Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Hawaii
Barbershops in the Hilo-Kailua, HI area
The barbershops in the Hilo-Kailua, HI area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 93 out of 100: Very high
Ranked #3 of 377 scored small-town markets
#1 of 2 scored small-town markets based in Hawaii
- Listings
- 11
- 1 chain location (9%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $75M
- On personal care products and services · $1,013 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.8M
- 3.6 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.5
- 72% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 210,043
- +4.6% since 2020
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What this means
For barbershops, the Hilo-Kailua area has a Groundwork market score of 93 (very high): #3 of 377 scored small-town markets and #1 of 2 scored small-town markets based in Hawaii. That puts it in the top 10% of small-town markets for barbershops.
At $1,013 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in the Hilo-Kailua area spend about $75M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $6.8M per shop, 3.6 times the U.S. figure of $1.9M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops.
The Hilo-Kailua area has 11 barbershops on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (9%) is a chain location, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.5, 72% below the U.S. rate of 5.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in the Hilo-Kailua area classed as barber shops. That is one for every 24,691 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Hilo-Kailua area from 2020 to 2025 at +4.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Hilo-Kailua area compares
The same measures for Hawaii 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 | Hilo-Kailua area | Hawaii | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.5 | 3.3 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $6.8M | $3.5M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 24,691 | 10,259 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +20.0% | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.6% | −1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,013 | $1,143 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $78,639 | $100,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 93 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 1
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $55K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 20Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 111 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 40The 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 the Hilo-Kailua area, 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 the Hilo-Kailua area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 210,043+4.6% since 2020
- Households
- 74,072
- Median age
- 44.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 4,028 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 51
- Median household income
- $78,639+26.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $106,737
- Median home value
- $519,300
- Jobs located here
- 69,607
- Daytime population
- 224,838Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Hawaii
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hilo-Kailua, HI | 93 | 11 | 1.5 | $6.8M | +4.6% | #3 of 377 |
| 2Kapaa, HI | 80 | 8 | 3.4 | $3.3M | +0.3% | #31 of 377 |
Other business types in the Hilo-Kailua area
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 spas72
- Hair salons78
- Barbershops93
- Nail salons85
- Spas and skin care54
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in the Hilo-Kailua, HI area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 barbershops in the Hilo-Kailua area. One of them (9%) is a chain location. The listings count barbershops. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in 2023. Official counts also show 20 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Hilo-Kailua, HI area spend on personal care products and services?
About $75M a year, or $1,013 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $6.8M 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 74,072 households in the Hilo-Kailua area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Hilo-Kailua, HI area compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
The Hilo-Kailua area has 1.5 barbershops per 10,000 households, 72% below the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $6.8M, 3.6 times the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending, the Hilo-Kailua area would have about 40, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 24,691 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S.
How fast is the Hilo-Kailua, HI area growing?
Population estimates put the Hilo-Kailua area at 210,043 people in 2025, up 4.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 74,072 households. The median household income in the Hilo-Kailua area is $78,639 a year, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.0% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Hilo-Kailua area scores 93 for barbershops (very high), #3 of 377 scored small-town markets.
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