Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Oklahoma
Barbershops in the Tulsa, OK metro area
How the Tulsa, OK metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for barbershops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 42 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #266 of 387 scored metro areas
#2 of 4 scored metro areas based in Oklahoma
- Listings
- 207
- 31 chain locations (15%)
- Official establishments
- 27
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $355.1M
- On personal care products and services · $874 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.7M
- 9% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.1
- 4% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,069,273
- +5.1% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 207 barbershops in the Tulsa metro area. Of those, 31 are chain locations, or 15%, against 12% across the U.S. That is 5.1 per 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 5.3.
Households in the Tulsa metro area spend about $355.1M a year on personal care products and services, or $874 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. Spread across 207 barbershops, that is $1.7M per shop, 9% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 27 businesses with payroll in the Tulsa metro area classed as barber shops. That is one for every 15,054 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S. Official counts also show 273 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $573K have gone to businesses classed as barber shops in the Tulsa metro area.
Population estimates show the Tulsa metro area grew 5.1% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for barbershops in the Tulsa metro area is 42 (lower middle), #266 of 387 scored metro areas and #2 of 4 scored metro areas based in Oklahoma.
How the Tulsa metro area 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 metro area | Oklahoma | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.1 | 4.8 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.7M | $1.8M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 15,054 | 26,040 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +46.3% | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.1% | +4.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $874 | $841 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $69,359 | $65,039 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 42 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 27
- Employees, 2023
- 144
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 273Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 20731 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 188The 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 the Tulsa metro area, 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 the Tulsa metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,069,273+5.1% since 2020
- Households
- 406,447
- Median age
- 38.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 6,270 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 165
- Median household income
- $69,359+24.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $95,898
- Median home value
- $221,700
- Jobs located here
- 463,622
- Daytime population
- 1,045,426Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Oklahoma market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Oklahoma for barbershops, numbered among those based in Oklahoma (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Tulsa metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Oklahoma
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Oklahoma City, OK | 54 | 288 | 5.0 | $1.8M | +5.8% | #163 of 387 |
| 2Tulsa, OK | 42 | 207 | 5.1 | $1.7M | +5.1% | #266 of 387 |
| Fort Smith, AR-OK | 29 | 49 | 5.4 | $1.5M | +3.1% | #336 of 387 |
| 3Enid, OK | 21 | 12 | 5.0 | $1.6M | −1.5% | #365 of 387 |
| 4Lawton, OK | 10 | 36 | 7.7 | $1M | +0.7% | #383 of 387 |
Other business types in the Tulsa metro area
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 spas38
- Hair salons40
- Barbershops42
- Nail salons42
- Spas and skin care39
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in the Tulsa, OK metro area?
The Tulsa metro area has 207 barbershops on map listings as of September 2026. 31 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. Official counts show 27 businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in 2023. Another 273 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Tulsa, OK metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $355.1M a year, or $874 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 207 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $1.7M per shop. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 406,447 households in the Tulsa metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Tulsa, OK metro area compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
The Tulsa metro area has 5.1 barbershops per 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $1.7M, 9% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the national ratio of barbershops to household spending, the Tulsa metro area would have about 188, against 207 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 15,054 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S.
How fast is the Tulsa, OK metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Tulsa metro area at 1,069,273 people in 2025, up 5.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 406,447 households. Median household income in the Tulsa metro area is $69,359, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.4%, 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. The Tulsa metro area scores 42 for barbershops (lower middle), #266 of 387 scored metro areas.
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