Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Texas
Barbershops in the Laredo, TX metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for barbershops in the Laredo, TX metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 23 out of 100: Low
Ranked #359 of 387 scored metro areas
#20 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas
- Listings
- 85
- 15 chain locations (18%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $65.7M
- On personal care products and services · $807 a household
- Spending per listing
- $772K
- 59% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.4
- 96% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 281,224
- +5.2% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for barbershops in the Laredo metro area is 23 (low), #359 of 387 scored metro areas and #20 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Household spending on personal care products and services in the Laredo metro area comes to about $65.7M a year: $807 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. That is about $772K of household spending for each shop on map listings, 59% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops.
There are 85 barbershops on map listings in the Laredo metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 18% of them, against 12% across the U.S. That comes to 10.4 for every 10,000 households, 96% above the U.S. rate of 5.3.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for barber shops in the Laredo metro area, since they leave out counts under 3. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $400K has gone to businesses classed as barber shops in the Laredo metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Laredo metro area grew 5.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Laredo metro area compares
The same measures for Texas 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 | Laredo metro area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.4 | 6.9 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $772K | $1.4M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 18,170 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +65.8% | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.2% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $807 | $937 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $63,058 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 23 | 34 |
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
- 133Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 8515 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 35The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $400K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as barber shops in the Laredo 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 Laredo metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 281,224+5.2% since 2020
- Households
- 81,373
- Median age
- 30.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 3,362 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 80
- Median household income
- $63,058+35.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $81,101
- Median home value
- $189,900
- Jobs located here
- 100,368
- Daytime population
- 263,275Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Texas for barbershops, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Laredo metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 64 | 488 | 4.9 | $2.2M | +14.0% | #87 of 387 |
| 2Sherman-Denison, TX | 60 | 24 | 4.3 | $2M | +12.8% | #115 of 387 |
| 3Midland, TX | 57 | 45 | 6.5 | $1.6M | +9.8% | #136 of 387 |
| 4Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | 53 | 1,916 | 7.2 | $1.3M | +10.3% | #171 of 387 |
| 5College Station-Bryan, TX | 51 | 58 | 5.5 | $1.5M | +6.9% | #188 of 387 |
| 6Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 46 | 1,987 | 6.9 | $1.5M | +10.6% | #239 of 387 |
| 7Killeen-Temple, TX | 46 | 148 | 8.3 | $1M | +7.2% | #242 of 387 |
| 8Waco, TX | 45 | 54 | 4.9 | $1.8M | +4.2% | #247 of 387 |
| 9Amarillo, TX | 40 | 72 | 7.0 | $1.2M | +2.7% | #285 of 387 |
| 10San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 39 | 723 | 7.5 | $1.2M | +9.5% | #293 of 387 |
| 20Laredo, TX | 23 | 85 | 10.4 | $772K | +5.2% | #359 of 387 |
Other business types in the Laredo 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 spas39
- Hair salons35
- Barbershops23
- Nail salons49
- Spas and skin care42
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in the Laredo, TX metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 85 barbershops in the Laredo metro area. 15 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in the Laredo metro area: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 133 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Laredo, TX metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $65.7M a year, or $807 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 85 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $772K per shop. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which barbershops share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 81,373 households in the Laredo metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Laredo, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
The Laredo metro area has 10.4 barbershops per 10,000 households, 96% above the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $772K, 59% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending, the Laredo metro area would have about 35, against 85 on map listings.
How fast is the Laredo, TX metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Laredo metro area at 281,224 people in 2025, up 5.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 81,373 households. The median household income in the Laredo metro area is $63,058 a year, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 35.7% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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 Laredo metro area scores 23 for barbershops (low), #359 of 387 scored metro areas.
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