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Barbershops in Stark County, OH

How Stark County, OH compares with other counties and the U.S. for barbershops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 60 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #454 of 1,356 scored counties
#24 of 62 scored counties in Ohio

Listings
68
17 chain locations (25%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$145.3M
On personal care products and services · $931 a household
Spending per listing
$2.1M
13% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.4
17% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
373,771
−0.2% 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 Stark County comes to about $145.3M a year: $931 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. Spread across 68 barbershops, that is $2.1M per shop, 13% above the U.S. figure of $1.9M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops.

There are 68 barbershops on map listings in Stark County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 25% of them, against 12% across the U.S. That is 4.4 per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 5.3.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in Stark County was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 38,989 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S. Official counts list 177 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in Stark County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For barbershops, Stark County has a Groundwork market score of 60 (upper middle): #454 of 1,356 scored counties and #24 of 62 scored counties in Ohio.

How Stark 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 Stark County, OH compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureStark CountyOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.44.75.3
Spending per listing$2.1M$2.1M$1.9M
Households per official establishment38,98931,57916,589
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+40.0%+28.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.2%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$931$976$1,005
Median household income$67,934$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market score6049

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4
Employees, 2023
2
Annual payroll, 2023
$129K
One-person businesses, 2023
177Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
6817 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
77The 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 Stark 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 Stark County

Population, 2025 estimate
373,771−0.2% since 2020
Households
155,955
Median age
42.3
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
575 sq. mi.
People per square mile
650
Median household income
$67,934+26.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$86,996
Median home value
$186,400
Jobs located here
161,831
Daytime population
363,748Residents 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 Stark 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
24Stark County, OH60684.4$2.1M−0.2%#454 of 1,356

Other business types in Stark County

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

Questions

How many barbershops are in Stark County, OH?

As of September 2026, map listings count 68 barbershops in Stark County. 17 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in 2023. Official counts also show 177 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $145.3M a year, or $931 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 68 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 155,955 households in Stark County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Stark County has 4.4 barbershops per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $2.1M, 13% above the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending, Stark County would have about 77, against 68 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 38,989 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S.

How fast is Stark County, OH growing?

Population estimates put Stark County at 373,771 people in 2025, down 0.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 155,955 households. The median household income in Stark County is $67,934 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.1% 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. Stark County scores 60 for barbershops (upper middle), #454 of 1,356 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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