Beauty and personal care · County · South Carolina
Barbershops in Cherokee County, SC
How Cherokee County, SC compares with other counties and the U.S. for barbershops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #588 of 1,356 scored counties
#9 of 32 scored counties in South Carolina
- Listings
- 6
- 1 chain location (17%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $16.2M
- On personal care products and services · $735 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.7M
- 43% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.7
- 49% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 58,275
- +3.7% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 barbershops in Cherokee County. One of them (17%) is a chain location, against 12% across the U.S. That comes to 2.7 for every 10,000 households, 49% below the U.S. rate of 5.3.
At $735 per household (27% below the U.S. average), households in Cherokee County spend about $16.2M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 6 barbershops, that is $2.7M per shop, 43% 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 Cherokee County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 20 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Cherokee County grew 3.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for barbershops in Cherokee County is 54 (upper middle), #588 of 1,356 scored counties and #9 of 32 scored counties in South Carolina.
How Cherokee 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 | Cherokee County | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.7 | 5.9 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $2.7M | $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 | +3.7% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $735 | $871 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $50,288 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 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
- 20Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 61 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The 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 Cherokee 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 Cherokee County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 58,275+3.7% since 2020
- Households
- 22,063
- Median age
- 39.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 393 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 144
- Median household income
- $50,288+36.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $67,479
- Median home value
- $142,000
- Jobs located here
- 18,680
- Daytime population
- 47,816Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every South Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in South Carolina for barbershops, numbered among those based in South Carolina, with Cherokee County marked.
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 |
Other business types in Cherokee 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 spas58
- Hair salons56
- Barbershops54
- Nail salons53
- Spas and skin care58
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in Cherokee County, SC?
There are 6 barbershops on map listings in Cherokee County as of September 2026. One of them (17%) is a chain location. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in Cherokee County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 20 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Cherokee County, SC spend on personal care products and services?
About $16.2M a year, or $735 per household. That is 27% below the U.S. average (an index of 73, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $2.7M per shop. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 22,063 households in Cherokee County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cherokee County, SC compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
Cherokee County has 2.7 barbershops per 10,000 households, 49% below the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $2.7M, 43% above the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the national ratio of barbershops to household spending, Cherokee County would have about 9, against 6 on map listings.
How fast is Cherokee County, SC growing?
Population estimates put Cherokee County at 58,275 people in 2025, up 3.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 22,063 households. Median household income in Cherokee County is $50,288, 38% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 36.3%, 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. Cherokee County scores 54 for barbershops (upper middle), #588 of 1,356 scored counties.
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