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Barbershops in the Binghamton, NY metro area
How the Binghamton, NY metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for barbershops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #165 of 387 scored metro areas
#5 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York
- Listings
- 45
- 4 chain locations (9%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $93.1M
- On personal care products and services · $910 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.1M
- 10% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.4
- 17% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 243,189
- −1.3% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 45 barbershops in the Binghamton metro area. 4 of them (9%) are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. That comes to 4.4 for every 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 5.3.
Household spending on personal care products and services in the Binghamton metro area comes to about $93.1M a year: $910 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.1M per shop, 10% 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 3 businesses with payroll in the Binghamton metro area classed as barber shops. That is one for every 34,117 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S. Official counts list 77 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Binghamton metro area declined 1.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For barbershops, the Binghamton metro area has a Groundwork market score of 53 (upper middle): #165 of 387 scored metro areas and #5 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York.
How the Binghamton metro area compares
The same measures for New York 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 | Binghamton metro area | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.4 | 5.9 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $2.1M | $1.8M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 34,117 | 7,704 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −0.4% | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.3% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $910 | $1,070 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $64,590 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 27 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 8
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $260K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 77Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 454 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 49The 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 the Binghamton 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 Binghamton metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 243,189−1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 102,352
- Median age
- 41.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 1,224 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 200
- Median household income
- $64,590+19.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $88,420
- Median home value
- $156,000
- Jobs located here
- 94,944
- Daytime population
- 240,172Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every New York market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in New York for barbershops, numbered among those based in New York, with the Binghamton metro area marked.
Top metro areas in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kingston, NY | 67 | 31 | 4.2 | $2.5M | +1.1% | #71 of 387 |
| 2Ithaca, NY | 55 | 17 | 3.9 | $2.5M | −1.4% | #148 of 387 |
| 3Syracuse, NY | 55 | 116 | 4.3 | $2.3M | −1.3% | #150 of 387 |
| 4Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 55 | 210 | 5.5 | $1.9M | +1.9% | #155 of 387 |
| 5Binghamton, NY | 53 | 45 | 4.4 | $2.1M | −1.3% | #165 of 387 |
| 6Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | 48 | 161 | 6.3 | $1.8M | +3.0% | #210 of 387 |
| 7Rochester, NY | 48 | 271 | 6.1 | $1.6M | −0.7% | #213 of 387 |
| 8Glens Falls, NY | 45 | 25 | 4.6 | $2.1M | −1.9% | #244 of 387 |
| 9Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | 41 | 303 | 6.0 | $1.6M | −0.8% | #273 of 387 |
| 10New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | 40 | 4,689 | 6.3 | $1.8M | +0.6% | #282 of 387 |
Other business types in the Binghamton 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 spas47
- Hair salons40
- Barbershops53
- Nail salons48
- Spas and skin care59
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in the Binghamton, NY metro area?
The Binghamton metro area has 45 barbershops on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (9%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in 2023. Official counts also show 77 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Binghamton, NY metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $93.1M a year, or $910 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 45 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $2.1M per shop. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 102,352 households in the Binghamton metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Binghamton, NY metro area compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
The Binghamton metro area has 4.4 barbershops per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $2.1M, 10% above the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the national ratio of barbershops to household spending, the Binghamton metro area would have about 49, against 45 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 34,117 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S.
How fast is the Binghamton, NY metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Binghamton metro area at 243,189 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 102,352 households. Median household income in the Binghamton metro area is $64,590, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.0%, 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 Binghamton metro area scores 53 for barbershops (upper middle), #165 of 387 scored metro areas.
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