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Barbershops in Metcalfe County, KY

How Metcalfe County, KY compares with other counties 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 1.

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 · $722 a household
Spending per listing
$3M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
2.4
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
10,583
+2.9% 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

Household spending on personal care products and services in Metcalfe County comes to about $3M a year: $722 per household, 28% 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 Metcalfe County as of September 2026. That is 2.4 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for barber shops in Metcalfe County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates put the population change in Metcalfe County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.9%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 barbershop on map listings, Metcalfe County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Metcalfe 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.

Barbershops in Metcalfe County, KY compared with Kentucky and the U.S.
MeasureMetcalfe CountyKentuckyU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.45.15.3
Spending per listing$3M$1.6M$1.9M
Households per official establishmentn/a38,60616,589
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+17.5%+28.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.9%+2.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$722$833$1,005
Median household income$51,473$63,726$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored40

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 Metcalfe 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 Metcalfe County

Population, 2025 estimate
10,583+2.9% since 2020
Households
4,100
Median age
43.0
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
290 sq. mi.
People per square mile
36
Median household income
$51,473+37.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$65,471
Median home value
$110,200
Jobs located here
1,924
Daytime population
8,587Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Barbershops across Kentucky

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The highest-scoring counties in Kentucky for barbershops, numbered among those based in Kentucky, with Metcalfe County marked.

Top counties in Kentucky

Counties in Kentucky ranked for barbershops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Oldham County, KY8393.9$3M+4.9%#51 of 1,356
2Scott County, KY8073.1$3.1M+8.2%#75 of 1,356
3Boone County, KY77203.9$2.6M+6.5%#111 of 1,356
4Jessamine County, KY6973.5$2.6M+7.8%#264 of 1,356
5Kenton County, KY68243.6$2.6M+3.9%#279 of 1,356
6Campbell County, KY64143.6$2.6M+2.5%#362 of 1,356
7Shelby County, KY6384.3$2.2M+6.2%#389 of 1,356
8Bullitt County, KY62134.1$2.3M+5.0%#407 of 1,356
9Clark County, KY5353.3$2.5M+2.3%#614 of 1,356
10Madison County, KY53164.3$1.9M+9.4%#628 of 1,356
Metcalfe County, KYNot scored12.4$3M+2.9%

Other business types in Metcalfe County

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

Questions

How many barbershops are in Metcalfe County, KY?

As of September 2026, map listings count 1 barbershop in Metcalfe County. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in Metcalfe County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Metcalfe County, KY spend on personal care products and services?

About $3M a year, or $722 per household. That is 28% below the U.S. average (an index of 72, 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 4,100 households in Metcalfe County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Metcalfe County, KY compare with the U.S. for barbershops?

Metcalfe 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, Metcalfe County would have about 2, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is Metcalfe County, KY growing?

Population estimates put Metcalfe County at 10,583 people in 2025, up 2.9% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,100 households. The median household income in Metcalfe County is $51,473 a year, 36% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 37.7% 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. Metcalfe County has no market score for barbershops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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