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Barbershops in Parker County, TX

How Parker 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 66 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #321 of 1,356 scored counties
#11 of 109 scored counties in Texas

Listings
30
7 chain locations (23%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$59.8M
On personal care products and services · $1,060 a household
Spending per listing
$2M
6% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.3
In line with the U.S.
Population, 2025
184,767
+23.5% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 30 barbershops in Parker County. 7 of them (23%) are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. That is 5.3 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 5.3.

At $1,060 per household (6% above the U.S. average), households in Parker County spend about $59.8M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 30 barbershops, that is $2M per shop, 6% above 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 4 businesses with payroll in Parker County classed as barber shops. That is one for every 14,109 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S. Another 41 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $433K have gone to businesses classed as barber shops in Parker County.

Population estimates put the population change in Parker County from 2020 to 2025 at +23.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For barbershops, Parker County has a Groundwork market score of 66 (upper middle): #321 of 1,356 scored counties and #11 of 109 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Parker 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.

Barbershops in Parker County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureParker CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.36.95.3
Spending per listing$2M$1.4M$1.9M
Households per official establishment14,10918,17016,589
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+65.8%+28.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+23.5%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$1,060$937$1,005
Median household income$104,443$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score6634

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4
Employees, 2023
24
Annual payroll, 2023
$731K
One-person businesses, 2023
41Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
307 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
32The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$433K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as barber shops in Parker 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 Parker County

Population, 2025 estimate
184,767+23.5% since 2020
Households
56,437
Median age
39.5
Homes lived in by their owners
81%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
904 sq. mi.
People per square mile
183
Median household income
$104,443+34.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$131,405
Median home value
$375,900
Jobs located here
41,751
Daytime population
133,150Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Barbershops across Texas

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The highest-scoring counties in Texas for barbershops, numbered among those based in Texas, with Parker County marked.

Top counties in Texas

Counties in Texas ranked for barbershops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Medina County, TX7852.8$3.2M+11.4%#92 of 1,356
2Burnet County, TX7873.3$2.8M+15.2%#94 of 1,356
3Waller County, TX7773.8$2.5M+21.9%#113 of 1,356
4Guadalupe County, TX77264.0$2.5M+15.8%#114 of 1,356
5Wise County, TX7252.0$5M+21.5%#172 of 1,356
6Denton County, TX711674.6$2.4M+16.9%#209 of 1,356
7Fort Bend County, TX711585.4$2.1M+17.4%#213 of 1,356
8Johnson County, TX70304.6$2.1M+20.5%#245 of 1,356
9Montgomery County, TX691224.9$2.1M+24.9%#268 of 1,356
10Williamson County, TX691325.2$2.1M+22.3%#269 of 1,356
11Parker County, TX66305.3$2M+23.5%#321 of 1,356

Other business types in Parker County

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

Questions

How many barbershops are in Parker County, TX?

Parker County has 30 barbershops on map listings as of September 2026. 7 of them (23%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in 2023. Official counts list 41 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Parker County, TX spend on personal care products and services?

About $59.8M a year, or $1,060 per household. That is 6% above the U.S. average (an index of 106, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 30 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $2M per shop. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 56,437 households in Parker County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Parker County, TX compare with the U.S. for barbershops?

Parker County has 5.3 barbershops per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $2M, 6% above the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the national ratio of barbershops to household spending, Parker County would have about 32, against 30 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 14,109 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S.

How fast is Parker County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Parker County at 184,767 people in 2025, up 23.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 56,437 households. Median household income in Parker County is $104,443, 29% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.8%, 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. Parker County scores 66 for barbershops (upper middle), #321 of 1,356 scored counties.

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