Beauty and personal care · County · South Carolina
Barbershops in Charleston County, SC
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for barbershops in Charleston County, SC, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #657 of 1,356 scored counties
#12 of 32 scored counties in South Carolina
- Listings
- 109
- 20 chain locations (18%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $179.1M
- On personal care products and services · $1,001 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- 13% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.1
- 15% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 436,200
- +6.4% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,001 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in Charleston County spend about $179.1M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $1.6M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 13% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops.
Charleston County has 109 barbershops on map listings as of September 2026. 20 of them (18%) are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. That is 6.1 per 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 5.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in Charleston County was 15 in 2023. That is one for every 11,932 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S. Another 214 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $669K have gone to businesses classed as barber shops in Charleston County.
Population estimates put the population change in Charleston County from 2020 to 2025 at +6.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For barbershops, Charleston County has a Groundwork market score of 52 (upper middle): #657 of 1,356 scored counties and #12 of 32 scored counties in South Carolina.
How Charleston 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 | Charleston County | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.1 | 5.9 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $1.5M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 11,932 | 21,612 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +32.4% | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.4% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,001 | $871 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $88,494 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 52 | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12 → 15
- Employees, 2023
- 46
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 214Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10920 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 95The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $669K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as barber shops in Charleston 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 Charleston County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 436,200+6.4% since 2020
- Households
- 178,975
- Median age
- 40.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 918 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 458
- Median household income
- $88,494+38.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $131,674
- Median home value
- $489,100
- Jobs located here
- 279,531
- Daytime population
- 508,326Residents 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 |
| 12Charleston County, SC | 52 | 109 | 6.1 | $1.6M | +6.4% | #657 of 1,356 |
Other business types in Charleston 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 spas37
- Hair salons41
- Barbershops52
- Nail salons50
- Spas and skin care37
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in Charleston County, SC?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 109 barbershops in Charleston County. 20 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in 2023. Official counts list 214 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Charleston County, SC spend on personal care products and services?
About $179.1M a year, or $1,001 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 109 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $1.6M 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 178,975 households in Charleston County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Charleston County, SC compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
Charleston County has 6.1 barbershops per 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $1.6M, 13% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending, Charleston County would have about 95, against 109 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 11,932 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S.
How fast is Charleston County, SC growing?
Population estimates put Charleston County at 436,200 people in 2025, up 6.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 178,975 households. The median household income in Charleston County is $88,494 a year, 10% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 38.2% 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. Charleston County scores 52 for barbershops (upper middle), #657 of 1,356 scored counties.
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