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Barbershops in Allen County, IN

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for barbershops in Allen County, IN, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 44 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #857 of 1,356 scored counties
#34 of 40 scored counties in Indiana

Listings
89
15 chain locations (17%)
Official establishments
17
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$150.3M
On personal care products and services · $960 a household
Spending per listing
$1.7M
10% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.7
8% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
402,329
+4.2% since 2020

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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 89 barbershops in Allen County. 15 of them (17%) are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. That is 5.7 per 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 5.3.

Household spending on personal care products and services in Allen County comes to about $150.3M a year: $960 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.7M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 10% 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.

Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in Allen County in 2023. That is one for every 9,210 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S. Official counts also show 184 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in Allen County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for barbershops in Allen County is 44 (lower middle), #857 of 1,356 scored counties and #34 of 40 scored counties in Indiana.

How Allen County compares

The same measures for Indiana 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.

Barbershops in Allen County, IN compared with Indiana and the U.S.
MeasureAllen CountyIndianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.74.45.3
Spending per listing$1.7M$2.2M$1.9M
Households per official establishment9,21021,55616,589
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+53.7%+28.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.2%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$960$971$1,005
Median household income$70,737$71,957$80,734
Groundwork market score4449

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
11 → 17
Employees, 2023
46
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
184Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
8915 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
80The 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 Allen 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 Allen County

Population, 2025 estimate
402,329+4.2% since 2020
Households
156,570
Median age
37.1
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
657 sq. mi.
People per square mile
597
Median household income
$70,737+29.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$93,582
Median home value
$214,900
Jobs located here
204,663
Daytime population
410,535Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Barbershops across Indiana

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The highest-scoring counties in Indiana for barbershops, numbered among those based in Indiana, with Allen County marked.

Top counties in Indiana

Counties in Indiana ranked for barbershops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Boone County, IN9593.1$3.9M+13.5%#2 of 1,356
2Hancock County, IN91113.3$3.4M+13.5%#10 of 1,356
3Morgan County, IN8472.5$4.1M+4.4%#38 of 1,356
4Warrick County, IN8483.2$3.4M+4.4%#40 of 1,356
5Dearborn County, IN7752.5$4.1M+1.7%#99 of 1,356
6Bartholomew County, IN77123.6$2.8M+4.3%#108 of 1,356
7Hendricks County, IN75243.6$3.2M+10.2%#135 of 1,356
8Porter County, IN75233.4$3.2M+1.6%#136 of 1,356
9Johnson County, IN75304.8$2.3M+7.4%#141 of 1,356
10Kosciusko County, IN7461.9$5.2M+0.9%#142 of 1,356
34Allen County, IN44895.7$1.7M+4.2%#857 of 1,356

Other business types in Allen County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many barbershops are in Allen County, IN?

Allen County has 89 barbershops on map listings as of September 2026. 15 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in 2023. Another 184 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Allen County, IN spend on personal care products and services?

About $150.3M a year, or $960 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 89 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $1.7M per shop. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 156,570 households in Allen County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Allen County, IN compare with the U.S. for barbershops?

Allen County has 5.7 barbershops per 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $1.7M, 10% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the national ratio of barbershops to household spending, Allen County would have about 80, against 89 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 9,210 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S.

How fast is Allen County, IN growing?

Population estimates put Allen County at 402,329 people in 2025, up 4.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 156,570 households. Median household income in Allen County is $70,737, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.0%, 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. Allen County scores 44 for barbershops (lower middle), #857 of 1,356 scored counties.

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