Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Tennessee
Barbershops in the Clarksville, TN-KY metro area
The barbershops in the Clarksville, TN-KY metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 45 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #253 of 387 scored metro areas
#6 of 10 scored metro areas based in Tennessee
- Listings
- 106
- 9 chain locations (8%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $105.3M
- On personal care products and services · $844 a household
- Spending per listing
- $994K
- 47% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.5
- 60% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 349,001
- +8.5% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 106 barbershops in the Clarksville metro area. Of those, 9 are chain locations, or 8%, against 12% across the U.S. That is 8.5 per 10,000 households, 60% above the U.S. rate of 5.3.
Household spending on personal care products and services in the Clarksville metro area comes to about $105.3M a year: $844 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That is about $994K of household spending for each shop on map listings, 47% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in the Clarksville metro area classed as barber shops. That is one for every 41,622 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S. Official counts also show 209 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $362K has gone to businesses classed as barber shops in the Clarksville metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Clarksville metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +8.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For barbershops, the Clarksville metro area has a Groundwork market score of 45 (lower middle): #253 of 387 scored metro areas and #6 of 10 scored metro areas based in Tennessee.
How the Clarksville metro area 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.
| Measure | Clarksville metro area | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.5 | 5.2 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $994K | $1.7M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 41,622 | 24,559 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +47.4% | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +8.5% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $844 | $874 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $68,967 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 45 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 38
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 209Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1069 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 56The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $362K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as barber shops in the Clarksville 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 Clarksville metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 349,001+8.5% since 2020
- Households
- 124,867
- Median age
- 34.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 2,158 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 155
- Median household income
- $68,967+30.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,173
- Median home value
- $253,300
- Jobs located here
- 93,447
- Daytime population
- 310,494Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Tennessee market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Tennessee for barbershops, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with the Clarksville metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Tennessee
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Chattanooga, TN-GA | 56 | 114 | 4.9 | $1.8M | +5.3% | #142 of 387 |
| 2Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA | 50 | 40 | 3.1 | $2.6M | +2.3% | #190 of 387 |
| 3Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN | 50 | 472 | 5.7 | $1.7M | +8.7% | #194 of 387 |
| 4Knoxville, TN | 49 | 178 | 4.7 | $1.9M | +6.9% | #198 of 387 |
| 5Cleveland, TN | 46 | 22 | 4.4 | $1.9M | +6.1% | #234 of 387 |
| 6Clarksville, TN-KY | 45 | 106 | 8.5 | $994K | +8.5% | #253 of 387 |
| 7Johnson City, TN | 41 | 39 | 4.4 | $1.8M | +4.3% | #270 of 387 |
| 8Morristown, TN | 41 | 23 | 4.8 | $1.7M | +7.9% | #271 of 387 |
| 9Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 37 | 326 | 6.2 | $1.4M | −0.3% | #301 of 387 |
| 10Jackson, TN | 23 | 41 | 5.7 | $1.4M | +2.2% | #356 of 387 |
Other business types in the Clarksville 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 spas46
- Hair salons49
- Barbershops45
- Nail salons48
- Spas and skin care40
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in the Clarksville, TN-KY metro area?
The Clarksville metro area has 106 barbershops on map listings as of September 2026. 9 of them (8%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in 2023. Another 209 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Clarksville, TN-KY metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $105.3M a year, or $844 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 106 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $994K per shop. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 124,867 households in the Clarksville metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Clarksville, TN-KY metro area compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
The Clarksville metro area has 8.5 barbershops per 10,000 households, 60% above the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $994K, 47% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the national ratio of barbershops to household spending, the Clarksville metro area would have about 56, against 106 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 41,622 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S.
How fast is the Clarksville, TN-KY metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Clarksville metro area at 349,001 people in 2025, up 8.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 124,867 households. Median household income in the Clarksville metro area is $68,967, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.1%, 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. The Clarksville metro area scores 45 for barbershops (lower middle), #253 of 387 scored metro areas.
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