Beauty and personal care · County · Georgia
Barbershops in Carroll County, GA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for barbershops in Carroll County, GA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 42 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #903 of 1,356 scored counties
#35 of 61 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 29
- 5 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $37.9M
- On personal care products and services · $860 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- 31% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.6
- 25% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 131,036
- +9.8% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Carroll County spend about $37.9M a year on personal care products and services, or $860 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.3M per shop, 31% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops.
Carroll County has 29 barbershops on map listings as of September 2026. 5 of them (17%) are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.6, 25% above the U.S. rate of 5.3.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for barber shops in Carroll County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts also show 58 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Carroll County from 2020 to 2025 at +9.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Carroll County scores 42 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for barbershops, ranking #903 of 1,356 scored counties and #35 of 61 scored counties in Georgia.
How Carroll County compares
The same measures for Georgia 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 | Carroll County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.6 | 6.3 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $1.5M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 19,219 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +52.5% | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.8% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $860 | $926 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $73,714 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 42 | 34 |
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
- 58Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 295 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 20The 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 Carroll 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 Carroll County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 131,036+9.8% since 2020
- Households
- 44,106
- Median age
- 36.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 499 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 250
- Median household income
- $73,714+37.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $90,516
- Median home value
- $255,100
- Jobs located here
- 44,150
- Daytime population
- 111,823Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Georgia market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Georgia for barbershops, numbered among those based in Georgia, with Carroll County marked.
Top counties in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Cherokee County, GA | 89 | 31 | 3.1 | $3.5M | +11.6% | #20 of 1,356 |
| 2Forsyth County, GA | 86 | 31 | 3.5 | $3.6M | +11.8% | #31 of 1,356 |
| 3Jackson County, GA | 84 | 9 | 3.2 | $3.1M | +29.3% | #41 of 1,356 |
| 4Bartow County, GA | 76 | 13 | 3.2 | $2.9M | +10.5% | #125 of 1,356 |
| 5Dawson County, GA | 76 | 5 | 4.3 | $2.3M | +30.7% | #128 of 1,356 |
| 6Effingham County, GA | 69 | 11 | 4.5 | $2.1M | +14.1% | #267 of 1,356 |
| 7Walton County, GA | 66 | 16 | 4.5 | $2.1M | +16.0% | #319 of 1,356 |
| 8Monroe County, GA | 66 | 5 | 4.7 | $2M | +14.1% | #320 of 1,356 |
| 9Coweta County, GA | 65 | 27 | 4.8 | $2.1M | +9.2% | #342 of 1,356 |
| 10Pickens County, GA | 65 | 6 | 4.5 | $2.1M | +11.4% | #343 of 1,356 |
| 35Carroll County, GA | 42 | 29 | 6.6 | $1.3M | +9.8% | #903 of 1,356 |
Other business types in Carroll 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 spas43
- Hair salons50
- Barbershops42
- Nail salons45
- Spas and skin care56
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in Carroll County, GA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 29 barbershops in Carroll County. 5 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in Carroll County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 58 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Carroll County, GA spend on personal care products and services?
About $37.9M a year, or $860 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 29 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $1.3M 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 44,106 households in Carroll County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Carroll County, GA compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
Carroll County has 6.6 barbershops per 10,000 households, 25% above the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $1.3M, 31% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending, Carroll County would have about 20, against 29 on map listings.
How fast is Carroll County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Carroll County at 131,036 people in 2025, up 9.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 44,106 households. The median household income in Carroll County is $73,714 a year, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 37.2% 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. Carroll County scores 42 for barbershops (lower middle), #903 of 1,356 scored counties.
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