Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Louisiana
Barbershops in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area
How the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for barbershops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 22 out of 100: Low
Ranked #363 of 387 scored metro areas
#8 of 10 scored metro areas based in Louisiana
- Listings
- 299
- 18 chain locations (6%)
- Official establishments
- 19
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $336.4M
- On personal care products and services · $844 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.1M
- 40% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.5
- 42% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 970,849
- −3.4% since 2020
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What this means
The New Orleans-Metairie metro area scores 22 (low) on the Groundwork market score for barbershops, ranking #363 of 387 scored metro areas and #8 of 10 scored metro areas based in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
As of September 2026, map listings count 299 barbershops in the New Orleans-Metairie metro area. 18 of them (6%) are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.5, 42% above the U.S. rate of 5.3.
At $844 per household (16% below the U.S. average), households in the New Orleans-Metairie metro area spend about $336.4M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 299 barbershops, that is $1.1M per shop, 40% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in the New Orleans-Metairie metro area was 19 in 2023. That is one for every 20,977 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $57K have gone to businesses classed as barber shops in the New Orleans-Metairie metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the New Orleans-Metairie metro area declined 3.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the New Orleans-Metairie metro area compares
The same measures for Louisiana 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 | New Orleans-Metairie metro area | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.5 | 6.8 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.1M | $1.2M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 20,977 | 28,200 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −5.9% | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.4% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $844 | $826 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $62,655 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 22 | 22 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 19
- Employees, 2023
- 44
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 879Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 29918 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 178The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $57K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as barber shops in the New Orleans-Metairie 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 New Orleans-Metairie metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 970,849−3.4% since 2020
- Households
- 398,564
- Median age
- 40.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.5
- Land area
- 2,359 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 416
- Median household income
- $62,655
- Average household income
- $91,916
- Median home value
- $260,200
- Jobs located here
- 463,433
- Daytime population
- 1,032,273Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Louisiana market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Louisiana for barbershops, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with the New Orleans-Metairie metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA | 41 | 69 | 6.6 | $1.4M | +5.3% | #277 of 387 |
| 2Baton Rouge, LA | 39 | 244 | 7.3 | $1.2M | +2.1% | #294 of 387 |
| 3Lake Charles, LA | 30 | 69 | 7.5 | $1.1M | −3.8% | #333 of 387 |
| 4Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | 27 | 122 | 7.8 | $1M | −2.3% | #347 of 387 |
| 5Lafayette, LA | 26 | 120 | 7.3 | $1.1M | +3.8% | #349 of 387 |
| 6Monroe, LA | 25 | 58 | 6.7 | $1.2M | −1.9% | #352 of 387 |
| 7Hammond, LA | 25 | 37 | 7.1 | $1.1M | +5.8% | #353 of 387 |
| 8New Orleans-Metairie, LA | 22 | 299 | 7.5 | $1.1M | −3.4% | #363 of 387 |
| 9Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA | 21 | 39 | 4.9 | $1.7M | −3.5% | #364 of 387 |
| 10Alexandria, LA | 19 | 27 | 4.8 | $1.7M | −2.5% | #374 of 387 |
Other business types in the New Orleans-Metairie 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 spas16
- Hair salons26
- Barbershops22
- Nail salons6
- Spas and skin care27
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area?
The New Orleans-Metairie metro area has 299 barbershops on map listings as of September 2026. 18 of them (6%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in 2023. Another 879 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $336.4M a year, or $844 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 299 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $1.1M per shop. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 398,564 households in the New Orleans-Metairie metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
The New Orleans-Metairie metro area has 7.5 barbershops per 10,000 households, 42% above the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $1.1M, 40% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the national ratio of barbershops to household spending, the New Orleans-Metairie metro area would have about 178, against 299 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 20,977 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S.
How fast is the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the New Orleans-Metairie metro area at 970,849 people in 2025, down 3.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 398,564 households. Median household income in the New Orleans-Metairie metro area is $62,655, 22% 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 New Orleans-Metairie metro area scores 22 for barbershops (low), #363 of 387 scored metro areas.
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