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Barbershops in Blount County, TN

How Blount County, TN compares with other counties and the U.S. for barbershops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 74 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #149 of 1,356 scored counties
#2 of 43 scored counties in Tennessee

Listings
16
3 chain locations (19%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$50.4M
On personal care products and services · $908 a household
Spending per listing
$3.2M
67% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.9
45% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
143,820
+6.0% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Map listings as of September 2026 show 16 barbershops in Blount County. Chain locations make up 19% of them, against 12% across the U.S. That comes to 2.9 for every 10,000 households, 45% below the U.S. rate of 5.3.

Household spending on personal care products and services in Blount County comes to about $50.4M a year: $908 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.2M per shop, 67% 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 Blount County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 22 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in Blount County from 2020 to 2025 at +6.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For barbershops, Blount County has a Groundwork market score of 74 (upper middle): #149 of 1,356 scored counties and #2 of 43 scored counties in Tennessee. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Blount County compares

The same measures for Tennessee 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.

Barbershops in Blount County, TN compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureBlount CountyTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.95.25.3
Spending per listing$3.2M$1.7M$1.9M
Households per official establishmentn/a24,55916,589
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+47.4%+28.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.0%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$908$874$1,005
Median household income$77,365$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market score7444

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
22Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
163 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
27The 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 Blount 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 Blount County

Population, 2025 estimate
143,820+6.0% since 2020
Households
55,522
Median age
44.2
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
559 sq. mi.
People per square mile
249
Median household income
$77,365+36.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$101,400
Median home value
$320,500
Jobs located here
56,831
Daytime population
134,383Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Barbershops across Tennessee

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The highest-scoring counties in Tennessee for barbershops, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with Blount County marked.

Top counties in Tennessee

Counties in Tennessee ranked for barbershops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Roane County, TN7552.2$3.9M+7.0%#133 of 1,356
2Blount County, TN74162.9$3.2M+6.0%#149 of 1,356
3Loudon County, TN7493.7$2.5M+15.6%#157 of 1,356
4Robertson County, TN72103.5$2.6M+9.9%#186 of 1,356
5Wilson County, TN70305.1$2M+17.8%#246 of 1,356
6Williamson County, TN67384.1$3M+9.0%#286 of 1,356
7Sumner County, TN66354.5$2.2M+9.2%#315 of 1,356
8Marshall County, TN6553.7$2.4M+10.5%#337 of 1,356
9Tipton County, TN6462.6$3.3M+2.0%#354 of 1,356
10Rutherford County, TN60836.4$1.5M+12.6%#457 of 1,356

Other business types in Blount County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many barbershops are in Blount County, TN?

There are 16 barbershops on map listings in Blount County as of September 2026. 3 of them (19%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in Blount County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 22 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Blount County, TN spend on personal care products and services?

About $50.4M a year, or $908 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $3.2M per shop. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 55,522 households in Blount County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Blount County, TN compare with the U.S. for barbershops?

Blount County has 2.9 barbershops per 10,000 households, 45% below the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $3.2M, 67% above the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the national ratio of barbershops to household spending, Blount County would have about 27, against 16 on map listings.

How fast is Blount County, TN growing?

Population estimates put Blount County at 143,820 people in 2025, up 6.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 55,522 households. Median household income in Blount County is $77,365, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 36.5%, 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. Blount County scores 74 for barbershops (upper middle), #149 of 1,356 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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