Beauty and personal care · County · North Dakota
Barbershops in Cass County, ND
How Cass County, ND compares with other counties and the U.S. for barbershops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 61 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #424 of 1,356 scored counties
#3 of 7 scored counties in North Dakota
- Listings
- 37
- 7 chain locations (19%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $84.5M
- On personal care products and services · $1,007 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.3M
- 21% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.4
- 17% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 201,794
- +9.1% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Cass County spend about $84.5M a year on personal care products and services, or $1,007 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Spread across 37 barbershops, that is $2.3M per shop, 21% above the U.S. figure of $1.9M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops.
There are 37 barbershops on map listings in Cass County as of September 2026. Of those, 7 are chain locations, or 19%, 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in Cass County was 8 in 2023. That is one for every 10,493 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S. Another 50 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $556K have gone to businesses classed as barber shops in Cass County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Cass County grew 9.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for barbershops in Cass County is 61 (upper middle), #424 of 1,356 scored counties and #3 of 7 scored counties in North Dakota.
How Cass County compares
The same measures for North Dakota 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 | Cass County | North Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.4 | 3.4 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $2.3M | $2.9M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 10,493 | 16,553 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | n/a | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.1% | +2.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,007 | $1,002 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $75,555 | $76,657 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 61 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 8
- Employees, 2023
- 20
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $508K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 50Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 377 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 45The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $556K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as barber shops in Cass 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 Cass County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 201,794+9.1% since 2020
- Households
- 83,945
- Median age
- 34.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 52%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,765 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 110
- Median household income
- $75,555+17.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $103,789
- Median home value
- $298,000
- Jobs located here
- 131,603
- Daytime population
- 221,162Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every North Dakota market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in North Dakota for barbershops, numbered among those based in North Dakota, with Cass County marked.
Top counties in North Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Burleigh County, ND | 71 | 15 | 3.6 | $2.9M | +4.7% | #199 of 1,356 |
| 2Williams County, ND | 70 | 6 | 4.0 | $2.7M | +1.4% | #234 of 1,356 |
| 3Cass County, ND | 61 | 37 | 4.4 | $2.3M | +9.1% | #424 of 1,356 |
| 4Morton County, ND | 58 | 8 | 5.7 | $1.8M | +3.8% | #500 of 1,356 |
| 5Grand Forks County, ND | 57 | 10 | 3.2 | $3M | +1.9% | #511 of 1,356 |
| 6Ward County, ND | 55 | 12 | 4.2 | $2.4M | −2.4% | #564 of 1,356 |
| 7Stark County, ND | 51 | 7 | 5.2 | $1.9M | +0.5% | #678 of 1,356 |
Other business types in Cass County
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 spas42
- Hair salons42
- Barbershops61
- Nail salons54
- Spas and skin care46
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in Cass County, ND?
As of September 2026, map listings count 37 barbershops in Cass County. 7 of them (19%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in 2023. Official counts list 50 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Cass County, ND spend on personal care products and services?
About $84.5M a year, or $1,007 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 37 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $2.3M 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 83,945 households in Cass County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cass County, ND compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
Cass County has 4.4 barbershops per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $2.3M, 21% above the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending, Cass County would have about 45, against 37 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 10,493 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S.
How fast is Cass County, ND growing?
Population estimates put Cass County at 201,794 people in 2025, up 9.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 83,945 households. The median household income in Cass County is $75,555 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 17.2% 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. Cass County scores 61 for barbershops (upper middle), #424 of 1,356 scored counties.
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