Beauty and personal care · County · Pennsylvania
Barbershops in Bucks County, PA
How Bucks County, PA compares with other counties and the U.S. for barbershops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #617 of 1,356 scored counties
#29 of 49 scored counties in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 131
- 23 chain locations (18%)
- Official establishments
- 25
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $303.7M
- On personal care products and services · $1,219 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.3M
- 23% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.3
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 647,828
- +0.3% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 131 barbershops in Bucks County. Of those, 23 are chain locations, or 18%, against 12% across the U.S. That comes to 5.3 for every 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 5.3.
Households in Bucks County spend about $303.7M a year on personal care products and services, or $1,219 per household, 21% above the U.S. average. Spread across 131 barbershops, that is $2.3M per shop, 23% above 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 25 businesses with payroll in Bucks County classed as barber shops. That is one for every 9,967 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S. Official counts also show 152 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $724K have gone to businesses classed as barber shops in Bucks County.
Population estimates put the population change in Bucks County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For barbershops, Bucks County has a Groundwork market score of 53 (upper middle): #617 of 1,356 scored counties and #29 of 49 scored counties in Pennsylvania.
How Bucks County compares
The same measures for Pennsylvania 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 | Bucks County | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.3 | 4.8 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $2.3M | $2.1M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 9,967 | 17,524 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +19.9% | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.3% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,219 | $1,004 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $114,764 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17 → 25
- Employees, 2023
- 106
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 152Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 13123 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 161The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $724K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as barber shops in Bucks 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 Bucks County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 647,828+0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 249,187
- Median age
- 44.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 605 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,071
- Median household income
- $114,764+28.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $150,985
- Median home value
- $445,700
- Jobs located here
- 282,004
- Daytime population
- 597,342Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Pennsylvania market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Pennsylvania for barbershops, numbered among those based in Pennsylvania, with Bucks County marked.
Top counties in Pennsylvania
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pike County, PA | 87 | 6 | 2.5 | $4.1M | +7.2% | #25 of 1,356 |
| 2Adams County, PA | 76 | 14 | 3.4 | $3M | +3.6% | #122 of 1,356 |
| 3Franklin County, PA | 75 | 19 | 3.0 | $3.3M | +3.0% | #134 of 1,356 |
| 4Butler County, PA | 74 | 19 | 2.4 | $4.5M | +3.2% | #143 of 1,356 |
| 5Cumberland County, PA | 71 | 59 | 5.5 | $1.9M | +6.5% | #214 of 1,356 |
| 6Westmoreland County, PA | 69 | 52 | 3.4 | $2.9M | −1.4% | #262 of 1,356 |
| 7Montgomery County, PA | 68 | 154 | 4.6 | $2.7M | +2.4% | #278 of 1,356 |
| 8York County, PA | 66 | 84 | 4.6 | $2.2M | +3.6% | #313 of 1,356 |
| 9Berks County, PA | 65 | 89 | 5.5 | $1.8M | +2.7% | #346 of 1,356 |
| 10Centre County, PA | 64 | 15 | 2.5 | $3.9M | −0.4% | #352 of 1,356 |
| 29Bucks County, PA | 53 | 131 | 5.3 | $2.3M | +0.3% | #617 of 1,356 |
Other business types in Bucks 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 spas41
- Hair salons50
- Barbershops53
- Nail salons39
- Spas and skin care42
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in Bucks County, PA?
Bucks County has 131 barbershops on map listings as of September 2026. 23 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. Official counts show 25 businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in 2023. Another 152 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Bucks County, PA spend on personal care products and services?
About $303.7M a year, or $1,219 per household. That is 21% above the U.S. average (an index of 121, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 131 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $2.3M per shop. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 249,187 households in Bucks County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Bucks County, PA compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
Bucks County has 5.3 barbershops per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $2.3M, 23% above the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the national ratio of barbershops to household spending, Bucks County would have about 161, against 131 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 9,967 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S.
How fast is Bucks County, PA growing?
Population estimates put Bucks County at 647,828 people in 2025, up 0.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 249,187 households. Median household income in Bucks County is $114,764, 42% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.8%, 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. Bucks County scores 53 for barbershops (upper middle), #617 of 1,356 scored counties.
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