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Barbershops in the Atchison, KS area

How the Atchison, KS area compares with other small-town markets 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 2.

Listings
2
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$5M
On personal care products and services · $877 a household
Spending per listing
$2.5M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
3.5
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
16,172
−0.9% 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

At $877 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in the Atchison area spend about $5M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $2.5M per shop. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops.

The Atchison area has 2 barbershops on map listings as of September 2026. That is 3.5 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for barber shops in the Atchison area, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show the Atchison area declined 0.9% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 barbershops on map listings, the Atchison area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How the Atchison area compares

The same measures for Kansas 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 Atchison, KS area compared with Kansas and the U.S.
MeasureAtchison areaKansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.54.55.3
Spending per listing$2.5M$2.2M$1.9M
Households per official establishmentn/a26,68316,589
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+25.7%+28.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.9%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$877$996$1,005
Median household income$61,112$74,275$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored56

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
3Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
20 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 Atchison 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 Atchison area

Population, 2025 estimate
16,172−0.9% since 2020
Households
5,735
Median age
37.2
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
431 sq. mi.
People per square mile
38
Median household income
$61,112+21.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$78,946
Median home value
$145,700
Jobs located here
5,726
Daytime population
14,569Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Barbershops across Kansas

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Kansas for barbershops, numbered among those based in Kansas, with the Atchison area marked.

Top small-town markets in Kansas

Small-town markets in Kansas ranked for barbershops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Salina, KS5793.6$2.5M−1.4%#149 of 377
2Hays, KS5754.1$2.2M+0.4%#150 of 377
3Hutchinson, KS52103.9$2.2M−0.6%#184 of 377
4Garden City, KS4286.0$1.6M−2.1%#243 of 377
5McPherson, KS4097.4$1.3M−0.4%#254 of 377
6Arkansas City-Winfield, KS3875.2$1.7M−0.4%#265 of 377
Atchison, KSNot scored23.5$2.5M−0.9%

Other business types in the Atchison area

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

Questions

How many barbershops are in the Atchison, KS area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 barbershops in the Atchison area. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in the Atchison area: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 3 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Atchison, KS area spend on personal care products and services?

About $5M a year, or $877 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $2.5M 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 5,735 households in the Atchison area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Atchison, KS area compare with the U.S. for barbershops?

The Atchison area has 2 barbershops on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending, the Atchison area would have about 3, against 2 on map listings.

How fast is the Atchison, KS area growing?

Population estimates put the Atchison area at 16,172 people in 2025, down 0.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,735 households. The median household income in the Atchison area is $61,112 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.2% 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 Atchison area has no market score for barbershops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

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