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Barbershops in Dakota County, MN
How Dakota County, MN compares with other counties and the U.S. for barbershops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 79 out of 100: High
Ranked #78 of 1,356 scored counties
#11 of 19 scored counties in Minnesota
- Listings
- 44
- 17 chain locations (39%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $206.6M
- On personal care products and services · $1,185 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.7M
- 2.5 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.5
- 53% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 457,710
- +3.9% since 2020
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What this means
For barbershops, Dakota County has a Groundwork market score of 79 (high): #78 of 1,356 scored counties and #11 of 19 scored counties in Minnesota. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for barbershops.
At $1,185 per household (18% above the U.S. average), households in Dakota County spend about $206.6M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $4.7M per shop, 2.5 times the U.S. figure of $1.9M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops.
Dakota County has 44 barbershops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 39% of them, against 12% across the U.S. That comes to 2.5 for every 10,000 households, 53% below the U.S. rate of 5.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in Dakota County was 12 in 2023. That is one for every 14,530 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $94K have gone to businesses classed as barber shops in Dakota County. Population estimates show Dakota County grew 3.9% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Dakota County compares
The same measures for Minnesota 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 | Dakota County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.5 | 2.8 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $4.7M | $4M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 14,530 | 26,227 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +69.2% | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.9% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,185 | $1,091 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $106,318 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 79 | 77 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 12
- Employees, 2023
- 33
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $994K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 86Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4417 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 110The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $94K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as barber shops in Dakota 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 Dakota County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 457,710+3.9% since 2020
- Households
- 174,362
- Median age
- 39.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 563 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 792
- Median household income
- $106,318+23.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $131,265
- Median home value
- $381,000
- Jobs located here
- 180,369
- Daytime population
- 396,728Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Minnesota market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Minnesota for barbershops, numbered among those based in Minnesota, with Dakota County marked.
Top counties in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wright County, MN | 94 | 15 | 2.8 | $4.2M | +11.1% | #3 of 1,356 |
| 2Sherburne County, MN | 93 | 6 | 1.7 | $6.9M | +6.8% | #5 of 1,356 |
| 3Anoka County, MN | 91 | 33 | 2.4 | $4.8M | +4.7% | #9 of 1,356 |
| 4Washington County, MN | 89 | 30 | 2.8 | $4.4M | +6.9% | #17 of 1,356 |
| 5Rice County, MN | 86 | 5 | 2.1 | $4.9M | +4.2% | #29 of 1,356 |
| 6Chisago County, MN | 85 | 7 | 3.3 | $3.4M | +4.3% | #36 of 1,356 |
| 7Olmsted County, MN | 83 | 18 | 2.7 | $4.3M | +2.3% | #45 of 1,356 |
| 8Carver County, MN | 82 | 9 | 2.2 | $6M | +6.6% | #54 of 1,356 |
| 9Scott County, MN | 81 | 5 | 0.9 | $14.1M | +5.1% | #57 of 1,356 |
| 10Crow Wing County, MN | 81 | 7 | 2.4 | $4.1M | +4.3% | #59 of 1,356 |
| 11Dakota County, MN | 79 | 44 | 2.5 | $4.7M | +3.9% | #78 of 1,356 |
Other business types in Dakota 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 spas59
- Hair salons68
- Barbershops79
- Nail salons59
- Spas and skin care55
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in Dakota County, MN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 44 barbershops in Dakota County. 17 of them (39%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in 2023. Another 86 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Dakota County, MN spend on personal care products and services?
About $206.6M a year, or $1,185 per household. That is 18% above the U.S. average (an index of 118, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 44 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $4.7M 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 174,362 households in Dakota County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Dakota County, MN compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
Dakota County has 2.5 barbershops per 10,000 households, 53% below the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $4.7M, 2.5 times the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending, Dakota County would have about 110, against 44 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 14,530 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S.
How fast is Dakota County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Dakota County at 457,710 people in 2025, up 3.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 174,362 households. The median household income in Dakota County is $106,318 a year, 32% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.6% 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. Dakota County scores 79 for barbershops (high), #78 of 1,356 scored counties.
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