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Barbershops in the Odessa, TX metro area

How the Odessa, TX 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 31 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #329 of 387 scored metro areas
#17 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas

Listings
50
5 chain locations (10%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$56.5M
On personal care products and services · $875 a household
Spending per listing
$1.1M
40% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.7
45% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
173,801
+5.0% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

The Groundwork market score for barbershops in the Odessa metro area is 31 (lower middle), #329 of 387 scored metro areas and #17 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 50 barbershops in the Odessa metro area. Of those, 5 are chain locations, or 10%, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.7, 45% above the U.S. rate of 5.3.

At $875 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in the Odessa metro area spend about $56.5M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $1.1M per shop, 40% 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.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in the Odessa metro area: counts under 3 aren’t published. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Odessa metro area grew 5.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Odessa 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.

Barbershops in Odessa, TX metro area compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureOdessa metro areaTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.76.95.3
Spending per listing$1.1M$1.4M$1.9M
Households per official establishmentn/a18,17016,589
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+65.8%+28.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.0%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$875$937$1,005
Median household income$71,536$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score3134

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
108Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
505 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
30The 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 Odessa 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 Odessa metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
173,801+5.0% since 2020
Households
64,563
Median age
32.0
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
898 sq. mi.
People per square mile
183
Median household income
$71,536+13.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$94,485
Median home value
$200,200
Jobs located here
73,944
Daytime population
162,861Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Barbershops across Texas

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Texas for barbershops, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Odessa metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Texas

Metro areas in Texas ranked for barbershops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX644884.9$2.2M+14.0%#87 of 387
2Sherman-Denison, TX60244.3$2M+12.8%#115 of 387
3Midland, TX57456.5$1.6M+9.8%#136 of 387
4Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX531,9167.2$1.3M+10.3%#171 of 387
5College Station-Bryan, TX51585.5$1.5M+6.9%#188 of 387
6Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX461,9876.9$1.5M+10.6%#239 of 387
7Killeen-Temple, TX461488.3$1M+7.2%#242 of 387
8Waco, TX45544.9$1.8M+4.2%#247 of 387
9Amarillo, TX40727.0$1.2M+2.7%#285 of 387
10San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX397237.5$1.2M+9.5%#293 of 387
17Odessa, TX31507.7$1.1M+5.0%#329 of 387

Other business types in the Odessa metro area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many barbershops are in the Odessa, TX metro area?

There are 50 barbershops on map listings in the Odessa metro area as of September 2026. 5 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in the Odessa metro area: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 108 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Odessa, TX metro area spend on personal care products and services?

About $56.5M a year, or $875 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 50 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $1.1M per shop. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 64,563 households in the Odessa metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Odessa, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for barbershops?

The Odessa metro area has 7.7 barbershops per 10,000 households, 45% above the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $1.1M, 40% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the national ratio of barbershops to household spending, the Odessa metro area would have about 30, against 50 on map listings.

How fast is the Odessa, TX metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Odessa metro area at 173,801 people in 2025, up 5.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 64,563 households. Median household income in the Odessa metro area is $71,536, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 13.6%, 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 Odessa metro area scores 31 for barbershops (lower middle), #329 of 387 scored metro areas.

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