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Barbershops in Owen County, IN
How Owen County, IN compares with other counties and the U.S. for barbershops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $7.7M
- On personal care products and services · $892 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.7M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.2
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 21,886
- +2.6% since 2020
See the barbershops around any address in Owen County
The site report maps the barbershops on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of Owen County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 1 barbershop in Owen County. That is 1.2 per 10,000 households.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Owen County comes to about $7.7M a year: $892 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That works out to $7.7M per shop. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which barbershops share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in Owen County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 10 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Owen County grew 2.6% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 barbershop on map listings, Owen County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Owen 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.
| Measure | Owen County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.2 | 4.4 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $7.7M | $2.2M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 21,556 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +53.7% | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.6% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $892 | $971 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $62,464 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 49 |
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
- 10Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Owen 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 Owen County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 21,886+2.6% since 2020
- Households
- 8,618
- Median age
- 44.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 385 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 56
- Median household income
- $62,464+26.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $81,852
- Median home value
- $172,400
- Jobs located here
- 5,940
- Daytime population
- 17,834Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Owen County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the barbershops on map listings by name and distance.
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Top counties in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Boone County, IN | 95 | 9 | 3.1 | $3.9M | +13.5% | #2 of 1,356 |
| 2Hancock County, IN | 91 | 11 | 3.3 | $3.4M | +13.5% | #10 of 1,356 |
| 3Morgan County, IN | 84 | 7 | 2.5 | $4.1M | +4.4% | #38 of 1,356 |
| 4Warrick County, IN | 84 | 8 | 3.2 | $3.4M | +4.4% | #40 of 1,356 |
| 5Dearborn County, IN | 77 | 5 | 2.5 | $4.1M | +1.7% | #99 of 1,356 |
| 6Bartholomew County, IN | 77 | 12 | 3.6 | $2.8M | +4.3% | #108 of 1,356 |
| 7Hendricks County, IN | 75 | 24 | 3.6 | $3.2M | +10.2% | #135 of 1,356 |
| 8Porter County, IN | 75 | 23 | 3.4 | $3.2M | +1.6% | #136 of 1,356 |
| 9Johnson County, IN | 75 | 30 | 4.8 | $2.3M | +7.4% | #141 of 1,356 |
| 10Kosciusko County, IN | 74 | 6 | 1.9 | $5.2M | +0.9% | #142 of 1,356 |
| Owen County, IN | Not scored | 1 | 1.2 | $7.7M | +2.6% |
Other business types in Owen 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
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in Owen County, IN?
Owen County has 1 barbershop on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in Owen County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 10 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Owen County, IN spend on personal care products and services?
About $7.7M a year, or $892 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 barbershop on map listings, it comes to $7.7M per shop. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,618 households in Owen County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Owen County, IN compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
Owen County has 1 barbershop on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of barbershops to household spending, Owen County would have about 4, against 1 on map listings.
How fast is Owen County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Owen County at 21,886 people in 2025, up 2.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,618 households. Median household income in Owen County is $62,464, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.1%, 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. Owen County has no market score for barbershops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Owen County. It maps the barbershops on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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