Beauty and personal care · County · Massachusetts
Barbershops in Hampden County, MA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for barbershops in Hampden County, MA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 45 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #840 of 1,356 scored counties
#12 of 13 scored counties in Massachusetts
- Listings
- 119
- 15 chain locations (13%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $176.1M
- On personal care products and services · $954 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 22% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.5
- 23% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 464,338
- +0.2% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Hampden County spend about $176.1M a year on personal care products and services, or $954 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. Spread across 119 barbershops, that is $1.5M per shop, 22% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops.
Hampden County has 119 barbershops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 13% of them, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.5, 23% above the U.S. rate of 5.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 10 businesses with payroll in Hampden County classed as barber shops. That is one for every 18,447 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S. Official counts also show 251 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $53K have gone to businesses classed as barber shops in Hampden County.
Population estimates show Hampden County grew 0.2% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Hampden County scores 45 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for barbershops, ranking #840 of 1,356 scored counties and #12 of 13 scored counties in Massachusetts.
How Hampden County compares
The same measures for Massachusetts 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 | Hampden County | Massachusetts | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.5 | 6.0 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $1.9M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 18,447 | 16,982 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +36.7% | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.2% | +2.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $954 | $1,165 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $71,306 | $103,960 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 45 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 10
- Employees, 2023
- 13
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $355K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 251Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 11915 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 93The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $53K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as barber shops in Hampden 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 Hampden County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 464,338+0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 184,471
- Median age
- 40.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 617 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 750
- Median household income
- $71,306+28.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,828
- Median home value
- $298,800
- Jobs located here
- 204,758
- Daytime population
- 449,264Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Massachusetts
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hampshire County, MA | 88 | 20 | 3.2 | $3.3M | +10.4% | #23 of 1,356 |
| 2Plymouth County, MA | 73 | 98 | 4.8 | $2.5M | +3.5% | #170 of 1,356 |
| 3Norfolk County, MA | 70 | 129 | 4.6 | $2.9M | +2.2% | #230 of 1,356 |
| 4Barnstable County, MA | 69 | 51 | 4.8 | $2.3M | +2.4% | #266 of 1,356 |
| 5Middlesex County, MA | 68 | 369 | 5.8 | $2.2M | +2.8% | #283 of 1,356 |
| 6Dukes County, MA | 64 | 5 | 6.6 | $1.9M | +3.1% | #372 of 1,356 |
| 7Worcester County, MA | 64 | 224 | 6.7 | $1.7M | +3.7% | #374 of 1,356 |
| 8Franklin County, MA | 63 | 10 | 3.2 | $3M | −0.3% | #382 of 1,356 |
| 9Bristol County, MA | 60 | 152 | 6.5 | $1.6M | +2.9% | #456 of 1,356 |
| 10Berkshire County, MA | 55 | 24 | 4.2 | $2.4M | −1.2% | #566 of 1,356 |
| 12Hampden County, MA | 45 | 119 | 6.5 | $1.5M | +0.2% | #840 of 1,356 |
Other business types in Hampden 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 spas43
- Hair salons50
- Barbershops45
- Nail salons45
- Spas and skin care65
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in Hampden County, MA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 119 barbershops in Hampden County. 15 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in 2023. Another 251 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Hampden County, MA spend on personal care products and services?
About $176.1M a year, or $954 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 119 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $1.5M 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 184,471 households in Hampden County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hampden County, MA compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
Hampden County has 6.5 barbershops per 10,000 households, 23% above the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $1.5M, 22% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending, Hampden County would have about 93, against 119 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 18,447 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S.
How fast is Hampden County, MA growing?
Population estimates put Hampden County at 464,338 people in 2025, up 0.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 184,471 households. The median household income in Hampden County is $71,306 a year, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.6% 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. Hampden County scores 45 for barbershops (lower middle), #840 of 1,356 scored counties.
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