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Barbershops in Cobb County, GA
How Cobb County, GA compares with other counties and the U.S. for barbershops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #738 of 1,356 scored counties
#26 of 61 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 234
- 31 chain locations (13%)
- Official establishments
- 22
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $317.5M
- On personal care products and services · $1,074 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.4M
- 28% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.9
- 49% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 793,345
- +3.5% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,074 per household (7% above the U.S. average), households in Cobb County spend about $317.5M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $1.4M per shop, 28% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops.
Cobb County has 234 barbershops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 13% of them, against 12% across the U.S. That is 7.9 per 10,000 households, 49% above the U.S. rate of 5.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 22 businesses with payroll in Cobb County classed as barber shops. That is one for every 13,442 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S. Official counts also show 415 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $935K have gone to businesses classed as barber shops in Cobb County.
Population estimates show Cobb County grew 3.5% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for barbershops in Cobb County is 49 (lower middle), #738 of 1,356 scored counties and #26 of 61 scored counties in Georgia.
How Cobb 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 | Cobb County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.9 | 6.3 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.4M | $1.5M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 13,442 | 19,219 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +52.5% | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.5% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,074 | $926 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $102,738 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14 → 22
- Employees, 2023
- 55
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 415Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 23431 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 168The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $935K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as barber shops in Cobb 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 Cobb County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 793,345+3.5% since 2020
- Households
- 295,714
- Median age
- 38.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 340 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2,282
- Median household income
- $102,738+31.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $136,477
- Median home value
- $407,200
- Jobs located here
- 414,080
- Daytime population
- 823,370Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 26Cobb County, GA | 49 | 234 | 7.9 | $1.4M | +3.5% | #738 of 1,356 |
Other business types in Cobb 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 spas36
- Hair salons38
- Barbershops49
- Nail salons46
- Spas and skin care38
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in Cobb County, GA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 234 barbershops in Cobb County. 31 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. Official counts show 22 businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in 2023. Another 415 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Cobb County, GA spend on personal care products and services?
About $317.5M a year, or $1,074 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 234 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $1.4M 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 295,714 households in Cobb County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cobb County, GA compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
Cobb County has 7.9 barbershops per 10,000 households, 49% above the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $1.4M, 28% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending, Cobb County would have about 168, against 234 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 13,442 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S.
How fast is Cobb County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Cobb County at 793,345 people in 2025, up 3.5% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 295,714 households. The median household income in Cobb County is $102,738 a year, 27% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.8% 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. Cobb County scores 49 for barbershops (lower middle), #738 of 1,356 scored counties.
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