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Barbershops in Bath County, VA
How Bath County, VA compares with other counties and the U.S. for barbershops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 1
- 1 chain location (100%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $1.5M
- On personal care products and services · $814 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.5
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 4,076
- −2.6% since 2020
See the barbershops around any address in Bath County
The site report maps the barbershops on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of Bath County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 1 barbershop in Bath County. That is 5.5 per 10,000 households.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Bath County comes to about $1.5M a year: $814 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.5M per shop. 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 Bath County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates show Bath County declined 2.6% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Bath County compares
The same measures for Virginia 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 | Bath County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.5 | 4.7 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $2.2M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 12,945 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +30.7% | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.6% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $814 | $1,023 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $56,184 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 46 |
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
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 11 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1The 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 Bath 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 Bath County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 4,076−2.6% since 2020
- Households
- 1,822
- Median age
- 52.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 529 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 8
- Median household income
- $56,184
- Average household income
- $85,153
- Median home value
- $206,700
- Jobs located here
- 2,056
- Daytime population
- 4,156Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Bath County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the barbershops on map listings by name and distance.
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Every Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Virginia for barbershops, numbered among those based in Virginia, with Bath County marked.
Top counties in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Albemarle County, VA | 89 | 9 | 2.0 | $5.5M | +5.1% | #15 of 1,356 |
| 2James City County, VA | 89 | 8 | 2.5 | $4.3M | +6.2% | #18 of 1,356 |
| 3Culpeper County, VA | 89 | 5 | 2.6 | $3.9M | +9.3% | #19 of 1,356 |
| 4Frederick County, VA | 86 | 11 | 3.1 | $3.3M | +8.8% | #32 of 1,356 |
| 5Suffolk city, VA | 83 | 12 | 3.2 | $3.1M | +10.4% | #48 of 1,356 |
| 6Orange County, VA | 83 | 5 | 3.4 | $3M | +10.1% | #49 of 1,356 |
| 7Chesterfield County, VA | 83 | 55 | 3.9 | $2.7M | +8.7% | #53 of 1,356 |
| 8Bedford County, VA | 77 | 7 | 2.1 | $4.3M | +4.4% | #98 of 1,356 |
| 9Isle of Wight County, VA | 76 | 6 | 3.8 | $2.6M | +6.7% | #126 of 1,356 |
| 10Gloucester County, VA | 71 | 5 | 3.3 | $2.9M | +3.6% | #200 of 1,356 |
| Bath County, VA | Not scored | 1 | 5.5 | $1.5M | −2.6% |
Other business types in Bath County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in Bath County, VA?
Bath County has 1 barbershop on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in Bath County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Bath County, VA spend on personal care products and services?
About $1.5M a year, or $814 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 barbershop on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per shop. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,822 households in Bath County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Bath County, VA compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
Bath County has 1 barbershop on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending.
How fast is Bath County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Bath County at 4,076 people in 2025, down 2.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,822 households. Median household income in Bath County is $56,184, 30% 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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Bath County. It maps the barbershops on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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