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Barbershops in Cumberland County, NJ

The barbershops in Cumberland County, NJ, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 33 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,057 of 1,356 scored counties
#20 of 21 scored counties in New Jersey

Listings
41
4 chain locations (10%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$49.7M
On personal care products and services · $924 a household
Spending per listing
$1.2M
36% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.6
43% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
157,148
+2.2% 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

For barbershops, Cumberland County has a Groundwork market score of 33 (lower middle): #1,057 of 1,356 scored counties and #20 of 21 scored counties in New Jersey. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on personal care products and services in Cumberland County comes to about $49.7M a year: $924 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.2M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 36% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops.

Cumberland County has 41 barbershops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 10% of them, against 12% across the U.S. That is 7.6 per 10,000 households, 43% above the U.S. rate of 5.3.

In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in Cumberland County classed as barber shops. That is one for every 10,756 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Cumberland County grew 2.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Cumberland 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 Cumberland County, NJ compared with New Jersey and the U.S.
MeasureCumberland CountyNew JerseyU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.66.05.3
Spending per listing$1.2M$1.9M$1.9M
Households per official establishment10,7566,26416,589
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+12.2%+28.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.2%+3.0%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$924$1,166$1,005
Median household income$67,436$103,556$80,734
Groundwork market score3345

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 5
Employees, 2023
11
Annual payroll, 2023
$270K
One-person businesses, 2023
41Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
414 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
26The 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 Cumberland 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 Cumberland County

Population, 2025 estimate
157,148+2.2% since 2020
Households
53,781
Median age
38.0
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
483 sq. mi.
People per square mile
317
Median household income
$67,436+24.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$92,848
Median home value
$221,400
Jobs located here
60,097
Daytime population
148,514Residents 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 Cumberland 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
20Cumberland County, NJ33417.6$1.2M+2.2%#1,057 of 1,356

Other business types in Cumberland County

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

Questions

How many barbershops are in Cumberland County, NJ?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 41 barbershops in Cumberland County. 4 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in 2023. Official counts list 41 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $49.7M a year, or $924 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 41 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $1.2M 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 53,781 households in Cumberland County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Cumberland County has 7.6 barbershops per 10,000 households, 43% above the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $1.2M, 36% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending, Cumberland County would have about 26, against 41 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 10,756 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S.

How fast is Cumberland County, NJ growing?

Population estimates put Cumberland County at 157,148 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 53,781 households. The median household income in Cumberland County is $67,436 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.5% 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. Cumberland County scores 33 for barbershops (lower middle), #1,057 of 1,356 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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