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Barbershops in Bullitt County, KY
How Bullitt County, KY compares with other counties and the U.S. for barbershops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 62 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #407 of 1,356 scored counties
#8 of 43 scored counties in Kentucky
- Listings
- 13
- 4 chain locations (31%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $29.3M
- On personal care products and services · $922 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.3M
- 19% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.1
- 23% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 86,454
- +5.0% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 13 barbershops in Bullitt County. Chain locations make up 31% of them, against 12% across the U.S. That is 4.1 per 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 5.3.
Households in Bullitt County spend about $29.3M a year on personal care products and services, or $922 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. Spread across 13 barbershops, that is $2.3M per shop, 19% 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 Bullitt County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 29 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Bullitt County grew 5.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for barbershops in Bullitt County is 62 (upper middle), #407 of 1,356 scored counties and #8 of 43 scored counties in Kentucky.
How Bullitt County compares
The same measures for Kentucky 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 | Bullitt County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.1 | 5.1 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $2.3M | $1.6M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 38,606 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +17.5% | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.0% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $922 | $833 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $80,558 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 62 | 40 |
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
- 29Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 134 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 16The 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 Bullitt 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 Bullitt County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 86,454+5.0% since 2020
- Households
- 31,747
- Median age
- 42.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 85%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 297 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 283
- Median household income
- $80,558+27.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $98,554
- Median home value
- $247,200
- Jobs located here
- 30,802
- Daytime population
- 70,440Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Oldham County, KY | 83 | 9 | 3.9 | $3M | +4.9% | #51 of 1,356 |
| 2Scott County, KY | 80 | 7 | 3.1 | $3.1M | +8.2% | #75 of 1,356 |
| 3Boone County, KY | 77 | 20 | 3.9 | $2.6M | +6.5% | #111 of 1,356 |
| 4Jessamine County, KY | 69 | 7 | 3.5 | $2.6M | +7.8% | #264 of 1,356 |
| 5Kenton County, KY | 68 | 24 | 3.6 | $2.6M | +3.9% | #279 of 1,356 |
| 6Campbell County, KY | 64 | 14 | 3.6 | $2.6M | +2.5% | #362 of 1,356 |
| 7Shelby County, KY | 63 | 8 | 4.3 | $2.2M | +6.2% | #389 of 1,356 |
| 8Bullitt County, KY | 62 | 13 | 4.1 | $2.3M | +5.0% | #407 of 1,356 |
| 9Clark County, KY | 53 | 5 | 3.3 | $2.5M | +2.3% | #614 of 1,356 |
| 10Madison County, KY | 53 | 16 | 4.3 | $1.9M | +9.4% | #628 of 1,356 |
Other business types in Bullitt 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 spas64
- Hair salons69
- Barbershops62
- Nail salons66
- 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 Bullitt County, KY?
Bullitt County has 13 barbershops on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (31%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in Bullitt County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 29 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Bullitt County, KY spend on personal care products and services?
About $29.3M a year, or $922 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $2.3M per shop. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 31,747 households in Bullitt County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Bullitt County, KY compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
Bullitt County has 4.1 barbershops per 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $2.3M, 19% above the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the national ratio of barbershops to household spending, Bullitt County would have about 16, against 13 on map listings.
How fast is Bullitt County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Bullitt County at 86,454 people in 2025, up 5.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 31,747 households. Median household income in Bullitt County is $80,558, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.2%, 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. Bullitt County scores 62 for barbershops (upper middle), #407 of 1,356 scored counties.
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