Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Missouri
Barbershops in the Poplar Bluff, MO area
The barbershops in the Poplar Bluff, MO area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 23 out of 100: Low
Ranked #334 of 377 scored small-town markets
#11 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Missouri
- Listings
- 12
- 2 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $13.3M
- On personal care products and services · $803 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.1M
- 41% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.2
- 36% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 41,904
- −0.4% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for barbershops in the Poplar Bluff area is 23 (low), #334 of 377 scored small-town markets and #11 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Missouri. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Household spending on personal care products and services in the Poplar Bluff area comes to about $13.3M a year: $803 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.1M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 41% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops.
The Poplar Bluff area has 12 barbershops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 17% of them, against 12% across the U.S. That is 7.2 per 10,000 households, 36% above the U.S. rate of 5.3.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for barber shops in the Poplar Bluff area, since they leave out counts under 3. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Poplar Bluff area declined 0.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Poplar Bluff area 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.
| Measure | Poplar Bluff area | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.2 | 4.6 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.1M | $2.1M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 19,750 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +42.7% | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.4% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $803 | $970 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $49,089 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 23 | 41 |
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
- 23Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 122 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 Poplar Bluff 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 Poplar Bluff area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 41,904−0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 16,594
- Median age
- 40.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 695 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 60
- Median household income
- $49,089
- Average household income
- $67,066
- Median home value
- $145,100
- Jobs located here
- 18,059
- Daytime population
- 43,334Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Missouri market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Missouri for barbershops, numbered among those based in Missouri (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Poplar Bluff area marked.
Top small-town markets in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quincy, IL-MO | 65 | 8 | 2.6 | $3.5M | −2.0% | #98 of 377 |
| 1Sedalia, MO | 59 | 7 | 4.1 | $2.1M | +2.9% | #134 of 377 |
| 2Branson, MO | 56 | 9 | 3.9 | $2.2M | +1.7% | #156 of 377 |
| 3Sikeston, MO | 54 | 7 | 3.5 | $2.4M | −0.3% | #165 of 377 |
| 4Farmington, MO | 53 | 11 | 4.4 | $1.9M | +2.1% | #176 of 377 |
| 5Warrensburg, MO | 51 | 11 | 5.2 | $1.8M | +4.9% | #196 of 377 |
| 6Lebanon, MO | 46 | 7 | 4.8 | $1.7M | +2.5% | #222 of 377 |
| 7Rolla, MO | 46 | 9 | 5.2 | $1.7M | +1.6% | #223 of 377 |
| 8West Plains, MO | 38 | 9 | 5.6 | $1.4M | +2.5% | #266 of 377 |
| 9Fort Leonard Wood, MO | 34 | 15 | 8.9 | $1M | +0.8% | #290 of 377 |
| 11Poplar Bluff, MO | 23 | 12 | 7.2 | $1.1M | −0.4% | #334 of 377 |
Other business types in the Poplar Bluff 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 spas31
- Hair salons39
- Barbershops23
- Nail salons25
- Spas and skin care37
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in the Poplar Bluff, MO area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 barbershops in the Poplar Bluff area. 2 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in the Poplar Bluff area: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 23 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Poplar Bluff, MO area spend on personal care products and services?
About $13.3M a year, or $803 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $1.1M 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 16,594 households in the Poplar Bluff area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Poplar Bluff, MO area compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
The Poplar Bluff area has 7.2 barbershops per 10,000 households, 36% above the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $1.1M, 41% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending, the Poplar Bluff area would have about 7, against 12 on map listings.
How fast is the Poplar Bluff, MO area growing?
Population estimates put the Poplar Bluff area at 41,904 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 16,594 households. The median household income in the Poplar Bluff area is $49,089 a year, 39% 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. 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 Poplar Bluff area scores 23 for barbershops (low), #334 of 377 scored small-town markets.
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