Atlanta, GA · Barbershops
Barbershops in Atlanta, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 150 barber shops in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area in 2023, employing 421 people with $13.6 million in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
150
8th most of 249 US metro areas
421
2.8 per business, against 3.8 across all metros
$13.6 million
$32,221 per employee
90%
of businesses, against 87% across all metros
-3.2%
in the number of businesses (155 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Atlanta.
- Atlanta is one of the ten largest metro markets in the country for barber shops, 8th of 249.
- Businesses here run smaller than average: 2.8 employees each, against 3.8 across all metros.
- The count fell by 5 businesses since 2022.
How VERA helps barbershops in Atlanta.
The same product everywhere. It prepares the work and waits for your approval before anything goes out.
Standing slots for regulars
Give a regular a repeat time with their barber and VERA plans the visits ahead, with a reminder the day before each one.
A receptionist for the busy hour
Vera answers your business number from the notes you wrote, books cuts into open slots and takes messages when she cannot help.
Booking by barber
Each service can be tied to the barbers who do it, and a client books only into time that barber is actually free.
Questions
Barbershops in Atlanta
How many barber shops are there in Atlanta?
150 in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 421 people and paid $13.6 million in annual payroll.
Is the Atlanta market for barbershops growing?
By number of businesses it shrank between 2022 and 2023: from 155 to 150 (-3.2%).
What does VERA do for barbershops in Atlanta?
VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Atlanta business runs on, and waits for the owner's approval before anything goes out. It is the same software everywhere; this page adds the local numbers.
Barbershops in other markets
Other Atlanta markets
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 and 2022, metropolitan statistical areas. The Bureau adds a small amount of noise to these figures to protect individual businesses. The category counted is barber shops, which can be broader or narrower than the trade itself. About the data.
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