Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Tennessee
Barbershops in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro area
How the Memphis, TN-MS-AR 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 37 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #301 of 387 scored metro areas
#9 of 10 scored metro areas based in Tennessee
- Listings
- 326
- 27 chain locations (8%)
- Official establishments
- 18
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $451.1M
- On personal care products and services · $863 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.4M
- 27% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.2
- 17% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,341,412
- −0.3% since 2020
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What this means
For barbershops, the Memphis metro area has a Groundwork market score of 37 (lower middle): #301 of 387 scored metro areas and #9 of 10 scored metro areas based in Tennessee. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
As of September 2026, map listings count 326 barbershops in the Memphis metro area. Chain locations make up 8% of them, against 12% across the U.S. That comes to 6.2 for every 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 5.3.
Households in the Memphis metro area spend about $451.1M a year on personal care products and services, or $863 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.4M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 27% 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.
Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in the Memphis metro area in 2023. That is one for every 29,049 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $816K have gone to businesses classed as barber shops in the Memphis metro area. Population estimates show the Memphis metro area declined 0.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Memphis 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 | Memphis metro area | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.2 | 5.2 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.4M | $1.7M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 29,049 | 24,559 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +47.4% | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.3% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $863 | $874 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $66,401 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 37 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 18
- Employees, 2023
- 76
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 1,897Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 32627 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 239The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $816K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as barber shops in the Memphis 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 Memphis metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,341,412−0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 522,879
- Median age
- 37.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 4,972 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 270
- Median household income
- $66,401
- Average household income
- $95,119
- Median home value
- $245,900
- Jobs located here
- 640,441
- Daytime population
- 1,368,538Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 Memphis 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 spas33
- Hair salons36
- Barbershops37
- Nail salons21
- Spas and skin care43
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro area?
The Memphis metro area has 326 barbershops on map listings as of September 2026. 27 of them (8%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in 2023. Official counts list 1,897 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $451.1M a year, or $863 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 326 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $1.4M per shop. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 522,879 households in the Memphis metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro area compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
The Memphis metro area has 6.2 barbershops per 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $1.4M, 27% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the national ratio of barbershops to household spending, the Memphis metro area would have about 239, against 326 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 29,049 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S.
How fast is the Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Memphis metro area at 1,341,412 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 522,879 households. Median household income in the Memphis metro area is $66,401, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Memphis metro area scores 37 for barbershops (lower middle), #301 of 387 scored metro areas.
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