Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Virginia
Barbershops in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA metro area
The barbershops in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 67 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #67 of 387 scored metro areas
#2 of 9 scored metro areas based in Virginia
- Listings
- 12
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $45.1M
- On personal care products and services · $863 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.8M
- 99% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.3
- 57% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 129,692
- +3.2% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on personal care products and services in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area comes to about $45.1M a year: $863 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. Spread across 12 barbershops, that is $3.8M per shop, 99% above the U.S. figure of $1.9M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops.
There are 12 barbershops on map listings in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.3, 57% below the U.S. rate of 5.3.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for barber shops in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 26 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area grew 3.2% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area scores 67 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for barbershops, ranking #67 of 387 scored metro areas and #2 of 9 scored metro areas based in Virginia. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.
How the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area 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 | Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.3 | 4.7 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $3.8M | $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 | +3.2% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $863 | $1,023 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $73,544 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 67 | 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
- 26Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 120 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 24The 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 the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area, 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 the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 129,692+3.2% since 2020
- Households
- 52,233
- Median age
- 43.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,002 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 127
- Median household income
- $73,544+28.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $90,893
- Median home value
- $284,500
- Jobs located here
- 51,901
- Daytime population
- 117,298Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Virginia for barbershops, numbered among those based in Virginia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Charlottesville, VA | 76 | 27 | 3.0 | $3.4M | +3.1% | #18 of 387 |
| 2Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA | 67 | 12 | 2.3 | $3.8M | +3.2% | #67 of 387 |
| 3Richmond, VA | 60 | 243 | 4.6 | $2.2M | +5.5% | #113 of 387 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 59 | 1,187 | 5.0 | $2.4M | +3.3% | #120 of 387 |
| Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA | 50 | 40 | 3.1 | $2.6M | +2.3% | #190 of 387 |
| 4Winchester, VA-WV | 49 | 35 | 6.3 | $1.5M | +6.5% | #203 of 387 |
| 5Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA | 48 | 23 | 3.3 | $2.6M | −0.1% | #205 of 387 |
| 6Lynchburg, VA | 41 | 55 | 5.3 | $1.6M | +2.9% | #272 of 387 |
| 7Roanoke, VA | 40 | 61 | 4.6 | $1.9M | +0.4% | #281 of 387 |
| 8Harrisonburg, VA | 37 | 24 | 4.8 | $1.8M | +3.5% | #298 of 387 |
Other business types in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area
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 spas53
- Hair salons41
- Barbershops67
- Nail salons55
- Spas and skin care59
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 12 barbershops in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 26 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $45.1M a year, or $863 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $3.8M 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 52,233 households in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA metro area compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
The Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area has 2.3 barbershops per 10,000 households, 57% below the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $3.8M, 99% above the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending, the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area would have about 24, against 12 on map listings.
How fast is the Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area at 129,692 people in 2025, up 3.2% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 52,233 households. The median household income in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area is $73,544 a year, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.7% 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. The Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area scores 67 for barbershops (upper middle), #67 of 387 scored metro areas.
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