Beauty and personal care · County · Virginia
Barbershops in Culpeper County, VA
How Culpeper 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 89 out of 100: High
Ranked #19 of 1,356 scored counties
#3 of 56 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $19.3M
- On personal care products and services · $1,022 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.9M
- 2.1 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.6
- 51% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 57,666
- +9.3% since 2020
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What this means
Culpeper County scores 89 (high) on the Groundwork market score for barbershops, ranking #19 of 1,356 scored counties and #3 of 56 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for barbershops.
Households in Culpeper County spend about $19.3M a year on personal care products and services, or $1,022 per household, 2% above the U.S. average. That works out to $3.9M per shop, 2.1 times the U.S. figure of $1.9M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops.
Culpeper County has 5 barbershops on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. That is 2.6 per 10,000 households, 51% below the U.S. rate of 5.3.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for barber shops in Culpeper County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates put the population change in Culpeper County from 2020 to 2025 at +9.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Culpeper 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 | Culpeper County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.6 | 4.7 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $3.9M | $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 | +9.3% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,022 | $1,023 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $100,049 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 89 | 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
- 13Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 50 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The 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 Culpeper 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 Culpeper County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 57,666+9.3% since 2020
- Households
- 18,924
- Median age
- 39.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 379 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 143
- Median household income
- $100,049+28.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $122,174
- Median home value
- $409,200
- Jobs located here
- 16,635
- Daytime population
- 47,878Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
Other business types in Culpeper County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
- Salons, barbers and spas64
- Hair salons62
- Barbershops89
- Nail salons74
- Spas and skin care73
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in Culpeper County, VA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 barbershops in Culpeper County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in Culpeper County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 13 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Culpeper County, VA spend on personal care products and services?
About $19.3M a year, or $1,022 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $3.9M 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 18,924 households in Culpeper County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Culpeper County, VA compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
Culpeper County has 2.6 barbershops per 10,000 households, 51% below the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $3.9M, 2.1 times the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending, Culpeper County would have about 10, against 5 on map listings.
How fast is Culpeper County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Culpeper County at 57,666 people in 2025, up 9.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,924 households. The median household income in Culpeper County is $100,049 a year, 24% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.4% 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. Culpeper County scores 89 for barbershops (high), #19 of 1,356 scored counties.
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