Beauty and personal care · County · New Hampshire
Barbershops in Carroll County, NH
The barbershops in Carroll County, NH, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 85 out of 100: High
Ranked #34 of 1,356 scored counties
#1 of 9 scored counties in New Hampshire
- Listings
- 6
- 1 chain location (17%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $22.7M
- On personal care products and services · $1,039 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.8M
- Twice the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.7
- 49% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 52,784
- +5.0% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for barbershops in Carroll County is 85 (high), #34 of 1,356 scored counties and #1 of 9 scored counties in New Hampshire. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for barbershops.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Carroll County comes to about $22.7M a year: $1,039 per household, 3% above the U.S. average. Spread across 6 barbershops, that is $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.
Carroll County has 6 barbershops on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (17%) is a chain location, against 12% across the U.S. That is 2.7 per 10,000 households, 49% below the U.S. rate of 5.3.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for barber shops in Carroll County, since they leave out counts under 3. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Carroll County grew 5.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Carroll County compares
The same measures for New Hampshire 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 | Carroll County | New Hampshire | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.7 | 4.7 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $3.8M | $2.4M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 21,378 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | n/a | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.0% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,039 | $1,123 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $86,463 | $99,031 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 85 | 62 |
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
- 9Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 61 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The 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 Carroll 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 Carroll County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 52,784+5.0% since 2020
- Households
- 21,847
- Median age
- 52.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 83%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 932 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 56
- Median household income
- $86,463+36.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $113,348
- Median home value
- $388,900
- Jobs located here
- 19,503
- Daytime population
- 49,832Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every New Hampshire market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in New Hampshire for barbershops, numbered among those based in New Hampshire, with Carroll County marked.
Top counties in New Hampshire
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Carroll County, NH | 85 | 6 | 2.7 | $3.8M | +5.0% | #34 of 1,356 |
| 2Sullivan County, NH | 74 | 5 | 3.0 | $3.3M | +2.1% | #146 of 1,356 |
| 3Hillsborough County, NH | 74 | 87 | 5.2 | $2.2M | +2.5% | #159 of 1,356 |
| 4Grafton County, NH | 71 | 15 | 4.0 | $2.6M | +2.2% | #204 of 1,356 |
| 5Rockingham County, NH | 70 | 59 | 4.6 | $2.7M | +3.0% | #236 of 1,356 |
| 6Merrimack County, NH | 63 | 36 | 5.9 | $1.9M | +2.6% | #393 of 1,356 |
| 7Strafford County, NH | 57 | 23 | 4.4 | $2.4M | +3.0% | #520 of 1,356 |
| 8Belknap County, NH | 57 | 15 | 5.7 | $1.9M | +2.1% | #527 of 1,356 |
| 9Cheshire County, NH | 55 | 17 | 5.6 | $1.8M | +2.3% | #574 of 1,356 |
Other business types in Carroll County
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 spas59
- Hair salons62
- Barbershops85
- Nail salons79
- Spas and skin care57
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in Carroll County, NH?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 barbershops in Carroll County. One of them (17%) is a chain location. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in Carroll County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 9 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Carroll County, NH spend on personal care products and services?
About $22.7M a year, or $1,039 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 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 21,847 households in Carroll County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Carroll County, NH compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
Carroll County has 2.7 barbershops per 10,000 households, 49% 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, Carroll County would have about 12, against 6 on map listings.
How fast is Carroll County, NH growing?
Population estimates put Carroll County at 52,784 people in 2025, up 5.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 21,847 households. The median household income in Carroll County is $86,463 a year, 7% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.9% 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. Carroll County scores 85 for barbershops (high), #34 of 1,356 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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