Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Michigan
Barbershops in the Alma, MI area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for barbershops in the Alma, MI area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 37 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #273 of 377 scored small-town markets
#8 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Michigan
- Listings
- 8
- 2 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $13.2M
- On personal care products and services · $894 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.7M
- 12% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.4
- 2% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 41,190
- −1.1% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Alma area spend about $13.2M a year on personal care products and services, or $894 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. Spread across 8 barbershops, that is $1.7M per shop, 12% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops.
The Alma area has 8 barbershops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 25% of them, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.4, 2% above the U.S. rate of 5.3.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for barber shops in the Alma area, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 14 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Alma area declined 1.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for barbershops in the Alma area is 37 (lower middle), #273 of 377 scored small-town markets and #8 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Michigan.
How the Alma area compares
The same measures for Michigan 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 | Alma area | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.4 | 4.0 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.7M | $2.4M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 21,683 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +30.6% | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.1% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $894 | $986 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $63,556 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 37 | 51 |
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
- 14Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 82 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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 the Alma 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 Alma area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 41,190−1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 14,775
- Median age
- 40.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 568 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 73
- Median household income
- $63,556+32.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $83,011
- Median home value
- $147,500
- Jobs located here
- 12,772
- Daytime population
- 39,987Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Michigan market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Michigan for barbershops, numbered among those based in Michigan (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Alma area marked.
Top small-town markets in Michigan
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marinette, WI-MI | 71 | 6 | 2.0 | $4.3M | +0.3% | #59 of 377 |
| 1Sturgis, MI | 70 | 6 | 2.5 | $3.6M | +0.1% | #68 of 377 |
| 2Houghton, MI | 69 | 5 | 3.2 | $2.8M | +1.8% | #76 of 377 |
| 3Coldwater, MI | 67 | 6 | 3.5 | $2.5M | +2.5% | #88 of 377 |
| 4Adrian, MI | 66 | 12 | 3.1 | $3.1M | −1.6% | #92 of 377 |
| 5Petoskey, MI | 61 | 7 | 4.6 | $2.2M | −1.0% | #120 of 377 |
| 6Mount Pleasant, MI | 59 | 8 | 3.2 | $2.7M | +0.3% | #129 of 377 |
| 7Owosso, MI | 54 | 12 | 4.3 | $2.2M | −0.4% | #166 of 377 |
| 8Alma, MI | 37 | 8 | 5.4 | $1.7M | −1.1% | #273 of 377 |
Other business types in the Alma 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 spas59
- Hair salons58
- Barbershops37
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care66
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in the Alma, MI area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 barbershops in the Alma area. 2 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in the Alma area: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 14 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Alma, MI area spend on personal care products and services?
About $13.2M a year, or $894 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $1.7M 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 14,775 households in the Alma area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Alma, MI area compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
The Alma area has 5.4 barbershops per 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $1.7M, 12% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending, the Alma area would have about 7, against 8 on map listings.
How fast is the Alma, MI area growing?
Population estimates put the Alma area at 41,190 people in 2025, down 1.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 14,775 households. The median household income in the Alma area is $63,556 a year, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.8% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Alma area scores 37 for barbershops (lower middle), #273 of 377 scored small-town markets.
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