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Barbershops in Lancaster County, VA
The barbershops in Lancaster County, VA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $5M
- On personal care products and services · $875 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.5M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.5
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 10,995
- +0.9% since 2020
See the barbershops around any address in Lancaster County
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 barbershops in Lancaster County. That is 3.5 per 10,000 households.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Lancaster County comes to about $5M a year: $875 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. Spread across 2 barbershops, that is $2.5M 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 Lancaster County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates show Lancaster County grew 0.9% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 barbershops on map listings, Lancaster County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Lancaster 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 | Lancaster County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.5 | 4.7 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $2.5M | $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 | +0.9% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $875 | $1,023 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $69,713 | $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
- 20 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 Lancaster 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 Lancaster County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 10,995+0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 5,701
- Median age
- 57.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 133 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 82
- Median household income
- $69,713+29.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $102,227
- Median home value
- $327,000
- Jobs located here
- 4,634
- Daytime population
- 9,988Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Lancaster 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 Lancaster 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 |
| Lancaster County, VA | Not scored | 2 | 3.5 | $2.5M | +0.9% |
Other business types in Lancaster 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
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in Lancaster County, VA?
There are 2 barbershops on map listings in Lancaster County as of September 2026. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in Lancaster County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Lancaster County, VA spend on personal care products and services?
About $5M a year, or $875 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $2.5M per shop. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,701 households in Lancaster County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lancaster County, VA compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
Lancaster County has 2 barbershops on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of barbershops to household spending, Lancaster County would have about 3, against 2 on map listings.
How fast is Lancaster County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Lancaster County at 10,995 people in 2025, up 0.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,701 households. Median household income in Lancaster County is $69,713, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.8%, 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. Lancaster County has no market score for barbershops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Lancaster 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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