Beauty and personal care · County · South Carolina
Barbershops in Union County, SC
How Union 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 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 1 chain location (33%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $8M
- On personal care products and services · $691 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.7M
- 42% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.6
- 51% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 26,799
- −1.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 barbershops in Union County. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.6, 51% below the U.S. rate of 5.3.
At $691 per household (31% below the U.S. average), households in Union County spend about $8M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $2.7M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 42% 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 Union County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 6 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Union County declined 1.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 3 barbershops on map listings, Union County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Union 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 | Union County | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.6 | 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 | −1.4% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $691 | $871 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $41,621 | $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
- 6Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 31 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Union 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 Union County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 26,799−1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 11,611
- Median age
- 44.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 514 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 52
- Median household income
- $41,621+1.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $60,230
- Median home value
- $103,600
- Jobs located here
- 7,601
- Daytime population
- 22,110Residents 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 |
| Union County, SC | Not scored | 3 | 2.6 | $2.7M | −1.4% |
Other business types in Union 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 spas25
- Hair salons22
- Barbershops
- Nail salons23
- 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 Union County, SC?
There are 3 barbershops on map listings in Union County as of September 2026. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in Union County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 6 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Union County, SC spend on personal care products and services?
About $8M a year, or $691 per household. That is 31% below the U.S. average (an index of 69, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 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 11,611 households in Union County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Union County, SC compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
Union County has 2.6 barbershops per 10,000 households, 51% below the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $2.7M, 42% above the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the national ratio of barbershops to household spending, Union County would have about 4, against 3 on map listings.
How fast is Union County, SC growing?
Population estimates put Union County at 26,799 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 11,611 households. Median household income in Union County is $41,621, 48% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 1.1%, 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. Union County has no market score for barbershops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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