Beauty and personal care · County · Oklahoma
Barbershops in Tulsa County, OK
How Tulsa County, OK compares with other counties and the U.S. for barbershops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 38 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #964 of 1,356 scored counties
#18 of 30 scored counties in Oklahoma
- Listings
- 173
- 26 chain locations (15%)
- Official establishments
- 24
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $239.2M
- On personal care products and services · $878 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.4M
- 27% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.4
- 21% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 698,782
- +4.2% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 173 barbershops in Tulsa County. Of those, 26 are chain locations, or 15%, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.4, 21% above the U.S. rate of 5.3.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Tulsa County comes to about $239.2M a year: $878 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.4M per shop, 27% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in Tulsa County was 24 in 2023. That is one for every 11,351 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S. Another 200 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $573K have gone to businesses classed as barber shops in Tulsa County.
Population estimates put the population change in Tulsa County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For barbershops, Tulsa County has a Groundwork market score of 38 (lower middle): #964 of 1,356 scored counties and #18 of 30 scored counties in Oklahoma.
How Tulsa 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 | Tulsa County | Oklahoma | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.4 | 4.8 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.4M | $1.8M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 11,351 | 26,040 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +46.3% | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.2% | +4.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $878 | $841 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $69,009 | $65,039 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 38 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17 → 24
- Employees, 2023
- 134
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 200Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 17326 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 127The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $573K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as barber shops in Tulsa 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 Tulsa County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 698,782+4.2% since 2020
- Households
- 272,422
- Median age
- 36.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 60%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 570 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,194
- Median household income
- $69,009+24.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $98,310
- Median home value
- $230,400
- Jobs located here
- 375,335
- Daytime population
- 760,837Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Oklahoma market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Oklahoma for barbershops, numbered among those based in Oklahoma, with Tulsa County marked.
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 |
| 18Tulsa County, OK | 38 | 173 | 6.4 | $1.4M | +4.2% | #964 of 1,356 |
Other business types in Tulsa 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 spas29
- Hair salons32
- Barbershops38
- Nail salons34
- Spas and skin care32
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in Tulsa County, OK?
Tulsa County has 173 barbershops on map listings as of September 2026. 26 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. Official counts show 24 businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in 2023. Official counts list 200 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Tulsa County, OK spend on personal care products and services?
About $239.2M a year, or $878 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 173 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $1.4M per shop. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 272,422 households in Tulsa County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Tulsa County, OK compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
Tulsa County has 6.4 barbershops per 10,000 households, 21% above the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $1.4M, 27% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the national ratio of barbershops to household spending, Tulsa County would have about 127, against 173 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 11,351 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S.
How fast is Tulsa County, OK growing?
Population estimates put Tulsa County at 698,782 people in 2025, up 4.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 272,422 households. Median household income in Tulsa County is $69,009, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.3%, 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. Tulsa County scores 38 for barbershops (lower middle), #964 of 1,356 scored counties.
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