Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Massachusetts
Barbershops in the Springfield, MA metro area
The barbershops in the Springfield, MA metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 37 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #300 of 387 scored metro areas
#6 of 6 scored metro areas based 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
For barbershops, the Springfield metro area has a Groundwork market score of 37 (lower middle): #300 of 387 scored metro areas and #6 of 6 scored metro areas based in Massachusetts. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 119 barbershops in the Springfield metro area. 15 of them (13%) are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. That is 6.5 per 10,000 households, 23% above the U.S. rate of 5.3.
Households in the Springfield metro area 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. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which barbershops share with other businesses in the trade.
Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in the Springfield metro area in 2023. That is one for every 18,447 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $53K have gone to businesses classed as barber shops in the Springfield metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Springfield metro area grew 0.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Springfield metro area 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 | Springfield metro area | 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 | 37 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 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 the Springfield 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 Springfield metro area
- 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
- 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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Every Massachusetts market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Massachusetts for barbershops, numbered among those based in Massachusetts (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Springfield metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Massachusetts
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Amherst Town-Northampton, MA | 89 | 20 | 3.2 | $3.3M | +10.4% | #3 of 387 |
| 2Barnstable Town, MA | 69 | 51 | 4.8 | $2.3M | +2.4% | #58 of 387 |
| 3Worcester, MA | 60 | 224 | 6.7 | $1.7M | +3.7% | #117 of 387 |
| 4Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | 56 | 1,142 | 5.9 | $2.1M | +2.3% | #141 of 387 |
| 5Pittsfield, MA | 54 | 24 | 4.2 | $2.4M | −1.2% | #160 of 387 |
| Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | 49 | 437 | 6.5 | $1.6M | +2.1% | #201 of 387 |
| 6Springfield, MA | 37 | 119 | 6.5 | $1.5M | +0.2% | #300 of 387 |
Other business types in the Springfield 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 spas48
- Hair salons48
- Barbershops37
- Nail salons40
- Spas and skin care68
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in the Springfield, MA metro area?
There are 119 barbershops on map listings in the Springfield metro area as of September 2026. 15 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in 2023. Official counts list 251 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Springfield, MA metro area 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. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 184,471 households in the Springfield metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Springfield, MA metro area compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
The Springfield metro area 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 national ratio of barbershops to household spending, the Springfield metro area 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 the Springfield, MA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Springfield metro area at 464,338 people in 2025, up 0.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 184,471 households. Median household income in the Springfield metro area is $71,306, 12% 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 Springfield metro area scores 37 for barbershops (lower middle), #300 of 387 scored metro areas.
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