Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Minnesota
Barbershops in the Duluth, MN-WI metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for barbershops in the Duluth, MN-WI metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 68 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #62 of 387 scored metro areas
#4 of 5 scored metro areas based in Minnesota
- Listings
- 17
- 6 chain locations (35%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $115.7M
- On personal care products and services · $961 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.8M
- 3.6 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.4
- 74% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 281,219
- +0.2% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Duluth metro area spend about $115.7M a year on personal care products and services, or $961 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. That is about $6.8M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 3.6 times the U.S. figure of $1.9M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops.
There are 17 barbershops on map listings in the Duluth metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 35% of them, against 12% across the U.S. That is 1.4 per 10,000 households, 74% below the U.S. rate of 5.3.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for barber shops in the Duluth metro area, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 17 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in the Duluth metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For barbershops, the Duluth metro area has a Groundwork market score of 68 (upper middle): #62 of 387 scored metro areas and #4 of 5 scored metro areas based in Minnesota. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.
How the Duluth metro area 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 | Duluth metro area | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.4 | 2.8 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $6.8M | $4M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 26,227 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +69.2% | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.2% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $961 | $1,091 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $71,769 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 68 | 77 |
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
- 17Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 176 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 61The 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 Duluth 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 Duluth metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 281,219+0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 120,365
- Median age
- 42.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 8,414 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 33
- Median household income
- $71,769
- Average household income
- $93,302
- Median home value
- $222,400
- Jobs located here
- 128,505
- Daytime population
- 284,674Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Minnesota market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Minnesota for barbershops, numbered among those based in Minnesota (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Duluth metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sioux Falls, SD-MN | 84 | 45 | 3.7 | $2.8M | +9.5% | #4 of 387 |
| 1Rochester, MN | 82 | 22 | 2.4 | $4.7M | +2.0% | #5 of 387 |
| 2Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 76 | 481 | 3.3 | $3.6M | +2.6% | #16 of 387 |
| 3Mankato, MN | 72 | 11 | 2.7 | $3.7M | +1.2% | #33 of 387 |
| 4Duluth, MN-WI | 68 | 17 | 1.4 | $6.8M | +0.2% | #62 of 387 |
| 5St. Cloud, MN | 62 | 19 | 2.4 | $4.1M | +3.0% | #94 of 387 |
| Fargo, ND-MN | 62 | 46 | 4.2 | $2.4M | +7.7% | #96 of 387 |
| La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN | 60 | 13 | 1.8 | $5.4M | +0.4% | #108 of 387 |
| Grand Forks, ND-MN | 57 | 12 | 2.7 | $3.5M | +0.8% | #131 of 387 |
Other business types in the Duluth 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 spas68
- Hair salons61
- Barbershops68
- Nail salons72
- Spas and skin care64
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in the Duluth, MN-WI metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 17 barbershops in the Duluth metro area. 6 of them (35%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in the Duluth metro area: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 17 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Duluth, MN-WI metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $115.7M a year, or $961 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $6.8M 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 120,365 households in the Duluth metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Duluth, MN-WI metro area compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
The Duluth metro area has 1.4 barbershops per 10,000 households, 74% below the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $6.8M, 3.6 times the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending, the Duluth metro area would have about 61, against 17 on map listings.
How fast is the Duluth, MN-WI metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Duluth metro area at 281,219 people in 2025, up 0.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 120,365 households. The median household income in the Duluth metro area is $71,769 a year, 11% 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 Duluth metro area scores 68 for barbershops (upper middle), #62 of 387 scored metro areas.
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