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Barbershops in Lubbock County, TX
How Lubbock County, TX compares with other counties 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 #988 of 1,356 scored counties
#61 of 109 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 109
- 12 chain locations (11%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $106.5M
- On personal care products and services · $844 a household
- Spending per listing
- $977K
- 48% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.6
- 62% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 328,906
- +5.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 109 barbershops in Lubbock County. Chain locations make up 11% of them, against 12% across the U.S. That is 8.6 per 10,000 households, 62% above the U.S. rate of 5.3.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Lubbock County comes to about $106.5M a year: $844 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That is about $977K of household spending for each shop on map listings, 48% 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 8 businesses with payroll in Lubbock County classed as barber shops. That is one for every 15,778 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S. Official counts also show 163 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Lubbock County grew 5.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for barbershops in Lubbock County is 37 (lower middle), #988 of 1,356 scored counties and #61 of 109 scored counties in Texas.
How Lubbock County 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 | Lubbock County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.6 | 6.9 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $977K | $1.4M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 15,778 | 18,170 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +65.8% | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.6% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $844 | $937 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $64,155 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 37 | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 8
- Employees, 2023
- 146
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 163Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10912 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 57The 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 Lubbock 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 Lubbock County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 328,906+5.6% since 2020
- Households
- 126,225
- Median age
- 34.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 56%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 896 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 356
- Median household income
- $64,155+22.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,750
- Median home value
- $214,100
- Jobs located here
- 164,092
- Daytime population
- 331,188Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Medina County, TX | 78 | 5 | 2.8 | $3.2M | +11.4% | #92 of 1,356 |
| 2Burnet County, TX | 78 | 7 | 3.3 | $2.8M | +15.2% | #94 of 1,356 |
| 3Waller County, TX | 77 | 7 | 3.8 | $2.5M | +21.9% | #113 of 1,356 |
| 4Guadalupe County, TX | 77 | 26 | 4.0 | $2.5M | +15.8% | #114 of 1,356 |
| 5Wise County, TX | 72 | 5 | 2.0 | $5M | +21.5% | #172 of 1,356 |
| 6Denton County, TX | 71 | 167 | 4.6 | $2.4M | +16.9% | #209 of 1,356 |
| 7Fort Bend County, TX | 71 | 158 | 5.4 | $2.1M | +17.4% | #213 of 1,356 |
| 8Johnson County, TX | 70 | 30 | 4.6 | $2.1M | +20.5% | #245 of 1,356 |
| 9Montgomery County, TX | 69 | 122 | 4.9 | $2.1M | +24.9% | #268 of 1,356 |
| 10Williamson County, TX | 69 | 132 | 5.2 | $2.1M | +22.3% | #269 of 1,356 |
| 61Lubbock County, TX | 37 | 109 | 8.6 | $977K | +5.6% | #988 of 1,356 |
Other business types in Lubbock 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 spas32
- Hair salons43
- Barbershops37
- Nail salons39
- Spas and skin care36
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in Lubbock County, TX?
There are 109 barbershops on map listings in Lubbock County as of September 2026. 12 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in 2023. Another 163 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Lubbock County, TX spend on personal care products and services?
About $106.5M 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 109 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $977K per shop. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 126,225 households in Lubbock County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lubbock County, TX compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
Lubbock County has 8.6 barbershops per 10,000 households, 62% above the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $977K, 48% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the national ratio of barbershops to household spending, Lubbock County would have about 57, against 109 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 15,778 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S.
How fast is Lubbock County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Lubbock County at 328,906 people in 2025, up 5.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 126,225 households. Median household income in Lubbock County is $64,155, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.4%, 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. Lubbock County scores 37 for barbershops (lower middle), #988 of 1,356 scored counties.
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