Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Tennessee
Barbershops in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA metro area
How the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for barbershops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #190 of 387 scored metro areas
#2 of 10 scored metro areas based in Tennessee
- Listings
- 40
- 4 chain locations (10%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $104M
- On personal care products and services · $794 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.6M
- 38% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.1
- 42% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 314,834
- +2.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 40 barbershops in the Kingsport-Bristol metro area. Chain locations make up 10% of them, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.1, 42% below the U.S. rate of 5.3.
Household spending on personal care products and services in the Kingsport-Bristol metro area comes to about $104M a year: $794 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.6M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 38% 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 the Kingsport-Bristol metro area: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 67 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $70K has gone to businesses classed as barber shops in the Kingsport-Bristol metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Kingsport-Bristol metro area grew 2.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Kingsport-Bristol metro area scores 50 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for barbershops, ranking #190 of 387 scored metro areas and #2 of 10 scored metro areas based in Tennessee.
How the Kingsport-Bristol 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 | Kingsport-Bristol metro area | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.1 | 5.2 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $2.6M | $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 | +2.3% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $794 | $874 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $57,792 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 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
- 67Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 404 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 55The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $70K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as barber shops in the Kingsport-Bristol 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 Kingsport-Bristol metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 314,834+2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 130,939
- Median age
- 45.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 2,011 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 155
- Median household income
- $57,792+28.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,119
- Median home value
- $198,400
- Jobs located here
- 120,004
- Daytime population
- 304,648Residents 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 Kingsport-Bristol 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 Kingsport-Bristol 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 spas50
- Hair salons46
- Barbershops50
- Nail salons51
- Spas and skin care45
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA metro area?
There are 40 barbershops on map listings in the Kingsport-Bristol metro area as of September 2026. 4 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in the Kingsport-Bristol metro area: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 67 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $104M a year, or $794 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 40 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $2.6M per shop. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 130,939 households in the Kingsport-Bristol metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA metro area compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
The Kingsport-Bristol metro area has 3.1 barbershops per 10,000 households, 42% below the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $2.6M, 38% above the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the national ratio of barbershops to household spending, the Kingsport-Bristol metro area would have about 55, against 40 on map listings.
How fast is the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Kingsport-Bristol metro area at 314,834 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 130,939 households. Median household income in the Kingsport-Bristol metro area is $57,792, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.8%, 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. The Kingsport-Bristol metro area scores 50 for barbershops (upper middle), #190 of 387 scored metro areas.
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