Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · South Carolina
Barbershops in the Seneca, SC area
How the Seneca, SC 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 59 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #136 of 377 scored small-town markets
#2 of 6 scored small-town markets based in South Carolina
- Listings
- 14
- 1 chain location (7%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $28.8M
- On personal care products and services · $835 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.1M
- 9% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.1
- 23% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 83,775
- +6.3% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on personal care products and services in the Seneca area comes to about $28.8M a year: $835 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.1M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 9% above the U.S. figure of $1.9M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops.
The Seneca area has 14 barbershops on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (7%) is a chain location, against 12% across the U.S. That comes to 4.1 for every 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 5.3.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for barber shops in the Seneca area, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts also show 26 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Seneca area grew 6.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for barbershops in the Seneca area is 59 (upper middle), #136 of 377 scored small-town markets and #2 of 6 scored small-town markets based in South Carolina.
How the Seneca 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 | Seneca area | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.1 | 5.9 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $2.1M | $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 | +6.3% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $835 | $871 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $62,388 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 59 | 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
- 26Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 141 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 15The 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 Seneca 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 Seneca area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 83,775+6.3% since 2020
- Households
- 34,515
- Median age
- 45.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 627 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 128
- Median household income
- $62,388+27.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $91,233
- Median home value
- $237,100
- Jobs located here
- 24,938
- Daytime population
- 73,699Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in South Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gaffney, SC | 59 | 6 | 2.7 | $2.7M | +3.7% | #128 of 377 |
| 2Seneca, SC | 59 | 14 | 4.1 | $2.1M | +6.3% | #136 of 377 |
| 3Murrells Inlet, SC | 54 | 14 | 5.2 | $1.7M | +3.8% | #171 of 377 |
| 4Greenwood, SC | 41 | 16 | 4.3 | $1.8M | +1.7% | #246 of 377 |
| 5Newberry, SC | 38 | 9 | 5.9 | $1.3M | +4.8% | #269 of 377 |
| 6Orangeburg, SC | 9 | 29 | 8.8 | $815K | −0.9% | #365 of 377 |
Other business types in the Seneca 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 spas57
- Hair salons59
- Barbershops59
- Nail salons59
- Spas and skin care70
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in the Seneca, SC area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 14 barbershops in the Seneca area. One of them (7%) is a chain location. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in the Seneca area: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 26 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Seneca, SC area spend on personal care products and services?
About $28.8M a year, or $835 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $2.1M 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 34,515 households in the Seneca area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Seneca, SC area compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
The Seneca area has 4.1 barbershops per 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $2.1M, 9% above the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending, the Seneca area would have about 15, against 14 on map listings.
How fast is the Seneca, SC area growing?
Population estimates put the Seneca area at 83,775 people in 2025, up 6.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 34,515 households. The median household income in the Seneca area is $62,388 a year, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.0% 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. 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 Seneca area scores 59 for barbershops (upper middle), #136 of 377 scored small-town markets.
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