Beauty and personal care · County · Virginia
Barbershops in Loudoun County, VA
How Loudoun 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 69 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #251 of 1,356 scored counties
#13 of 56 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 61
- 10 chain locations (16%)
- Official establishments
- 23
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $199.4M
- On personal care products and services · $1,394 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.3M
- 73% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.3
- 19% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 449,749
- +6.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 61 barbershops in Loudoun County. 10 of them (16%) are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. That is 4.3 per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 5.3.
At $1,394 per household (39% above the U.S. average), households in Loudoun County spend about $199.4M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 61 barbershops, that is $3.3M per shop, 73% above 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 23 businesses with payroll in Loudoun County classed as barber shops. That is one for every 6,219 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S. Another 92 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $25K has gone to businesses classed as barber shops in Loudoun County.
Population estimates show Loudoun County grew 6.4% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For barbershops, Loudoun County has a Groundwork market score of 69 (upper middle): #251 of 1,356 scored counties and #13 of 56 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Loudoun 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 | Loudoun County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.3 | 4.7 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $3.3M | $2.2M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 6,219 | 12,945 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +30.7% | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.4% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,394 | $1,023 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $181,765 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 69 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 15 → 23
- Employees, 2023
- 91
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 92Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 6110 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 106The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $25K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as barber shops in Loudoun 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 Loudoun County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 449,749+6.4% since 2020
- Households
- 143,032
- Median age
- 38.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 516 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 840
- Median household income
- $181,765+27.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $214,797
- Median home value
- $743,800
- Jobs located here
- 195,681
- Daytime population
- 393,488Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Virginia for barbershops, numbered among those based in Virginia, with Loudoun 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 |
| 13Loudoun County, VA | 69 | 61 | 4.3 | $3.3M | +6.4% | #251 of 1,356 |
Other business types in Loudoun 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 spas60
- Hair salons67
- Barbershops69
- Nail salons61
- Spas and skin care58
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in Loudoun County, VA?
There are 61 barbershops on map listings in Loudoun County as of September 2026. 10 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. Official counts show 23 businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in 2023. Official counts list 92 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Loudoun County, VA spend on personal care products and services?
About $199.4M a year, or $1,394 per household. That is 39% above the U.S. average (an index of 139, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 61 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $3.3M per shop. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 143,032 households in Loudoun County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Loudoun County, VA compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
Loudoun County has 4.3 barbershops per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $3.3M, 73% above the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the national ratio of barbershops to household spending, Loudoun County would have about 106, against 61 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,219 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S.
How fast is Loudoun County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Loudoun County at 449,749 people in 2025, up 6.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 143,032 households. Median household income in Loudoun County is $181,765, 2.3 times the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.7%, 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. Loudoun County scores 69 for barbershops (upper middle), #251 of 1,356 scored counties.
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