Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Pennsylvania
Barbershops in the Sunbury, PA area
How the Sunbury, PA area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for barbershops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #233 of 377 scored small-town markets
#15 of 16 scored small-town markets based in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 21
- 1 chain location (5%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $40.8M
- On personal care products and services · $892 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.9M
- 3% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.6
- 13% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 107,788
- −1.7% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 21 barbershops in the Sunbury area. One of them (5%) is a chain location, against 12% across the U.S. That is 4.6 per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 5.3.
Household spending on personal care products and services in the Sunbury area comes to about $40.8M a year: $892 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.9M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 3% 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in the Sunbury area: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 31 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show the Sunbury area declined 1.7% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for barbershops in the Sunbury area is 43 (lower middle), #233 of 377 scored small-town markets and #15 of 16 scored small-town markets based in Pennsylvania.
How the Sunbury area 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 | Sunbury area | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.6 | 4.8 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.9M | $2.1M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 17,524 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +19.9% | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.7% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $892 | $1,004 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $62,262 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 40 |
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
- 31Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 211 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 22The 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 the Sunbury 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 Sunbury area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 107,788−1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 45,748
- Median age
- 44.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 588 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 185
- Median household income
- $62,262
- Average household income
- $83,829
- Median home value
- $174,900
- Jobs located here
- 45,171
- Daytime population
- 106,101Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Pennsylvania
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hemlock Farms, PA | 94 | 6 | 2.5 | $4.1M | +7.2% | #2 of 377 |
| 2Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA | 67 | 9 | 3.4 | $2.6M | +2.3% | #87 of 377 |
| 3Pottsville, PA | 66 | 19 | 3.3 | $2.8M | +1.5% | #93 of 377 |
| 4Indiana, PA | 64 | 8 | 2.5 | $3.5M | −0.3% | #104 of 377 |
| 5Somerset, PA | 62 | 5 | 1.7 | $5.1M | −2.7% | #112 of 377 |
| 6DuBois, PA | 60 | 7 | 2.2 | $4M | −2.9% | #122 of 377 |
| 7Oil City, PA | 60 | 5 | 2.3 | $3.6M | −2.0% | #123 of 377 |
| 8East Stroudsburg, PA | 57 | 37 | 6.0 | $1.7M | −0.7% | #152 of 377 |
| 9Meadville, PA | 54 | 10 | 3.0 | $2.9M | −2.4% | #163 of 377 |
| 10Hermitage, PA | 51 | 16 | 3.4 | $2.5M | −2.4% | #191 of 377 |
| 15Sunbury, PA | 43 | 21 | 4.6 | $1.9M | −1.7% | #233 of 377 |
Other business types in the Sunbury 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 spas51
- Hair salons40
- Barbershops43
- Nail salons62
- Spas and skin care72
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in the Sunbury, PA area?
There are 21 barbershops on map listings in the Sunbury area as of September 2026. One of them (5%) is a chain location. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in the Sunbury area: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 31 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Sunbury, PA area spend on personal care products and services?
About $40.8M a year, or $892 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 21 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $1.9M per shop. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 45,748 households in the Sunbury area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Sunbury, PA area compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
The Sunbury area has 4.6 barbershops per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $1.9M, 3% above the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the national ratio of barbershops to household spending, the Sunbury area would have about 22, against 21 on map listings.
How fast is the Sunbury, PA area growing?
Population estimates put the Sunbury area at 107,788 people in 2025, down 1.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 45,748 households. Median household income in the Sunbury area is $62,262, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Sunbury area scores 43 for barbershops (lower middle), #233 of 377 scored small-town markets.
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