Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · New Hampshire
Barbershops in the Keene, NH area
How the Keene, NH area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for barbershops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 62 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #117 of 377 scored small-town markets
#4 of 4 scored small-town markets based in New Hampshire
- Listings
- 17
- 1 chain location (6%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $31.1M
- On personal care products and services · $1,017 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 3% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.6
- 6% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 78,269
- +2.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 17 barbershops in the Keene area. One of them (6%) is a chain location, against 12% across the U.S. That is 5.6 per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 5.3.
Household spending on personal care products and services in the Keene area comes to about $31.1M a year: $1,017 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Spread across 17 barbershops, that is $1.8M per shop, 3% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which barbershops share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in the Keene area: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 16 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $187K has gone to businesses classed as barber shops in the Keene area.
Population estimates show the Keene area grew 2.3% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Keene area scores 62 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for barbershops, ranking #117 of 377 scored small-town markets and #4 of 4 scored small-town markets based in New Hampshire.
How the Keene area 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 | Keene area | New Hampshire | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.6 | 4.7 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $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 | +2.3% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,017 | $1,123 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $83,329 | $99,031 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 62 | 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
- 16Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 171 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 17The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $187K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as barber shops in the Keene 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 Keene area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 78,269+2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 30,620
- Median age
- 44.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 707 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 109
- Median household income
- $83,329+28.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $105,430
- Median home value
- $280,100
- Jobs located here
- 32,125
- Daytime population
- 72,018Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in New Hampshire
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT | 83 | 28 | 3.1 | $3.4M | +1.5% | #22 of 377 |
| 2Concord, NH | 68 | 36 | 5.9 | $1.9M | +2.6% | #83 of 377 |
| 3Laconia, NH | 64 | 15 | 5.7 | $1.9M | +2.1% | #110 of 377 |
| 4Keene, NH | 62 | 17 | 5.6 | $1.8M | +2.3% | #117 of 377 |
Other business types in the Keene 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 spas49
- Hair salons48
- Barbershops62
- Nail salons87
- Spas and skin care53
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in the Keene, NH area?
There are 17 barbershops on map listings in the Keene area as of September 2026. One of them (6%) is a chain location. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in the Keene area: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 16 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Keene, NH area spend on personal care products and services?
About $31.1M a year, or $1,017 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per shop. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 30,620 households in the Keene area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Keene, NH area compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
The Keene area has 5.6 barbershops per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $1.8M, 3% 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 the Keene, NH area growing?
Population estimates put the Keene area at 78,269 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 30,620 households. Median household income in the Keene area is $83,329, 3% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.7%, 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. 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 Keene area scores 62 for barbershops (upper middle), #117 of 377 scored small-town markets.
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