Trade / United States

How many barber shops are in the United States?

7,789 establishments with paid employees in 2023, +51.2% since 2017, employing 29,017 people.

UNITED STATES · 2023

7,789

barber shops

Employees: 29,017
Average per site: 3.7
Change since 2017: +51.2%
Under 5 employees: 76%

By state

Click a column heading to sort. The last column compares the trade's share of a state's employer businesses with its share nationally: 1.00x is the national average.

Filter states

#	State
1	New York	1,000	2,332	+9.2%	1.98x
2	Florida	808	1,620	+82.0%	1.34x
3	Texas	605	3,693	+139.1%	0.97x
4	California	594	2,273	+47.0%	0.62x
5	New Jersey	560	1,589	+27.9%	2.53x
6	Pennsylvania	301	954	+27.5%	1.05x
7	Illinois	294	1,029	+63.3%	0.98x
8	Virginia	260	973	+54.8%	1.32x
9	Georgia	212	710	+96.3%	0.87x
10	Arizona	206	647	+160.8%	1.36x
11	North Carolina	194	821	+60.3%	0.81x
12	Washington	192	1,291	+69.9%	1.02x
13	Colorado	189	1,179	+61.5%	1.11x
14	Michigan	188	597	+48.0%	0.88x
15	Massachusetts	164	398	+67.3%	0.96x
16	Ohio	154	824	+57.1%	0.65x
17	Wisconsin	133	668	+27.9%	0.99x
18	Maryland	129	562	+15.2%	0.97x
19	Missouri	127	622	+47.7%	0.90x
20	Indiana	126	533	+70.3%	0.87x
21	Tennessee	115	642	+85.5%	0.82x
22	Utah	105	454	+144.2%	1.18x
23	South Carolina	98	362	+81.5%	0.86x
24	Minnesota	88	317	+60.0%	0.61x
25	Oregon	85	464	+70.0%	0.75x
26	Connecticut	79	206	+5.3%	0.95x
27	Louisiana	64	260	+14.3%	0.63x
28	Nevada	64	189	+220.0%	0.89x
29	Oklahoma	60	318	+46.3%	0.67x
30	Alabama	55	254	+34.1%	0.56x
31	Hawaii	48	178	+26.3%	1.57x
32	Kentucky	47	160	+20.5%	0.53x
33	Kansas	44	205	+33.3%	0.62x
34	Arkansas	36	155	+200.0%	0.55x
35	Nebraska	35	155	−5.4%	0.66x
36	Idaho	33	241	+65.0%	0.61x
37	New Mexico	33	131	+73.7%	0.79x
38	Delaware	31	123	+34.8%	1.12x
39	Iowa	28	102	+3.7%	0.36x
40	Mississippi	28	114	+75.0%	0.50x
41	Rhode Island	27	44	+80.0%	0.98x
42	New Hampshire	26	96	+100.0%	0.71x
43	Maine	20	85	+122.2%	0.50x
44	North Dakota	20	83	+100.0%	0.85x
45	Montana	17	67	+41.7%	0.43x
46	West Virginia	17	97	+54.5%	0.51x
47	District of Columbia	15	88	0.0%	0.68x
48	Alaska	14	51	+40.0%	0.68x
49	South Dakota	8	15	0.0%	0.30x
50	Vermont	8	22	+14.3%	0.41x
51	Wyoming	5	24	n/a	0.22x

Size of the businesses

Barber shops in the U.S. by employees
Employees per site	Sites	Share
Under 5	5,884	76.1%
5 to 9	1,120	14.5%
10 to 19	598	7.7%
20 to 49	129	1.7%
50 to 99	0	0.0%
100 to 249	0	0.0%
250 to 499	0	0.0%

Questions

How many barber shops are there in the United States?

7,789 establishments with paid employees in 2023 per the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns, employing 29,017 people.

Which state has the most barber shops?

New York has the most with 1,000, followed by Florida (808) and Texas (605). Large states lead simply because they have more people and businesses; the last column shows the trade's share of a state's businesses against the national share.

Read this before using the number

Establishments with paid employees only. Self-employed people with no staff are not in these counts. The figures describe existing businesses, not demand or earnings. See the disclaimer.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns (2023; change measured against 2017, 2019 and 2022). Establishments with paid employees only; employment and payroll carry Census noise infusion. Retrieved November 2, 2026. Method and sources.