0.3%
Calhoun County, GANot scored00.0n/a−2.8%
Warren County, GANot scored00.0n/a+1.2%
Stewart County, GANot scored00.0n/a−12.5%
Schley County, GANot scored00.0n/a+1.2%
Echols County, GANot scored00.0n/a−0.8%
Glascock County, GANot scored00.0n/a+8.4%
Clay County, GANot scored00.0n/a−0.5%
Baker County, GANot scored00.0n/a−4.3%
Webster County, GANot scored00.0n/a+0.7%
Quitman County, GANot scored00.0n/a+1.3%
Taliaferro County, GANot scored00.0n/a+6.7%

Markets with fewer than 5 barbershops on map listings, and counties under 10,000 people, aren’t scored; they’re listed last in each table.

Questions

How many barbershops are in Georgia?

Georgia has 2,568 barbershops on map listings as of September 2026. 272 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. Official counts show 212 businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in 2023, up 52.5% from 2019. Another 7,756 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Georgia spend on personal care products and services?

About $3.8B a year, or $926 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2,568 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per shop. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,074,366 households in Georgia and national spending patterns by income.

How does Georgia compare with the U.S. for barbershops?

Georgia has 6.3 barbershops per 10,000 households, 19% 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 national ratio of barbershops to household spending, Georgia would have about 2,000, against 2,568 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 19,219 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S. The official count rose 52.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +28.5% for the U.S.

Which market in Georgia has the highest market score for barbershops?

Among 15 scored metro areas in or partly in Georgia, the Gainesville metro area scores highest, at 58 (upper middle). Among 17 scored small-town markets in or partly in Georgia, the Jefferson area scores highest, at 90 (very high). Among 61 scored counties in Georgia, Cherokee County scores highest, at 89 (high). Scores compare each market with others of its kind across the U.S.

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. Georgia scores 34 for barbershops (lower middle), #45 of the 50 states and DC.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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