Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Nebraska
Barbershops in the Omaha, NE-IA metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for barbershops in the Omaha, NE-IA metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 75 out of 100: High
Ranked #23 of 387 scored metro areas
#1 of 3 scored metro areas based in Nebraska
- Listings
- 144
- 31 chain locations (22%)
- Official establishments
- 20
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $414.5M
- On personal care products and services · $1,063 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.9M
- 53% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.7
- 30% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,009,836
- +4.2% since 2020
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What this means
For barbershops, the Omaha metro area has a Groundwork market score of 75 (high): #23 of 387 scored metro areas and #1 of 3 scored metro areas based in Nebraska. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for barbershops.
Household spending on personal care products and services in the Omaha metro area comes to about $414.5M a year: $1,063 per household, 6% above the U.S. average. Spread across 144 barbershops, that is $2.9M per shop, 53% above the U.S. figure of $1.9M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops.
The Omaha metro area has 144 barbershops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 22% of them, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.7, 30% below the U.S. rate of 5.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in the Omaha metro area was 20 in 2023. That is one for every 19,491 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 7 SBA-backed loans worth $2.9M have gone to businesses classed as barber shops in the Omaha metro area. Population estimates show the Omaha metro area grew 4.2% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Omaha metro area compares
The same measures for Nebraska 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 | Omaha metro area | Nebraska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.7 | 3.4 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $2.9M | $3M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 19,491 | 22,796 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −7.9% | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.2% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,063 | $1,004 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $84,829 | $76,475 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 75 | 68 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 20
- Employees, 2023
- 65
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 189Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 14431 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 220The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 7
- Amount
- $2.9M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as barber shops in the Omaha 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 Omaha metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,009,836+4.2% since 2020
- Households
- 389,812
- Median age
- 37.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 4,346 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 226
- Median household income
- $84,829+25.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $113,627
- Median home value
- $268,600
- Jobs located here
- 507,201
- Daytime population
- 999,164Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Nebraska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Omaha, NE-IA | 75 | 144 | 3.7 | $2.9M | +4.2% | #23 of 387 |
| 2Lincoln, NE | 63 | 50 | 3.5 | $2.8M | +3.3% | #90 of 387 |
| Sioux City, IA-NE-SD | 56 | 23 | 4.1 | $2.3M | +1.0% | #139 of 387 |
| 3Grand Island, NE | 41 | 13 | 4.3 | $2.2M | +1.5% | #268 of 387 |
Other business types in the Omaha 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 spas67
- Hair salons62
- Barbershops75
- Nail salons82
- Spas and skin care62
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in the Omaha, NE-IA metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 144 barbershops in the Omaha metro area. 31 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. Official counts show 20 businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in 2023. Official counts also show 189 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Omaha, NE-IA metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $414.5M a year, or $1,063 per household. That is 6% above the U.S. average (an index of 106, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 144 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $2.9M 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 389,812 households in the Omaha metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Omaha, NE-IA metro area compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
The Omaha metro area has 3.7 barbershops per 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $2.9M, 53% above the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending, the Omaha metro area would have about 220, against 144 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 19,491 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S.
How fast is the Omaha, NE-IA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Omaha metro area at 1,009,836 people in 2025, up 4.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 389,812 households. The median household income in the Omaha metro area is $84,829 a year, 5% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.0% 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 Omaha metro area scores 75 for barbershops (high), #23 of 387 scored metro areas.
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