Beauty and personal care · County · South Carolina
Barbershops in Barnwell County, SC
How Barnwell County, SC compares with other counties and the U.S. for barbershops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $5.9M
- On personal care products and services · $722 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.9M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.5
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 20,653
- +0.4% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on personal care products and services in Barnwell County comes to about $5.9M a year: $722 per household, 28% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.9M per shop. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops.
Barnwell County has 2 barbershops on map listings as of September 2026. That is 2.5 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for barber shops in Barnwell County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 22 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Barnwell County grew 0.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 barbershops on map listings, Barnwell County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Barnwell County compares
The same measures for South Carolina 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 | Barnwell County | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.5 | 5.9 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $2.9M | $1.5M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 21,612 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +32.4% | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.4% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $722 | $871 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $46,626 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 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
- 22Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 20 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 Barnwell 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 Barnwell County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 20,653+0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 8,116
- Median age
- 40.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 548 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 37
- Median household income
- $46,626+30.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $66,518
- Median home value
- $106,000
- Jobs located here
- 5,283
- Daytime population
- 16,461Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in South Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1York County, SC | 72 | 57 | 5.0 | $2M | +8.1% | #192 of 1,356 |
| 2Lancaster County, SC | 71 | 16 | 4.0 | $2.3M | +18.3% | #211 of 1,356 |
| 3Kershaw County, SC | 67 | 9 | 3.3 | $2.5M | +11.6% | #290 of 1,356 |
| 4Lexington County, SC | 65 | 61 | 5.0 | $1.8M | +7.7% | #347 of 1,356 |
| 5Spartanburg County, SC | 61 | 68 | 5.2 | $1.6M | +15.6% | #435 of 1,356 |
| 6Dorchester County, SC | 58 | 32 | 5.1 | $1.8M | +10.1% | #498 of 1,356 |
| 7Anderson County, SC | 58 | 42 | 5.0 | $1.7M | +7.7% | #501 of 1,356 |
| 8Horry County, SC | 57 | 72 | 4.5 | $1.9M | +20.9% | #528 of 1,356 |
| 9Cherokee County, SC | 54 | 6 | 2.7 | $2.7M | +3.7% | #588 of 1,356 |
| 10Berkeley County, SC | 54 | 52 | 5.5 | $1.7M | +18.7% | #605 of 1,356 |
| Barnwell County, SC | Not scored | 2 | 2.5 | $2.9M | +0.4% |
Other business types in Barnwell 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 spas17
- Hair salons13
- Barbershops
- Nail salons10
- Spas and skin care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in Barnwell County, SC?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 barbershops in Barnwell County. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in Barnwell County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 22 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Barnwell County, SC spend on personal care products and services?
About $5.9M a year, or $722 per household. That is 28% below the U.S. average (an index of 72, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $2.9M per shop. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which barbershops share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,116 households in Barnwell County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Barnwell County, SC compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
Barnwell County has 2 barbershops on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending, Barnwell County would have about 3, against 2 on map listings.
How fast is Barnwell County, SC growing?
Population estimates put Barnwell County at 20,653 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,116 households. The median household income in Barnwell County is $46,626 a year, 42% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.2% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Barnwell County has no market score for barbershops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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