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Barbershops in Thomas County, KS
The barbershops in Thomas County, KS, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $3M
- On personal care products and services · $948 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.2
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 7,725
- −2.5% since 2020
See the barbershops around any address in Thomas 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 Thomas County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
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What this means
Household spending on personal care products and services in Thomas County comes to about $3M a year: $948 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3M per shop. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops.
There is 1 barbershop on map listings in Thomas County as of September 2026. That is 3.2 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for barber shops in Thomas County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Thomas County declined 2.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Thomas 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 | Thomas County | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.2 | 4.5 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $3M | $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 | −2.5% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $948 | $996 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $71,325 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 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
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2The 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 Thomas 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 Thomas County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 7,725−2.5% since 2020
- Households
- 3,139
- Median age
- 36.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,075 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 7
- Median household income
- $71,325
- Average household income
- $93,106
- Median home value
- $172,700
- Jobs located here
- 3,904
- Daytime population
- 7,883Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Thomas 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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Every Kansas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Kansas for barbershops, numbered among those based in Kansas, with Thomas 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 |
| Thomas County, KS | Not scored | 1 | 3.2 | $3M | −2.5% |
Other business types in Thomas County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
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 Thomas County, KS?
As of September 2026, map listings count 1 barbershop in Thomas County. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in Thomas County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Thomas County, KS spend on personal care products and services?
About $3M a year, or $948 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 barbershop on map listings, it comes to $3M 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 3,139 households in Thomas County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Thomas County, KS compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
Thomas County has 1 barbershop on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending, Thomas County would have about 2, against 1 on map listings.
How fast is Thomas County, KS growing?
Population estimates put Thomas County at 7,725 people in 2025, down 2.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,139 households. The median household income in Thomas County is $71,325 a year, 12% 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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Thomas 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.
How the score works · Top markets for barbershops · All 56 business types in Thomas County
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