Market & industry
US barber shops with employees (2023)
The US had 7,789 barber shops with paid employees in 2023, up 28% from 6,063 in 2019, employing 29,017 people.
Census County Business Patterns, NAICS 812111. Most barbering happens outside these shops: Census counted 154,456 barber businesses with no employees in 2024, mostly individual barbers, including chair renters.
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County Business Patterns: 2023 (US file, NAICS 812111, 812112, 812113)
US Census Bureau/2023/gov
County Business Patterns: 2019 (US file, NAICS 812111, 812112, 812113)
US Census Bureau/2019/gov
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