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Barbershops in Chesterfield County, VA

How Chesterfield County, VA compares with other counties and the U.S. for barbershops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 83 out of 100: High

Ranked #53 of 1,356 scored counties
#7 of 56 scored counties in Virginia

Listings
55
10 chain locations (18%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$147.7M
On personal care products and services · $1,054 a household
Spending per listing
$2.7M
42% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.9
26% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
397,148
+8.7% 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

Chesterfield County scores 83 (high) on the Groundwork market score for barbershops, ranking #53 of 1,356 scored counties and #7 of 56 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for barbershops.

At $1,054 per household (5% above the U.S. average), households in Chesterfield County spend about $147.7M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 55 barbershops, that is $2.7M per shop, 42% above the U.S. figure of $1.9M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops.

There are 55 barbershops on map listings in Chesterfield County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 18% of them, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.9, 26% below the U.S. rate of 5.3.

In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in Chesterfield County classed as barber shops. That is one for every 28,031 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S. Population estimates show Chesterfield County grew 8.7% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Chesterfield 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.

Barbershops in Chesterfield County, VA compared with Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureChesterfield CountyVirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.94.75.3
Spending per listing$2.7M$2.2M$1.9M
Households per official establishment28,03112,94516,589
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+30.7%+28.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+8.7%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$1,054$1,023$1,005
Median household income$101,931$93,170$80,734
Groundwork market score8346

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 5
Employees, 2023
29
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
140Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
5510 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
78The 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 Chesterfield 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 Chesterfield County

Population, 2025 estimate
397,148+8.7% since 2020
Households
140,155
Median age
40.1
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
424 sq. mi.
People per square mile
892
Median household income
$101,931+23.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$128,631
Median home value
$366,000
Jobs located here
149,426
Daytime population
346,516Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Barbershops across Virginia

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

Top counties in Virginia

Counties in Virginia ranked for barbershops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Albemarle County, VA8992.0$5.5M+5.1%#15 of 1,356
2James City County, VA8982.5$4.3M+6.2%#18 of 1,356
3Culpeper County, VA8952.6$3.9M+9.3%#19 of 1,356
4Frederick County, VA86113.1$3.3M+8.8%#32 of 1,356
5Suffolk city, VA83123.2$3.1M+10.4%#48 of 1,356
6Orange County, VA8353.4$3M+10.1%#49 of 1,356
7Chesterfield County, VA83553.9$2.7M+8.7%#53 of 1,356
8Bedford County, VA7772.1$4.3M+4.4%#98 of 1,356
9Isle of Wight County, VA7663.8$2.6M+6.7%#126 of 1,356
10Gloucester County, VA7153.3$2.9M+3.6%#200 of 1,356

Other business types in Chesterfield County

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

Questions

How many barbershops are in Chesterfield County, VA?

As of September 2026, map listings count 55 barbershops in Chesterfield County. 10 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in 2023. Official counts also show 140 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Chesterfield County, VA spend on personal care products and services?

About $147.7M a year, or $1,054 per household. That is 5% above the U.S. average (an index of 105, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 55 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $2.7M per shop. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which barbershops share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 140,155 households in Chesterfield County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Chesterfield County, VA compare with the U.S. for barbershops?

Chesterfield County has 3.9 barbershops per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $2.7M, 42% above the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending, Chesterfield County would have about 78, against 55 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 28,031 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S.

How fast is Chesterfield County, VA growing?

Population estimates put Chesterfield County at 397,148 people in 2025, up 8.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 140,155 households. The median household income in Chesterfield County is $101,931 a year, 26% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.4% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Chesterfield County scores 83 for barbershops (high), #53 of 1,356 scored counties.

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