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Barbershops in the Tyler, TX metro area

How the Tyler, 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 32 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #322 of 387 scored metro areas
#14 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas

Listings
58
9 chain locations (16%)
Official establishments
8
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$74.7M
On personal care products and services · $899 a household
Spending per listing
$1.3M
32% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.0
32% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
252,549
+7.8% 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 Tyler metro area scores 32 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for barbershops, ranking #322 of 387 scored metro areas and #14 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 58 barbershops in the Tyler metro area. Chain locations make up 16% of them, against 12% across the U.S. That comes to 7.0 for every 10,000 households, 32% above the U.S. rate of 5.3.

Household spending on personal care products and services in the Tyler metro area comes to about $74.7M a year: $899 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.3M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 32% 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 Tyler metro area classed as barber shops. That is one for every 10,392 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $28K has gone to businesses classed as barber shops in the Tyler metro area. Population estimates show the Tyler metro area grew 7.8% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Tyler 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 Tyler, TX metro area compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureTyler metro areaTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.06.95.3
Spending per listing$1.3M$1.4M$1.9M
Households per official establishment10,39218,17016,589
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+65.8%+28.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+7.8%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$899$937$1,005
Median household income$74,192$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score3234

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
8
Employees, 2023
13
Annual payroll, 2023
$369K
One-person businesses, 2023
120Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
589 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
40The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$28K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as barber shops in the Tyler 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 Tyler metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
252,549+7.8% since 2020
Households
83,134
Median age
38.3
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
922 sq. mi.
People per square mile
262
Median household income
$74,192+30.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$97,956
Median home value
$240,700
Jobs located here
111,630
Daytime population
252,433Residents 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 Tyler 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
14Tyler, TX32587.0$1.3M+7.8%#322 of 387

Other business types in the Tyler metro area

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

Questions

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

There are 58 barbershops on map listings in the Tyler metro area as of September 2026. 9 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in 2023. Another 120 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $74.7M a year, or $899 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 58 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $1.3M per shop. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 83,134 households in the Tyler metro area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The Tyler metro area has 7.0 barbershops per 10,000 households, 32% above the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $1.3M, 32% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the national ratio of barbershops to household spending, the Tyler metro area would have about 40, against 58 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 10,392 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S.

How fast is the Tyler, TX metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Tyler metro area at 252,549 people in 2025, up 7.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 83,134 households. Median household income in the Tyler metro area is $74,192, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.6%, 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 Tyler metro area scores 32 for barbershops (lower middle), #322 of 387 scored metro areas.

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