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Barbershops in Hancock County, OH

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #694 of 1,356 scored counties
#35 of 62 scored counties in Ohio

Listings
15
2 chain locations (13%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$30.6M
On personal care products and services · $968 a household
Spending per listing
$2M
8% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.7
11% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
75,034
+0.1% 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

Households in Hancock County spend about $30.6M a year on personal care products and services, or $968 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2M per shop, 8% above the U.S. figure of $1.9M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops.

Hancock County has 15 barbershops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 13% of them, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.7, 11% below the U.S. rate of 5.3.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for barber shops in Hancock County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 12 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $50K have gone to businesses classed as barber shops in Hancock County.

Population estimates put the population change in Hancock County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For barbershops, Hancock County has a Groundwork market score of 50 (upper middle): #694 of 1,356 scored counties and #35 of 62 scored counties in Ohio.

How Hancock County compares

The same measures for Ohio 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 Hancock County, OH compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureHancock CountyOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.74.75.3
Spending per listing$2M$2.1M$1.9M
Households per official establishmentn/a31,57916,589
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+40.0%+28.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.1%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$968$976$1,005
Median household income$73,141$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market score5049

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
12Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
152 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
16The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$50K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as barber shops in Hancock 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 Hancock County

Population, 2025 estimate
75,034+0.1% since 2020
Households
31,615
Median age
41.0
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
531 sq. mi.
People per square mile
141
Median household income
$73,141+25.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$91,920
Median home value
$204,700
Jobs located here
44,531
Daytime population
83,823Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Barbershops across Ohio

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The highest-scoring counties in Ohio for barbershops, numbered among those based in Ohio, with Hancock County marked.

Top counties in Ohio

Counties in Ohio ranked for barbershops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Warren County, OH87313.4$3.6M+5.7%#26 of 1,356
2Licking County, OH86142.0$5.2M+3.8%#28 of 1,356
3Clermont County, OH86192.2$4.7M+3.9%#30 of 1,356
4Fairfield County, OH81213.5$3.1M+6.5%#63 of 1,356
5Geauga County, OH8072.0$6.2M+0.3%#67 of 1,356
6Miami County, OH80122.7$3.7M+3.4%#70 of 1,356
7Madison County, OH8063.8$2.7M+7.1%#77 of 1,356
8Medina County, OH79202.7$4.1M+1.3%#79 of 1,356
9Pickaway County, OH7783.7$2.7M+7.4%#110 of 1,356
10Union County, OH7572.9$4.2M+16.5%#131 of 1,356
35Hancock County, OH50154.7$2M+0.1%#694 of 1,356

Other business types in Hancock County

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

Questions

How many barbershops are in Hancock County, OH?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 15 barbershops in Hancock County. 2 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in Hancock County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 12 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Hancock County, OH spend on personal care products and services?

About $30.6M 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 15 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $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 31,615 households in Hancock County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Hancock County, OH compare with the U.S. for barbershops?

Hancock County has 4.7 barbershops per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $2M, 8% above the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending, Hancock County would have about 16, against 15 on map listings.

How fast is Hancock County, OH growing?

Population estimates put Hancock County at 75,034 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 31,615 households. The median household income in Hancock County is $73,141 a year, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.1% 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. Hancock County scores 50 for barbershops (upper middle), #694 of 1,356 scored counties.

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