Beauty and personal care · Metro area · North Carolina
Barbershops in the Fayetteville, NC metro area
The barbershops in the Fayetteville, NC metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 24 out of 100: Low
Ranked #355 of 387 scored metro areas
#12 of 15 scored metro areas based in North Carolina
- Listings
- 167
- 9 chain locations (5%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $120.5M
- On personal care products and services · $809 a household
- Spending per listing
- $722K
- 62% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.2
- 2.1 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 395,412
- +1.6% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for barbershops in the Fayetteville metro area is 24 (low), #355 of 387 scored metro areas and #12 of 15 scored metro areas based in North Carolina. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 167 barbershops in the Fayetteville metro area. Chain locations make up 5% of them, against 12% across the U.S. That is 11.2 per 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 5.3.
Household spending on personal care products and services in the Fayetteville metro area comes to about $120.5M a year: $809 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. Spread across 167 barbershops, that is $722K per shop, 62% 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.
Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in the Fayetteville metro area in 2023. That is one for every 18,627 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Fayetteville metro area grew 1.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Fayetteville metro area compares
The same measures for North Carolina 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 | Fayetteville metro area | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.2 | 5.6 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $722K | $1.6M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 18,627 | 22,074 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +33.8% | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.6% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $809 | $897 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $61,763 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 24 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8
- Employees, 2023
- 29
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $987K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 321Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1679 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 64The 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 Fayetteville 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 Fayetteville metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 395,412+1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 149,016
- Median age
- 34.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 57%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,043 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 376
- Median household income
- $61,763
- Average household income
- $81,373
- Median home value
- $202,700
- Jobs located here
- 124,855
- Daytime population
- 386,104Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every North Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in North Carolina for barbershops, numbered among those based in North Carolina, with the Fayetteville metro area marked.
Top metro areas in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | 73 | 126 | 5.1 | $1.9M | +7.5% | #31 of 387 |
| 2Asheville, NC | 70 | 52 | 3.2 | $2.8M | +3.6% | #50 of 387 |
| 3Wilmington, NC | 69 | 79 | 4.0 | $2.3M | +15.9% | #60 of 387 |
| 4Winston-Salem, NC | 60 | 134 | 4.8 | $1.8M | +5.3% | #116 of 387 |
| 5Raleigh-Cary, NC | 57 | 323 | 5.6 | $1.9M | +12.6% | #135 of 387 |
| 6Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC | 52 | 26 | 5.9 | $1.6M | +10.3% | #181 of 387 |
| 7Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC | 50 | 64 | 4.3 | $1.9M | +3.2% | #193 of 387 |
| 8Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 47 | 637 | 5.9 | $1.6M | +10.1% | #225 of 387 |
| 9Greensboro-High Point, NC | 46 | 189 | 6.0 | $1.4M | +4.1% | #240 of 387 |
| 10Burlington, NC | 45 | 34 | 4.9 | $1.7M | +8.5% | #249 of 387 |
| 12Fayetteville, NC | 24 | 167 | 11.2 | $722K | +1.6% | #355 of 387 |
Other business types in the Fayetteville 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 spas22
- Hair salons27
- Barbershops24
- Nail salons23
- Spas and skin care16
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in the Fayetteville, NC metro area?
There are 167 barbershops on map listings in the Fayetteville metro area as of September 2026. 9 of them (5%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in 2023. Official counts also show 321 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Fayetteville, NC metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $120.5M a year, or $809 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 167 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $722K per shop. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 149,016 households in the Fayetteville metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Fayetteville, NC metro area compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
The Fayetteville metro area has 11.2 barbershops per 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $722K, 62% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the national ratio of barbershops to household spending, the Fayetteville metro area would have about 64, against 167 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 18,627 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S.
How fast is the Fayetteville, NC metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Fayetteville metro area at 395,412 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 149,016 households. Median household income in the Fayetteville metro area is $61,763, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Fayetteville metro area scores 24 for barbershops (low), #355 of 387 scored metro areas.
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