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Barbershops in Shawnee County, KS
How Shawnee County, KS compares with other counties and the U.S. for barbershops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 41 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #911 of 1,356 scored counties
#11 of 19 scored counties in Kansas
- Listings
- 41
- 6 chain locations (15%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $71.1M
- On personal care products and services · $943 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.7M
- 8% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.4
- 2% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 178,607
- 0.0% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on personal care products and services in Shawnee County comes to about $71.1M a year: $943 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.7M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 8% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops.
Shawnee County has 41 barbershops on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 6 are chain locations, or 15%, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.4, 2% above the U.S. rate of 5.3.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for barber shops in Shawnee County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 52 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Shawnee County held about level from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for barbershops in Shawnee County is 41 (lower middle), #911 of 1,356 scored counties and #11 of 19 scored counties in Kansas.
How Shawnee County 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.
| Measure | Shawnee County | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.4 | 4.5 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.7M | $2.2M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 26,683 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +25.7% | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | 0.0% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $943 | $996 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $67,104 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 41 | 56 |
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
- 52Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 416 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 Shawnee 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 Shawnee County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 178,6070.0% since 2020
- Households
- 75,458
- Median age
- 40.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 544 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 327
- Median household income
- $67,104+18.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $88,163
- Median home value
- $180,900
- Jobs located here
- 103,349
- Daytime population
- 200,016Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Kansas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Kansas for barbershops, numbered among those based in Kansas, with Shawnee County marked.
Top counties in Kansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Miami County, KS | 81 | 5 | 3.6 | $2.9M | +5.9% | #64 of 1,356 |
| 2Leavenworth County, KS | 80 | 10 | 3.3 | $3.2M | +3.2% | #73 of 1,356 |
| 3Butler County, KS | 72 | 10 | 3.9 | $2.6M | +3.1% | #185 of 1,356 |
| 4Johnson County, KS | 69 | 102 | 4.1 | $3M | +4.2% | #257 of 1,356 |
| 5Riley County, KS | 66 | 7 | 2.5 | $3.6M | +0.8% | #297 of 1,356 |
| 6Sedgwick County, KS | 59 | 129 | 6.2 | $1.5M | +2.6% | #475 of 1,356 |
| 7Douglas County, KS | 57 | 20 | 4.0 | $2.5M | +1.8% | #519 of 1,356 |
| 8Saline County, KS | 50 | 8 | 3.6 | $2.6M | −1.6% | #688 of 1,356 |
| 9Ellis County, KS | 49 | 5 | 4.1 | $2.2M | +0.4% | #715 of 1,356 |
| 10Reno County, KS | 45 | 10 | 3.9 | $2.2M | −0.6% | #822 of 1,356 |
| 11Shawnee County, KS | 41 | 41 | 5.4 | $1.7M | 0.0% | #911 of 1,356 |
Other business types in Shawnee 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 spas53
- Hair salons58
- Barbershops41
- Nail salons65
- Spas and skin care66
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in Shawnee County, KS?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 41 barbershops in Shawnee County. 6 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in Shawnee County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 52 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Shawnee County, KS spend on personal care products and services?
About $71.1M a year, or $943 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 41 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $1.7M 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 75,458 households in Shawnee County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Shawnee County, KS compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
Shawnee County has 5.4 barbershops per 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $1.7M, 8% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending, Shawnee County would have about 38, against 41 on map listings.
How fast is Shawnee County, KS growing?
Population estimates put Shawnee County at 178,607 people in 2025, unchanged since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 75,458 households. The median household income in Shawnee County is $67,104 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 18.2% 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. 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. Shawnee County scores 41 for barbershops (lower middle), #911 of 1,356 scored counties.
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