Beauty and personal care · Metro area · South Carolina
Barbershops in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metro area
How the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for barbershops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 51 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #187 of 387 scored metro areas
#2 of 8 scored metro areas based in South Carolina
- Listings
- 72
- 6 chain locations (8%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $133.3M
- On personal care products and services · $840 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.9M
- 2% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.5
- 15% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 427,551
- +20.9% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 72 barbershops in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area. Chain locations make up 8% of them, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.5, 15% below the U.S. rate of 5.3.
Household spending on personal care products and services in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area comes to about $133.3M a year: $840 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.9M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 2% below 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.
Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area in 2023. That is one for every 17,642 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S. Another 110 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates put the population change in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +20.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for barbershops in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area is 51 (upper middle), #187 of 387 scored metro areas and #2 of 8 scored metro areas based in South Carolina.
How the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area 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 | Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.5 | 5.9 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.9M | $1.5M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 17,642 | 21,612 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +32.4% | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +20.9% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $840 | $871 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $66,880 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 51 | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9
- Employees, 2023
- 27
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $667K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 110Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 726 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 71The 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 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro 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 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 427,551+20.9% since 2020
- Households
- 158,779
- Median age
- 47.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,133 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 338
- Median household income
- $66,880
- Average household income
- $87,740
- Median home value
- $287,700
- Jobs located here
- 142,324
- Daytime population
- 375,675Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every South Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in South Carolina for barbershops, numbered among those based in South Carolina (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area marked.
Top metro areas in South Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Spartanburg, SC | 55 | 71 | 5.0 | $1.7M | +14.3% | #156 of 387 |
| 2Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC | 51 | 72 | 4.5 | $1.9M | +20.9% | #187 of 387 |
| 3Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 48 | 193 | 5.7 | $1.7M | +10.7% | #212 of 387 |
| Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 47 | 637 | 5.9 | $1.6M | +10.1% | #225 of 387 |
| 4Columbia, SC | 45 | 238 | 7.0 | $1.2M | +6.0% | #252 of 387 |
| 5Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC | 44 | 56 | 5.9 | $1.7M | +12.0% | #258 of 387 |
| 6Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC | 43 | 262 | 6.8 | $1.3M | +9.0% | #264 of 387 |
| Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 39 | 157 | 6.8 | $1.3M | +4.7% | #291 of 387 |
| 7Florence, SC | 16 | 48 | 6.1 | $1.3M | +0.9% | #378 of 387 |
| 8Sumter, SC | 9 | 30 | 7.3 | $1.1M | −0.3% | #384 of 387 |
Other business types in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro 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 spas33
- Hair salons36
- Barbershops51
- Nail salons38
- Spas and skin care27
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metro area?
There are 72 barbershops on map listings in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area as of September 2026. 6 of them (8%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in 2023. Official counts list 110 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $133.3M a year, or $840 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 72 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 158,779 households in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metro area compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
The Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area has 4.5 barbershops per 10,000 households, 15% below the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $1.9M, 2% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the national ratio of barbershops to household spending, the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area would have about 71, against 72 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 17,642 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S.
How fast is the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area at 427,551 people in 2025, up 20.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 158,779 households. Median household income in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area is $66,880, 17% 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. 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 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area scores 51 for barbershops (upper middle), #187 of 387 scored metro areas.
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