Beauty and personal care · County · Tennessee
Barbershops in Cocke County, TN
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for barbershops in Cocke County, TN, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 42 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #894 of 1,356 scored counties
#29 of 43 scored counties in Tennessee
- Listings
- 6
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $11M
- On personal care products and services · $710 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 3% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.9
- 26% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 37,889
- +5.1% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 6 barbershops in Cocke County. None of them are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. That is 3.9 per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 5.3.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Cocke County comes to about $11M a year: $710 per household, 29% below the U.S. average. Spread across 6 barbershops, that is $1.8M per shop, 3% 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in Cocke County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts also show 5 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Cocke County from 2020 to 2025 at +5.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For barbershops, Cocke County has a Groundwork market score of 42 (lower middle): #894 of 1,356 scored counties and #29 of 43 scored counties in Tennessee.
How Cocke 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.
| Measure | Cocke County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.9 | 5.2 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $1.7M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 24,559 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +47.4% | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.1% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $710 | $874 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $48,016 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 42 | 44 |
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
- 5Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 60 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Cocke 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 Cocke County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 37,889+5.1% since 2020
- Households
- 15,509
- Median age
- 44.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 436 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 84
- Median household income
- $48,016+30.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $65,218
- Median home value
- $158,100
- Jobs located here
- 7,244
- Daytime population
- 28,851Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Tennessee
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roane County, TN | 75 | 5 | 2.2 | $3.9M | +7.0% | #133 of 1,356 |
| 2Blount County, TN | 74 | 16 | 2.9 | $3.2M | +6.0% | #149 of 1,356 |
| 3Loudon County, TN | 74 | 9 | 3.7 | $2.5M | +15.6% | #157 of 1,356 |
| 4Robertson County, TN | 72 | 10 | 3.5 | $2.6M | +9.9% | #186 of 1,356 |
| 5Wilson County, TN | 70 | 30 | 5.1 | $2M | +17.8% | #246 of 1,356 |
| 6Williamson County, TN | 67 | 38 | 4.1 | $3M | +9.0% | #286 of 1,356 |
| 7Sumner County, TN | 66 | 35 | 4.5 | $2.2M | +9.2% | #315 of 1,356 |
| 8Marshall County, TN | 65 | 5 | 3.7 | $2.4M | +10.5% | #337 of 1,356 |
| 9Tipton County, TN | 64 | 6 | 2.6 | $3.3M | +2.0% | #354 of 1,356 |
| 10Rutherford County, TN | 60 | 83 | 6.4 | $1.5M | +12.6% | #457 of 1,356 |
| 29Cocke County, TN | 42 | 6 | 3.9 | $1.8M | +5.1% | #894 of 1,356 |
Other business types in Cocke 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 spas43
- Hair salons42
- Barbershops42
- Nail salons53
- Spas and skin care55
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in Cocke County, TN?
Cocke County has 6 barbershops on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in Cocke County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 5 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Cocke County, TN spend on personal care products and services?
About $11M a year, or $710 per household. That is 29% below the U.S. average (an index of 71, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per shop. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,509 households in Cocke County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cocke County, TN compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
Cocke County has 3.9 barbershops per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $1.8M, 3% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending.
How fast is Cocke County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Cocke County at 37,889 people in 2025, up 5.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,509 households. Median household income in Cocke County is $48,016, 41% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.8%, 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. Cocke County scores 42 for barbershops (lower middle), #894 of 1,356 scored counties.
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