Beauty and personal care · County · Virginia
Barbershops in Newport News city, VA
How Newport News city, 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 12 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,295 of 1,356 scored counties
#52 of 56 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 67
- 7 chain locations (10%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $64.3M
- On personal care products and services · $844 a household
- Spending per listing
- $959K
- 49% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.8
- 66% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 183,230
- −1.5% since 2020
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What this means
Newport News city scores 12 (low) on the Groundwork market score for barbershops, ranking #1,295 of 1,356 scored counties and #52 of 56 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Newport News city comes to about $64.3M a year: $844 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. Spread across 67 barbershops, that is $959K per shop, 49% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops.
Newport News city has 67 barbershops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 10% of them, against 12% across the U.S. That comes to 8.8 for every 10,000 households, 66% above the U.S. rate of 5.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 13 businesses with payroll in Newport News city classed as barber shops. That is one for every 5,855 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Newport News city declined 1.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Newport News city 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 | Newport News city | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.8 | 4.7 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $959K | $2.2M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 5,855 | 12,945 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +30.7% | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.5% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $844 | $1,023 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $69,634 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 12 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 13
- Employees, 2023
- 31
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 134Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 677 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 34The 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 Newport News city, 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 Newport News city
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 183,230−1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 76,112
- Median age
- 36.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 48%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 69 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2,670
- Median household income
- $69,634+30.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $90,058
- Median home value
- $260,600
- Jobs located here
- 98,238
- Daytime population
- 206,364Residents 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 |
| 52Newport News city, VA | 12 | 67 | 8.8 | $959K | −1.5% | #1,295 of 1,356 |
Other business types in Newport News city
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 spas16
- Hair salons19
- Barbershops12
- Nail salons28
- Spas and skin care24
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in Newport News city, VA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 67 barbershops in Newport News city. 7 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in 2023. Another 134 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Newport News city, VA spend on personal care products and services?
About $64.3M a year, or $844 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 67 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $959K 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 76,112 households in Newport News city and national spending patterns by income.
How does Newport News city, VA compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
Newport News city has 8.8 barbershops per 10,000 households, 66% above the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $959K, 49% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending, Newport News city would have about 34, against 67 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,855 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S.
How fast is Newport News city, VA growing?
Population estimates put Newport News city at 183,230 people in 2025, down 1.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 76,112 households. The median household income in Newport News city is $69,634 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.9% 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. Newport News city scores 12 for barbershops (low), #1,295 of 1,356 scored counties.
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