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Barbershops in the Terre Haute, IN metro area

The barbershops in the Terre Haute, IN metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #124 of 387 scored metro areas
#4 of 12 scored metro areas based in Indiana

Listings
16
2 chain locations (13%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$58.1M
On personal care products and services · $862 a household
Spending per listing
$3.6M
93% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.4
55% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
169,241
+0.3% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 16 barbershops in the Terre Haute metro area. Chain locations make up 13% of them, against 12% across the U.S. That is 2.4 per 10,000 households, 55% below the U.S. rate of 5.3.

At $862 per household (14% below the U.S. average), households in the Terre Haute metro area spend about $58.1M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $3.6M per shop, 93% above 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.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in the Terre Haute metro area: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts also show 26 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show the Terre Haute metro area grew 0.3% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for barbershops in the Terre Haute metro area is 58 (upper middle), #124 of 387 scored metro areas and #4 of 12 scored metro areas based in Indiana.

How the Terre Haute metro area 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 Terre Haute, IN metro area compared with Indiana and the U.S.
MeasureTerre Haute metro areaIndianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.44.45.3
Spending per listing$3.6M$2.2M$1.9M
Households per official establishmentn/a21,55616,589
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+53.7%+28.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.3%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$862$971$1,005
Median household income$56,594$71,957$80,734
Groundwork market score5849

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
26Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
162 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
31The 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 Terre Haute metro 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 Terre Haute metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
169,241+0.3% since 2020
Households
67,374
Median age
39.2
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,465 sq. mi.
People per square mile
115
Median household income
$56,594
Average household income
$78,125
Median home value
$143,500
Jobs located here
62,390
Daytime population
165,337Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Barbershops across Indiana

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Indiana for barbershops, numbered among those based in Indiana (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Terre Haute metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Indiana

Metro areas in Indiana ranked for barbershops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Columbus, IN77123.6$2.8M+4.3%#12 of 387
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN694004.4$2.3M+2.7%#59 of 387
2Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN634435.3$2M+5.4%#92 of 387
3Bloomington, IN61182.7$3.5M+2.0%#100 of 387
4Terre Haute, IN58162.4$3.6M+0.3%#124 of 387
5Muncie, IN49163.5$2.4M+1.2%#196 of 387
6Evansville, IN49585.1$1.9M+1.6%#199 of 387
7South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI48524.0$2.3M+0.1%#206 of 387
8Michigan City-La Porte, IN48184.1$2.3M−0.9%#207 of 387
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN482,0515.6$2M0.0%#208 of 387

Other business types in the Terre Haute metro area

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

Questions

How many barbershops are in the Terre Haute, IN metro area?

There are 16 barbershops on map listings in the Terre Haute metro area as of September 2026. 2 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in the Terre Haute metro area: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 26 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Terre Haute, IN metro area spend on personal care products and services?

About $58.1M a year, or $862 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $3.6M per shop. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 67,374 households in the Terre Haute metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Terre Haute, IN metro area compare with the U.S. for barbershops?

The Terre Haute metro area has 2.4 barbershops per 10,000 households, 55% below the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $3.6M, 93% above the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the national ratio of barbershops to household spending, the Terre Haute metro area would have about 31, against 16 on map listings.

How fast is the Terre Haute, IN metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Terre Haute metro area at 169,241 people in 2025, up 0.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 67,374 households. Median household income in the Terre Haute metro area is $56,594, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. The Terre Haute metro area scores 58 for barbershops (upper middle), #124 of 387 scored metro areas.

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