Beauty and personal care · County · Oklahoma
Barbershops in Custer County, OK
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for barbershops in Custer County, OK, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 30 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,096 of 1,356 scored counties
#21 of 30 scored counties in Oklahoma
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $8.9M
- On personal care products and services · $805 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 6% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.5
- 15% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 28,175
- −1.0% since 2020
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What this means
For barbershops, Custer County has a Groundwork market score of 30 (lower middle): #1,096 of 1,356 scored counties and #21 of 30 scored counties in Oklahoma. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 barbershops in Custer County. None of them are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.5, 15% below the U.S. rate of 5.3.
Households in Custer County spend about $8.9M a year on personal care products and services, or $805 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.8M per shop, 6% 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in Custer County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $184K has gone to businesses classed as barber shops in Custer County. Population estimates put the population change in Custer County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Custer County compares
The same measures for Oklahoma 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 | Custer County | Oklahoma | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.5 | 4.8 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $1.8M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 26,040 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +46.3% | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.0% | +4.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $805 | $841 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $59,738 | $65,039 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 30 | 43 |
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
- 11Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 50 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $184K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as barber shops in Custer 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 Custer County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 28,175−1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 11,044
- Median age
- 33.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 60%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 989 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 29
- Median household income
- $59,738+19.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,426
- Median home value
- $181,500
- Jobs located here
- 11,641
- Daytime population
- 29,671Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Oklahoma
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wagoner County, OK | 85 | 5 | 1.6 | $5.7M | +14.6% | #33 of 1,356 |
| 2Canadian County, OK | 80 | 20 | 3.4 | $2.8M | +20.4% | #76 of 1,356 |
| 3Grady County, OK | 77 | 5 | 2.4 | $3.7M | +7.7% | #100 of 1,356 |
| 4McClain County, OK | 75 | 6 | 3.7 | $2.6M | +18.4% | #140 of 1,356 |
| 5Rogers County, OK | 73 | 12 | 3.3 | $2.8M | +7.1% | #167 of 1,356 |
| 6Creek County, OK | 70 | 5 | 1.8 | $4.6M | +4.4% | #217 of 1,356 |
| 7Cleveland County, OK | 61 | 41 | 3.5 | $2.6M | +2.6% | #423 of 1,356 |
| 8Osage County, OK | 58 | 5 | 2.9 | $2.9M | +2.2% | #480 of 1,356 |
| 9Delaware County, OK | 57 | 5 | 2.9 | $2.7M | +3.8% | #517 of 1,356 |
| 10Pottawatomie County, OK | 48 | 10 | 3.7 | $2.1M | +3.5% | #747 of 1,356 |
| 21Custer County, OK | 30 | 5 | 4.5 | $1.8M | −1.0% | #1,096 of 1,356 |
Other business types in Custer 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 spas23
- Hair salons29
- Barbershops30
- Nail salons24
- Spas and skin care14
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in Custer County, OK?
There are 5 barbershops on map listings in Custer County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in Custer County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 11 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Custer County, OK spend on personal care products and services?
About $8.9M a year, or $805 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per shop. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,044 households in Custer County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Custer County, OK compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
Custer County has 4.5 barbershops per 10,000 households, 15% below the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $1.8M, 6% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending.
How fast is Custer County, OK growing?
Population estimates put Custer County at 28,175 people in 2025, down 1.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 11,044 households. Median household income in Custer County is $59,738, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.7%, 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. Custer County scores 30 for barbershops (lower middle), #1,096 of 1,356 scored counties.
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