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Barbershops in Spotsylvania County, VA

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for barbershops in Spotsylvania County, VA, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #502 of 1,356 scored counties
#24 of 56 scored counties in Virginia

Listings
35
4 chain locations (11%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$57.4M
On personal care products and services · $1,093 a household
Spending per listing
$1.6M
13% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.7
26% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
155,388
+10.5% 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

Household spending on personal care products and services in Spotsylvania County comes to about $57.4M a year: $1,093 per household, 9% above the U.S. average. That works out to $1.6M per shop, 13% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops.

Spotsylvania County has 35 barbershops on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (11%) are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. That is 6.7 per 10,000 households, 26% above the U.S. rate of 5.3.

In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Spotsylvania County classed as barber shops. That is one for every 13,120 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S. Another 58 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Spotsylvania County grew 10.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For barbershops, Spotsylvania County has a Groundwork market score of 58 (upper middle): #502 of 1,356 scored counties and #24 of 56 scored counties in Virginia.

How Spotsylvania 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 Spotsylvania County, VA compared with Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureSpotsylvania CountyVirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.74.75.3
Spending per listing$1.6M$2.2M$1.9M
Households per official establishment13,12012,94516,589
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+30.7%+28.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+10.5%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$1,093$1,023$1,005
Median household income$112,738$93,170$80,734
Groundwork market score5846

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 4
Employees, 2023
5
Annual payroll, 2023
$93K
One-person businesses, 2023
58Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
354 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
30The 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 Spotsylvania 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 Spotsylvania County

Population, 2025 estimate
155,388+10.5% since 2020
Households
52,481
Median age
39.2
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
402 sq. mi.
People per square mile
365
Median household income
$112,738+27.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$133,558
Median home value
$404,900
Jobs located here
40,183
Daytime population
124,545Residents 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 Spotsylvania 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
24Spotsylvania County, VA58356.7$1.6M+10.5%#502 of 1,356

Other business types in Spotsylvania County

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

Questions

How many barbershops are in Spotsylvania County, VA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 35 barbershops in Spotsylvania County. 4 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in 2023. Official counts list 58 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $57.4M a year, or $1,093 per household. That is 9% above the U.S. average (an index of 109, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 35 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $1.6M 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 52,481 households in Spotsylvania County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Spotsylvania County has 6.7 barbershops per 10,000 households, 26% above the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $1.6M, 13% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending, Spotsylvania County would have about 30, against 35 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 13,120 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S.

How fast is Spotsylvania County, VA growing?

Population estimates put Spotsylvania County at 155,388 people in 2025, up 10.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 52,481 households. The median household income in Spotsylvania County is $112,738 a year, 40% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.2% 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. Spotsylvania County scores 58 for barbershops (upper middle), #502 of 1,356 scored counties.

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