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Barbershops in Preble County, OH
The barbershops in Preble County, OH, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $15.4M
- On personal care products and services · $918 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.7M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.2
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 40,664
- −0.8% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on personal care products and services in Preble County comes to about $15.4M a year: $918 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That works out to $7.7M per shop. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops.
Preble County has 2 barbershops on map listings as of September 2026. That is 1.2 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for barber shops in Preble County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 5 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Preble County declined 0.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 barbershops on map listings, Preble County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Preble 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.
| Measure | Preble County | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.2 | 4.7 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $7.7M | $2.1M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 31,579 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +40.0% | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.8% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $918 | $976 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $69,223 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 49 |
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
- 5Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 20 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Preble 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 Preble County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 40,664−0.8% since 2020
- Households
- 16,725
- Median age
- 43.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 424 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 96
- Median household income
- $69,223+17.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,162
- Median home value
- $180,900
- Jobs located here
- 11,800
- Daytime population
- 34,146Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Ohio
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Warren County, OH | 87 | 31 | 3.4 | $3.6M | +5.7% | #26 of 1,356 |
| 2Licking County, OH | 86 | 14 | 2.0 | $5.2M | +3.8% | #28 of 1,356 |
| 3Clermont County, OH | 86 | 19 | 2.2 | $4.7M | +3.9% | #30 of 1,356 |
| 4Fairfield County, OH | 81 | 21 | 3.5 | $3.1M | +6.5% | #63 of 1,356 |
| 5Geauga County, OH | 80 | 7 | 2.0 | $6.2M | +0.3% | #67 of 1,356 |
| 6Miami County, OH | 80 | 12 | 2.7 | $3.7M | +3.4% | #70 of 1,356 |
| 7Madison County, OH | 80 | 6 | 3.8 | $2.7M | +7.1% | #77 of 1,356 |
| 8Medina County, OH | 79 | 20 | 2.7 | $4.1M | +1.3% | #79 of 1,356 |
| 9Pickaway County, OH | 77 | 8 | 3.7 | $2.7M | +7.4% | #110 of 1,356 |
| 10Union County, OH | 75 | 7 | 2.9 | $4.2M | +16.5% | #131 of 1,356 |
| Preble County, OH | Not scored | 2 | 1.2 | $7.7M | −0.8% |
Other business types in Preble 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 spas73
- Hair salons73
- Barbershops
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care66
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in Preble County, OH?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 barbershops in Preble County. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in Preble County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 5 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Preble County, OH spend on personal care products and services?
About $15.4M a year, or $918 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $7.7M 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 16,725 households in Preble County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Preble County, OH compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
Preble County has 2 barbershops on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending, Preble County would have about 8, against 2 on map listings.
How fast is Preble County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Preble County at 40,664 people in 2025, down 0.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 16,725 households. The median household income in Preble County is $69,223 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 17.4% 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. Preble County has no market score for barbershops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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