Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Montana
Barbershops in the Bozeman, MT metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for barbershops in the Bozeman, MT metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 92 out of 100: Very high
Ranked #1 of 387 scored metro areas
#1 of 5 scored metro areas based in Montana
- Listings
- 15
- 1 chain location (7%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $56.7M
- On personal care products and services · $1,107 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.8M
- Twice the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.9
- 45% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 128,740
- +7.7% since 2020
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What this means
For barbershops, the Bozeman metro area has a Groundwork market score of 92 (very high): #1 of 387 scored metro areas and #1 of 5 scored metro areas based in Montana. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for barbershops.
Household spending on personal care products and services in the Bozeman metro area comes to about $56.7M a year: $1,107 per household, 10% above the U.S. average. That works out to $3.8M per shop, twice the U.S. figure of $1.9M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops.
The Bozeman metro area has 15 barbershops on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (7%) is a chain location, against 12% across the U.S. That is 2.9 per 10,000 households, 45% below the U.S. rate of 5.3.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for barber shops in the Bozeman metro area, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates show the Bozeman metro area grew 7.7% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Bozeman metro area compares
The same measures for Montana 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 | Bozeman metro area | Montana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.9 | 3.5 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $3.8M | $2.8M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 26,992 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | n/a | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.7% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,107 | $964 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $93,528 | $72,509 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 92 | 67 |
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
- 26Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 151 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 30The 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 Bozeman 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 Bozeman metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 128,740+7.7% since 2020
- Households
- 51,215
- Median age
- 36.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 2,605 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 48
- Median household income
- $93,528+40.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $132,508
- Median home value
- $667,600
- Jobs located here
- 70,333
- Daytime population
- 127,514Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Montana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Bozeman, MT | 92 | 15 | 2.9 | $3.8M | +7.7% | #1 of 387 |
| 2Helena, MT | 76 | 16 | 4.1 | $2.5M | +7.7% | #21 of 387 |
| 3Billings, MT | 71 | 29 | 3.7 | $2.7M | +4.8% | #41 of 387 |
| 4Missoula, MT | 64 | 17 | 3.1 | $3.2M | +4.7% | #83 of 387 |
| 5Great Falls, MT | 44 | 17 | 4.8 | $1.9M | +0.7% | #255 of 387 |
Other business types in the Bozeman 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 spas52
- Hair salons52
- Barbershops92
- Nail salons80
- 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 Bozeman, MT metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 15 barbershops in the Bozeman metro area. One of them (7%) is a chain location. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in the Bozeman metro area: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 26 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Bozeman, MT metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $56.7M a year, or $1,107 per household. That is 10% above the U.S. average (an index of 110, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $3.8M 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 51,215 households in the Bozeman metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Bozeman, MT metro area compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
The Bozeman metro area has 2.9 barbershops per 10,000 households, 45% below the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $3.8M, twice the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending, the Bozeman metro area would have about 30, against 15 on map listings.
How fast is the Bozeman, MT metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Bozeman metro area at 128,740 people in 2025, up 7.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 51,215 households. The median household income in the Bozeman metro area is $93,528 a year, 16% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 40.9% 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 Bozeman metro area scores 92 for barbershops (very high), #1 of 387 scored metro areas.
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