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Barbershops in the Glens Falls, NY metro area

How the Glens Falls, 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 45 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #244 of 387 scored metro areas
#8 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York

Listings
25
2 chain locations (8%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$52.8M
On personal care products and services · $968 a household
Spending per listing
$2.1M
12% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.6
13% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
124,373
−1.9% 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

Household spending on personal care products and services in the Glens Falls metro area comes to about $52.8M a year: $968 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.1M per shop, 12% above the U.S. figure of $1.9M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops.

The Glens Falls metro area has 25 barbershops on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (8%) are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. That is 4.6 per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 5.3.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for barber shops in the Glens Falls metro area, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 29 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show the Glens Falls metro area declined 1.9% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Glens Falls metro area scores 45 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for barbershops, ranking #244 of 387 scored metro areas and #8 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York.

How the Glens Falls 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.

Barbershops in Glens Falls, NY metro area compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureGlens Falls metro areaNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.65.95.3
Spending per listing$2.1M$1.8M$1.9M
Households per official establishmentn/a7,70416,589
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−0.4%+28.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.9%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$968$1,070$1,005
Median household income$75,836$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market score4527

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
29Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
252 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
28The 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 Glens Falls 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 Glens Falls metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
124,373−1.9% since 2020
Households
54,602
Median age
46.3
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
1,698 sq. mi.
People per square mile
74
Median household income
$75,836+27.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$98,103
Median home value
$232,500
Jobs located here
49,038
Daytime population
117,382Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Barbershops across New York

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The highest-scoring metro areas in New York for barbershops, numbered among those based in New York, with the Glens Falls metro area marked.

Top metro areas in New York

Metro areas in New York ranked for barbershops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Kingston, NY67314.2$2.5M+1.1%#71 of 387
2Ithaca, NY55173.9$2.5M−1.4%#148 of 387
3Syracuse, NY551164.3$2.3M−1.3%#150 of 387
4Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY552105.5$1.9M+1.9%#155 of 387
5Binghamton, NY53454.4$2.1M−1.3%#165 of 387
6Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY481616.3$1.8M+3.0%#210 of 387
7Rochester, NY482716.1$1.6M−0.7%#213 of 387
8Glens Falls, NY45254.6$2.1M−1.9%#244 of 387
9Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY413036.0$1.6M−0.8%#273 of 387
10New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ404,6896.3$1.8M+0.6%#282 of 387

Other business types in the Glens Falls metro area

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

Questions

How many barbershops are in the Glens Falls, NY metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 25 barbershops in the Glens Falls metro area. 2 of them (8%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in the Glens Falls metro area: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 29 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Glens Falls, NY metro area spend on personal care products and services?

About $52.8M a year, or $968 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 25 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $2.1M 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 54,602 households in the Glens Falls metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Glens Falls, NY metro area compare with the U.S. for barbershops?

The Glens Falls metro area has 4.6 barbershops per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $2.1M, 12% above the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending, the Glens Falls metro area would have about 28, against 25 on map listings.

How fast is the Glens Falls, NY metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Glens Falls metro area at 124,373 people in 2025, down 1.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 54,602 households. The median household income in the Glens Falls metro area is $75,836 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.7% 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. The Glens Falls metro area scores 45 for barbershops (lower middle), #244 of 387 scored metro areas.

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