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Barbershops in Wyoming County, WV

How Wyoming County, WV compares with other counties and the U.S. for barbershops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.

Listings
2
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$5.6M
On personal care products and services · $691 a household
Spending per listing
$2.8M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
2.5
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
19,801
−7.1% 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

Households in Wyoming County spend about $5.6M a year on personal care products and services, or $691 per household, 31% below the U.S. average. Spread across 2 barbershops, that is $2.8M per shop. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops.

Wyoming County has 2 barbershops on map listings as of September 2026. That is 2.5 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for barber shops in Wyoming County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 6 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in Wyoming County from 2020 to 2025 at −7.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 barbershops on map listings, Wyoming County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Wyoming County compares

The same measures for West 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 Wyoming County, WV compared with West Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureWyoming CountyWest VirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.54.35.3
Spending per listing$2.8M$1.9M$1.9M
Households per official establishmentn/a42,86216,589
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/an/a+28.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025−7.1%−1.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$691$802$1,005
Median household income$48,440$59,608$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored36

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
6Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
20 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 Wyoming 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 Wyoming County

Population, 2025 estimate
19,801−7.1% since 2020
Households
8,068
Median age
45.2
Homes lived in by their owners
82%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
500 sq. mi.
People per square mile
41
Median household income
$48,440+14.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$59,197
Median home value
$82,900
Jobs located here
4,322
Daytime population
19,808Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Barbershops across West Virginia

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The highest-scoring counties in West Virginia for barbershops, numbered among those based in West Virginia, with Wyoming County marked.

Top counties in West Virginia

Counties in West Virginia ranked for barbershops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Jefferson County, WV9052.2$4.7M+9.2%#12 of 1,356
2Berkeley County, WV69203.9$2.3M+13.7%#265 of 1,356
3Putnam County, WV5193.9$2.4M−1.0%#670 of 1,356
4Monongalia County, WV49194.3$2.1M+2.0%#722 of 1,356
5Marion County, WV4873.0$2.8M−1.2%#742 of 1,356
6Kanawha County, WV32526.8$1.2M−4.3%#1,077 of 1,356
7Wayne County, WV3063.8$2.1M−4.0%#1,093 of 1,356
8Harrison County, WV29124.6$1.8M−2.5%#1,112 of 1,356
9Wood County, WV27164.5$1.8M−2.1%#1,152 of 1,356
10Upshur County, WV2355.2$1.5M−0.3%#1,187 of 1,356
Wyoming County, WVNot scored22.5$2.8M−7.1%

Other business types in Wyoming County

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

Questions

How many barbershops are in Wyoming County, WV?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 barbershops in Wyoming County. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in Wyoming County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 6 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Wyoming County, WV spend on personal care products and services?

About $5.6M a year, or $691 per household. That is 31% below the U.S. average (an index of 69, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $2.8M 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 8,068 households in Wyoming County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Wyoming County, WV compare with the U.S. for barbershops?

Wyoming County has 2 barbershops on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending, Wyoming County would have about 3, against 2 on map listings.

How fast is Wyoming County, WV growing?

Population estimates put Wyoming County at 19,801 people in 2025, down 7.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,068 households. The median household income in Wyoming County is $48,440 a year, 40% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 14.4% 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. Wyoming County has no market score for barbershops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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