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Barbershops in Burlington County, NJ

How Burlington County, NJ compares with other counties 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 #402 of 1,356 scored counties
#4 of 21 scored counties in New Jersey

Listings
80
14 chain locations (18%)
Official establishments
23
−8.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$210.1M
On personal care products and services · $1,185 a household
Spending per listing
$2.6M
39% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.5
15% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
481,439
+4.3% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

As of September 2026, map listings count 80 barbershops in Burlington County. Of those, 14 are chain locations, or 18%, against 12% across the U.S. That comes to 4.5 for every 10,000 households, 15% below the U.S. rate of 5.3.

At $1,185 per household (18% above the U.S. average), households in Burlington County spend about $210.1M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 80 barbershops, that is $2.6M per shop, 39% above 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 23 businesses with payroll in Burlington County classed as barber shops, down 8.0% from 2019. That is one for every 7,705 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S. Official counts also show 98 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $50K have gone to businesses classed as barber shops in Burlington County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Burlington County grew 4.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for barbershops in Burlington County is 62 (upper middle), #402 of 1,356 scored counties and #4 of 21 scored counties in New Jersey.

How Burlington County compares

The same measures for New Jersey 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.

Barbershops in Burlington County, NJ compared with New Jersey and the U.S.
MeasureBurlington CountyNew JerseyU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.56.05.3
Spending per listing$2.6M$1.9M$1.9M
Households per official establishment7,7056,26416,589
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−8.0%+12.2%+28.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.3%+3.0%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$1,185$1,166$1,005
Median household income$108,111$103,556$80,734
Groundwork market score6245

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
25 → 23−8.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
69
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
98Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
8014 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
111The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$50K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as barber shops in Burlington 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 Burlington County

Population, 2025 estimate
481,439+4.3% since 2020
Households
177,222
Median age
42.4
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
799 sq. mi.
People per square mile
585
Median household income
$108,111+23.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$138,695
Median home value
$354,000
Jobs located here
218,405
Daytime population
443,817Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Barbershops across New Jersey

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The highest-scoring counties in New Jersey for barbershops, numbered among those based in New Jersey, with Burlington County marked.

Top counties in New Jersey

Counties in New Jersey ranked for barbershops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Salem County, NJ7093.6$2.8M+2.3%#232 of 1,356
2Hunterdon County, NJ65214.1$3.3M+2.3%#326 of 1,356
3Sussex County, NJ62223.8$3.2M+2.9%#400 of 1,356
4Burlington County, NJ62804.5$2.6M+4.3%#402 of 1,356
5Somerset County, NJ60695.3$2.6M+3.5%#449 of 1,356
6Ocean County, NJ581074.4$2.4M+5.6%#487 of 1,356
7Gloucester County, NJ57544.8$2.4M+3.3%#521 of 1,356
8Morris County, NJ551105.7$2.3M+3.2%#567 of 1,356
9Middlesex County, NJ531615.2$2.3M+2.6%#619 of 1,356
10Bergen County, NJ532105.9$2.2M+2.4%#620 of 1,356

Other business types in Burlington County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many barbershops are in Burlington County, NJ?

Burlington County has 80 barbershops on map listings as of September 2026. 14 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. Official counts show 23 businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in 2023, down 8.0% from 2019. Another 98 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Burlington County, NJ spend on personal care products and services?

About $210.1M a year, or $1,185 per household. That is 18% above the U.S. average (an index of 118, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 80 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $2.6M per shop. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 177,222 households in Burlington County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Burlington County, NJ compare with the U.S. for barbershops?

Burlington County has 4.5 barbershops per 10,000 households, 15% below the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $2.6M, 39% above the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the national ratio of barbershops to household spending, Burlington County would have about 111, against 80 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 7,705 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S. The official count fell 8.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +28.5% for the U.S.

How fast is Burlington County, NJ growing?

Population estimates put Burlington County at 481,439 people in 2025, up 4.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 177,222 households. Median household income in Burlington County is $108,111, 34% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.7%, 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. 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. Burlington County scores 62 for barbershops (upper middle), #402 of 1,356 scored counties.

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