Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Michigan
Barbershops in the Battle Creek, MI metro area
The barbershops in the Battle Creek, MI metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 31 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #323 of 387 scored metro areas
#14 of 15 scored metro areas based in Michigan
- Listings
- 29
- 2 chain locations (7%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $48.4M
- On personal care products and services · $907 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
- 133,408
- −0.6% since 2020
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What this means
The Battle Creek metro area scores 31 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for barbershops, ranking #323 of 387 scored metro areas and #14 of 15 scored metro areas based in Michigan. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Households in the Battle Creek metro area spend about $48.4M a year on personal care products and services, or $907 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.7M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 12% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops.
There are 29 barbershops on map listings in the Battle Creek metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 7% of them, against 12% across the U.S. That is 5.4 per 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 5.3.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for barber shops in the Battle Creek metro area, since they leave out counts under 3. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Battle Creek metro area declined 0.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Battle Creek metro 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 | Battle Creek metro 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 | −0.6% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $907 | $986 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $63,177 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 31 | 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
- 38Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 292 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 26The 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 Battle Creek 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 Battle Creek metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 133,408−0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 53,333
- Median age
- 40.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 706 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 189
- Median household income
- $63,177+30.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $83,388
- Median home value
- $162,800
- Jobs located here
- 51,778
- Daytime population
- 134,519Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Michigan
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Traverse City, MI | 76 | 16 | 2.4 | $4.2M | +2.2% | #14 of 387 |
| 2Midland, MI | 72 | 10 | 2.9 | $3.6M | +0.3% | #34 of 387 |
| 3Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI | 71 | 159 | 3.6 | $2.9M | +2.8% | #39 of 387 |
| 4Ann Arbor, MI | 71 | 61 | 4.1 | $2.7M | −0.4% | #40 of 387 |
| 5Monroe, MI | 70 | 19 | 3.0 | $3.3M | +0.7% | #48 of 387 |
| 6Jackson, MI | 61 | 17 | 2.7 | $3.4M | −0.4% | #101 of 387 |
| 7Niles, MI | 60 | 16 | 2.5 | $3.8M | −1.3% | #109 of 387 |
| 8Kalamazoo-Portage, MI | 58 | 49 | 4.6 | $2.2M | +0.8% | #126 of 387 |
| 9Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI | 55 | 22 | 3.2 | $2.8M | +1.8% | #146 of 387 |
| 10Lansing-East Lansing, MI | 55 | 81 | 4.2 | $2.3M | +1.4% | #149 of 387 |
| 14Battle Creek, MI | 31 | 29 | 5.4 | $1.7M | −0.6% | #323 of 387 |
Other business types in the Battle Creek 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 spas58
- Hair salons48
- Barbershops31
- Nail salons47
- 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 Battle Creek, MI metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 29 barbershops in the Battle Creek metro area. 2 of them (7%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in the Battle Creek metro area: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 38 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Battle Creek, MI metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $48.4M a year, or $907 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 29 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 53,333 households in the Battle Creek metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Battle Creek, MI metro area compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
The Battle Creek metro 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 Battle Creek metro area would have about 26, against 29 on map listings.
How fast is the Battle Creek, MI metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Battle Creek metro area at 133,408 people in 2025, down 0.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 53,333 households. The median household income in the Battle Creek metro area is $63,177 a year, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.0% 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. The Battle Creek metro area scores 31 for barbershops (lower middle), #323 of 387 scored metro areas.
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