Groundwork

Beauty and personal care · County · Missouri

Barbershops in Bates County, MO

How Bates County, MO compares with other counties and the U.S. for barbershops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.

Listings
3
1 chain location (33%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$5.4M
On personal care products and services · $875 a household
Spending per listing
$1.8M
5% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.9
8% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
16,512
+2.9% since 2020

See the barbershops around any address in Bates County

The site report maps the barbershops on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of Bates County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

Free10 actions over 3 days, no card

Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Household spending on personal care products and services in Bates County comes to about $5.4M a year: $875 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. Spread across 3 barbershops, that is $1.8M per shop, 5% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops.

Bates County has 3 barbershops on map listings as of September 2026. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.9, 8% below the U.S. rate of 5.3.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for barber shops in Bates County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates show Bates County grew 2.9% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 barbershops on map listings, Bates County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Bates County compares

The same measures for Missouri 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.

Barbershops in Bates County, MO compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasureBates CountyMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.94.65.3
Spending per listing$1.8M$2.1M$1.9M
Households per official establishmentn/a19,75016,589
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+42.7%+28.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.9%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$875$970$1,005
Median household income$60,733$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored41

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
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
31 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 Bates 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 Bates County

Population, 2025 estimate
16,512+2.9% since 2020
Households
6,158
Median age
41.5
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
837 sq. mi.
People per square mile
19
Median household income
$60,733+27.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$75,380
Median home value
$170,800
Jobs located here
3,729
Daytime population
14,272Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

Looking at a specific site in Bates County?

These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the barbershops on map listings by name and distance.

Or open the report at the center of Bates County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

Free10 actions over 3 days, no card

Barbershops across Missouri

Every Missouri market ranked →

The highest-scoring counties in Missouri for barbershops, numbered among those based in Missouri, with Bates County marked.

Top counties in Missouri

Counties in Missouri ranked for barbershops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Christian County, MO83123.4$3M+8.3%#50 of 1,356
2Cass County, MO82163.7$2.9M+7.1%#56 of 1,356
3Jefferson County, MO78252.8$3.6M+2.7%#91 of 1,356
4St. Charles County, MO77674.2$2.8M+4.9%#109 of 1,356
5Newton County, MO7473.2$2.9M+6.1%#153 of 1,356
6Cole County, MO70103.2$3.1M+1.7%#228 of 1,356
7St. Louis County, MO701633.9$2.7M−1.2%#233 of 1,356
8Platte County, MO68194.3$2.6M+6.7%#280 of 1,356
9Clay County, MO66515.0$2.1M+4.3%#316 of 1,356
10Franklin County, MO65112.6$3.8M+3.1%#325 of 1,356
Bates County, MONot scored34.9$1.8M+2.9%

Other business types in Bates County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many barbershops are in Bates County, MO?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 barbershops in Bates County. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in Bates County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Bates County, MO spend on personal care products and services?

About $5.4M a year, or $875 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $1.8M 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 6,158 households in Bates County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Bates County, MO compare with the U.S. for barbershops?

Bates County has 4.9 barbershops per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $1.8M, 5% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending.

How fast is Bates County, MO growing?

Population estimates put Bates County at 16,512 people in 2025, up 2.9% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,158 households. The median household income in Bates County is $60,733 a year, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.5% 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. Bates County has no market score for barbershops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Bates County. It maps the barbershops on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.

How the score works · Top markets for barbershops · All 56 business types in Bates County

Screening a site or an acquisition in Bates County?

A site report maps the competitors on map listings near an address and sizes the households and spending around it.

The button opens the report at the center of Bates County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Figures are estimates for research only. Not investment or real estate advice.