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Barbershops in Sauk County, WI

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #478 of 1,356 scored counties
#25 of 33 scored counties in Wisconsin

Listings
9
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$28M
On personal care products and services · $999 a household
Spending per listing
$3.1M
65% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.2
40% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
66,652
+1.3% 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 Sauk County comes to about $28M a year: $999 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That works out to $3.1M per shop, 65% above the U.S. figure of $1.9M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops.

Sauk County has 9 barbershops on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. That is 3.2 per 10,000 households, 40% below the U.S. rate of 5.3.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in Sauk County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 9,329 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S. Official counts list 14 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in Sauk County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for barbershops in Sauk County is 58 (upper middle), #478 of 1,356 scored counties and #25 of 33 scored counties in Wisconsin.

How Sauk County compares

The same measures for Wisconsin 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 Sauk County, WI compared with Wisconsin and the U.S.
MeasureSauk CountyWisconsinU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.23.55.3
Spending per listing$3.1M$2.9M$1.9M
Households per official establishment9,32918,64316,589
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+6.4%+28.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.3%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$999$1,007$1,005
Median household income$79,541$77,485$80,734
Groundwork market score5855

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
10
Annual payroll, 2023
$436K
One-person businesses, 2023
14Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
90 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
15The 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 Sauk 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 Sauk County

Population, 2025 estimate
66,652+1.3% since 2020
Households
27,987
Median age
42.3
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
832 sq. mi.
People per square mile
79
Median household income
$79,541+32.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$98,005
Median home value
$258,600
Jobs located here
36,015
Daytime population
65,185Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Barbershops across Wisconsin

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The highest-scoring counties in Wisconsin for barbershops, numbered among those based in Wisconsin, with Sauk County marked.

Top counties in Wisconsin

Counties in Wisconsin ranked for barbershops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1St. Croix County, WI9161.6$7.3M+4.7%#8 of 1,356
2Walworth County, WI7871.6$6.4M+0.8%#85 of 1,356
3Chippewa County, WI7651.8$5.3M+1.9%#119 of 1,356
4Ozaukee County, WI7561.6$7.4M+3.0%#129 of 1,356
5Jefferson County, WI7572.0$5M+0.3%#130 of 1,356
6Rock County, WI74182.7$3.6M+1.7%#145 of 1,356
7Marathon County, WI73122.1$4.8M+1.0%#160 of 1,356
8Winnebago County, WI72243.3$3M+1.4%#184 of 1,356
9Pierce County, WI7174.4$2.4M+3.1%#208 of 1,356
10Dodge County, WI7061.7$5.8M−0.3%#215 of 1,356
25Sauk County, WI5893.2$3.1M+1.3%#478 of 1,356

Other business types in Sauk County

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

Questions

How many barbershops are in Sauk County, WI?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 barbershops in Sauk County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in 2023. Official counts also show 14 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Sauk County, WI spend on personal care products and services?

About $28M a year, or $999 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $3.1M 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 27,987 households in Sauk County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Sauk County, WI compare with the U.S. for barbershops?

Sauk County has 3.2 barbershops per 10,000 households, 40% below the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $3.1M, 65% above the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending, Sauk County would have about 15, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 9,329 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S.

How fast is Sauk County, WI growing?

Population estimates put Sauk County at 66,652 people in 2025, up 1.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 27,987 households. The median household income in Sauk County is $79,541 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.7% 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. Sauk County scores 58 for barbershops (upper middle), #478 of 1,356 scored counties.

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