Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Kentucky
Barbershops in the Lexington-Fayette, KY metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for barbershops in the Lexington-Fayette, KY metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #162 of 387 scored metro areas
#1 of 6 scored metro areas based in Kentucky
- Listings
- 108
- 18 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $193.8M
- On personal care products and services · $896 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 5% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.0
- 6% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 535,174
- +3.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 108 barbershops in the Lexington-Fayette metro area. 18 of them (17%) are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.0, 6% below the U.S. rate of 5.3.
Household spending on personal care products and services in the Lexington-Fayette metro area comes to about $193.8M a year: $896 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.8M per shop, 5% below 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.
Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in the Lexington-Fayette metro area in 2023. That is one for every 27,034 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S. Another 179 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $363K has gone to businesses classed as barber shops in the Lexington-Fayette metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Lexington-Fayette metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +3.4%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For barbershops, the Lexington-Fayette metro area has a Groundwork market score of 54 (upper middle): #162 of 387 scored metro areas and #1 of 6 scored metro areas based in Kentucky.
How the Lexington-Fayette metro area 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 | Lexington-Fayette metro area | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $1.6M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 27,034 | 38,606 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +17.5% | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.4% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $896 | $833 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $71,966 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8
- Employees, 2023
- 56
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 179Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10818 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 103The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $363K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as barber shops in the Lexington-Fayette 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 Lexington-Fayette metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 535,174+3.4% since 2020
- Households
- 216,273
- Median age
- 38.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 59%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,470 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 355
- Median household income
- $71,966+22.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $102,014
- Median home value
- $281,300
- Jobs located here
- 289,772
- Daytime population
- 573,681Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Kentucky market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Kentucky for barbershops, numbered among those based in Kentucky (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Lexington-Fayette metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 69 | 400 | 4.4 | $2.3M | +2.7% | #59 of 387 |
| 1Lexington-Fayette, KY | 54 | 108 | 5.0 | $1.8M | +3.4% | #162 of 387 |
| 2Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 47 | 315 | 5.6 | $1.6M | +2.9% | #226 of 387 |
| Clarksville, TN-KY | 45 | 106 | 8.5 | $994K | +8.5% | #253 of 387 |
| 3Bowling Green, KY | 42 | 37 | 5.0 | $1.6M | +9.5% | #267 of 387 |
| 4Owensboro, KY | 38 | 20 | 4.4 | $1.9M | +1.3% | #295 of 387 |
| Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | 38 | 71 | 4.7 | $1.7M | −2.6% | #297 of 387 |
| 5Paducah, KY-IL | 21 | 23 | 5.5 | $1.5M | −1.2% | #366 of 387 |
| 6Elizabethtown, KY | 20 | 37 | 7.3 | $1.2M | +2.4% | #372 of 387 |
Other business types in the Lexington-Fayette metro area
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 spas41
- Hair salons42
- Barbershops54
- Nail salons57
- Spas and skin care30
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in the Lexington-Fayette, KY metro area?
There are 108 barbershops on map listings in the Lexington-Fayette metro area as of September 2026. 18 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in 2023. Official counts list 179 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Lexington-Fayette, KY metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $193.8M a year, or $896 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 108 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per shop. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 216,273 households in the Lexington-Fayette metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Lexington-Fayette, KY metro area compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
The Lexington-Fayette metro area has 5.0 barbershops per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $1.8M, 5% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the national ratio of barbershops to household spending, the Lexington-Fayette metro area would have about 103, against 108 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 27,034 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S.
How fast is the Lexington-Fayette, KY metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Lexington-Fayette metro area at 535,174 people in 2025, up 3.4% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 216,273 households. Median household income in the Lexington-Fayette metro area is $71,966, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.6%, 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. The Lexington-Fayette metro area scores 54 for barbershops (upper middle), #162 of 387 scored metro areas.
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