Beauty and personal care · County · Idaho
Barbershops in Kootenai County, ID
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for barbershops in Kootenai County, ID, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 70 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #244 of 1,356 scored counties
#4 of 11 scored counties in Idaho
- Listings
- 34
- 10 chain locations (29%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $71.3M
- On personal care products and services · $1,002 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.1M
- 11% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.8
- 9% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 191,864
- +11.0% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Kootenai County spend about $71.3M a year on personal care products and services, or $1,002 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Spread across 34 barbershops, that is $2.1M per shop, 11% above the U.S. figure of $1.9M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops.
Kootenai County has 34 barbershops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 29% of them, against 12% across the U.S. That is 4.8 per 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 5.3.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for barber shops in Kootenai County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 38 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Kootenai County grew 11.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For barbershops, Kootenai County has a Groundwork market score of 70 (upper middle): #244 of 1,356 scored counties and #4 of 11 scored counties in Idaho. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Kootenai County compares
The same measures for Idaho 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 | Kootenai County | Idaho | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.8 | 4.5 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $2.1M | $2.2M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 21,606 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +65.0% | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +11.0% | +9.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,002 | $991 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $81,861 | $77,800 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 70 | 63 |
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
- 38Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3410 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 38The 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 Kootenai 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 Kootenai County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 191,864+11.0% since 2020
- Households
- 71,172
- Median age
- 42.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 1,238 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 147
- Median household income
- $81,861+43.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $103,508
- Median home value
- $518,700
- Jobs located here
- 71,721
- Daytime population
- 176,785Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Idaho
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Bonner County, ID | 81 | 6 | 3.0 | $3.2M | +14.8% | #62 of 1,356 |
| 2Bingham County, ID | 79 | 5 | 3.1 | $3.1M | +6.4% | #81 of 1,356 |
| 3Bannock County, ID | 70 | 11 | 3.3 | $2.8M | +4.9% | #231 of 1,356 |
| 4Kootenai County, ID | 70 | 34 | 4.8 | $2.1M | +11.0% | #244 of 1,356 |
| 5Nez Perce County, ID | 69 | 5 | 2.9 | $3.2M | +1.8% | #253 of 1,356 |
| 6Bonneville County, ID | 67 | 20 | 4.5 | $2.2M | +8.9% | #294 of 1,356 |
| 7Ada County, ID | 66 | 97 | 4.8 | $2.3M | +9.6% | #312 of 1,356 |
| 8Canyon County, ID | 61 | 57 | 6.6 | $1.5M | +18.1% | #437 of 1,356 |
| 9Payette County, ID | 57 | 5 | 5.2 | $1.8M | +8.8% | #532 of 1,356 |
| 10Twin Falls County, ID | 49 | 23 | 6.6 | $1.4M | +7.9% | #737 of 1,356 |
Other business types in Kootenai 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 spas42
- Hair salons46
- Barbershops70
- Nail salons58
- Spas and skin care39
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in Kootenai County, ID?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 34 barbershops in Kootenai County. 10 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in Kootenai County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 38 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Kootenai County, ID spend on personal care products and services?
About $71.3M a year, or $1,002 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 34 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 71,172 households in Kootenai County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Kootenai County, ID compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
Kootenai County has 4.8 barbershops per 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $2.1M, 11% above the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending, Kootenai County would have about 38, against 34 on map listings.
How fast is Kootenai County, ID growing?
Population estimates put Kootenai County at 191,864 people in 2025, up 11.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 71,172 households. The median household income in Kootenai County is $81,861 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 43.0% 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. 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. Kootenai County scores 70 for barbershops (upper middle), #244 of 1,356 scored counties.
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