Boston, MA · Barbershops
Barbershops in Boston, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 142 barber shops in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area in 2023, employing 375 people with $13.9 million in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
142
9th most of 249 US metro areas
375
2.6 per business, against 3.8 across all metros
$13.9 million
$37,192 per employee
96%
of businesses, against 87% across all metros
+14.5%
in the number of businesses (124 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Boston.
- Boston is one of the ten largest metro markets in the country for barber shops, 9th of 249.
- Businesses here run smaller than average: 2.6 employees each, against 3.8 across all metros.
- Pay runs above the metro average: $37,192 per employee a year, against $33,767.
- The market grew: 18 more businesses than in 2022.
How VERA helps barbershops in Boston.
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 Boston
How many barber shops are there in Boston?
142 in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 375 people and paid $13.9 million in annual payroll.
Is the Boston market for barbershops growing?
By number of businesses it grew between 2022 and 2023: from 124 to 142 (+14.5%).
What does VERA do for barbershops in Boston?
VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Boston 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 Boston 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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