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Barbershops in the Lubbock, TX metro area
The barbershops in the Lubbock, TX metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 31 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #330 of 387 scored metro areas
#18 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas
- Listings
- 114
- 13 chain locations (11%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $118.2M
- On personal care products and services · $841 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1M
- 45% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.1
- 53% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 368,431
- +4.6% since 2020
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What this means
For barbershops, the Lubbock metro area has a Groundwork market score of 31 (lower middle): #330 of 387 scored metro areas and #18 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 114 barbershops in the Lubbock metro area. Chain locations make up 11% of them, against 12% across the U.S. That comes to 8.1 for every 10,000 households, 53% above the U.S. rate of 5.3.
Household spending on personal care products and services in the Lubbock metro area comes to about $118.2M a year: $841 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That is about $1M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 45% 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 the Lubbock metro area classed as barber shops. That is one for every 17,569 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Lubbock metro area grew 4.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Lubbock 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 | Lubbock metro area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.1 | 6.9 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1M | $1.4M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 17,569 | 18,170 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +65.8% | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.6% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $841 | $937 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $63,629 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 31 | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8
- Employees, 2023
- 146
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 168Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 11413 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 63The 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 the Lubbock 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 Lubbock metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 368,431+4.6% since 2020
- Households
- 140,553
- Median age
- 34.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 57%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 5,265 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 68
- Median household income
- $63,629
- Average household income
- $89,032
- Median home value
- $202,700
- Jobs located here
- 177,068
- Daytime population
- 365,333Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 18Lubbock, TX | 31 | 114 | 8.1 | $1M | +4.6% | #330 of 387 |
Other business types in the Lubbock 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 spas35
- Hair salons44
- Barbershops31
- Nail salons35
- 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 the Lubbock, TX metro area?
There are 114 barbershops on map listings in the Lubbock metro area as of September 2026. 13 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in 2023. Official counts also show 168 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Lubbock, TX metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $118.2M a year, or $841 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 114 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $1M per shop. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 140,553 households in the Lubbock metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Lubbock, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
The Lubbock metro area has 8.1 barbershops per 10,000 households, 53% above the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $1M, 45% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the national ratio of barbershops to household spending, the Lubbock metro area would have about 63, against 114 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 17,569 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S.
How fast is the Lubbock, TX metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Lubbock metro area at 368,431 people in 2025, up 4.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 140,553 households. Median household income in the Lubbock metro area is $63,629, 21% 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 Lubbock metro area scores 31 for barbershops (lower middle), #330 of 387 scored metro areas.
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