Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Washington
Barbershops in the Yakima, WA metro area
How the Yakima, WA metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for barbershops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 29 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #338 of 387 scored metro areas
#11 of 11 scored metro areas based in Washington
- Listings
- 61
- 5 chain locations (8%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $81.5M
- On personal care products and services · $930 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- 29% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.0
- 32% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 259,185
- +1.0% since 2020
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What this means
For barbershops, the Yakima metro area has a Groundwork market score of 29 (lower middle): #338 of 387 scored metro areas and #11 of 11 scored metro areas based in Washington. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 61 barbershops in the Yakima metro area. Chain locations make up 8% of them, against 12% across the U.S. That is 7.0 per 10,000 households, 32% above the U.S. rate of 5.3.
At $930 per household (7% below the U.S. average), households in the Yakima metro area spend about $81.5M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $1.3M per shop, 29% below 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in the Yakima metro area: counts under 3 aren’t published. Population estimates put the population change in the Yakima metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +1.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Yakima metro area compares
The same measures for Washington 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 | Yakima metro area | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.0 | 4.0 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $2.9M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 15,963 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +44.4% | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.0% | +3.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $930 | $1,137 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $70,656 | $98,141 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 29 | 65 |
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
- 129Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 615 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 43The 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 Yakima 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 Yakima metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 259,185+1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 87,708
- Median age
- 34.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 4,295 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 60
- Median household income
- $70,656+36.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $88,451
- Median home value
- $310,100
- Jobs located here
- 108,597
- Daytime population
- 259,646Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Washington
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA | 78 | 51 | 4.3 | $2.5M | +2.8% | #10 of 387 |
| 2Longview-Kelso, WA | 76 | 12 | 2.7 | $3.5M | +3.5% | #17 of 387 |
| 3Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA | 76 | 18 | 3.4 | $3.1M | +2.4% | #19 of 387 |
| 4Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA | 70 | 46 | 4.2 | $2.7M | +2.7% | #51 of 387 |
| 5Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA | 68 | 77 | 3.2 | $3.1M | +3.5% | #63 of 387 |
| 6Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 68 | 649 | 4.0 | $3.1M | +3.3% | #64 of 387 |
| 7Bellingham, WA | 67 | 35 | 3.7 | $2.8M | +3.9% | #69 of 387 |
| 8Kennewick-Richland, WA | 65 | 63 | 5.8 | $1.8M | +6.5% | #82 of 387 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | 61 | 355 | 3.5 | $3.2M | +1.0% | #102 of 387 |
| 9Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA | 60 | 24 | 5.1 | $2.1M | +5.0% | #114 of 387 |
| 11Yakima, WA | 29 | 61 | 7.0 | $1.3M | +1.0% | #338 of 387 |
Other business types in the Yakima 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 spas55
- Hair salons61
- Barbershops29
- Nail salons48
- 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 Yakima, WA metro area?
There are 61 barbershops on map listings in the Yakima metro area as of September 2026. 5 of them (8%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in the Yakima metro area: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 129 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Yakima, WA metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $81.5M a year, or $930 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 61 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $1.3M per shop. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 87,708 households in the Yakima metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Yakima, WA metro area compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
The Yakima metro area has 7.0 barbershops per 10,000 households, 32% above the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $1.3M, 29% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the national ratio of barbershops to household spending, the Yakima metro area would have about 43, against 61 on map listings.
How fast is the Yakima, WA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Yakima metro area at 259,185 people in 2025, up 1.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 87,708 households. Median household income in the Yakima metro area is $70,656, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 36.8%, 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. The Yakima metro area scores 29 for barbershops (lower middle), #338 of 387 scored metro areas.
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