Denver, CO · Barbershops

Barbershops in Denver, by the numbers.

The Census Bureau counted 102 barber shops in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area in 2023, employing 694 people with $24.7 million in annual payroll.

The local market.

Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.

Businesses

102

16th most of 249 US metro areas

People employed

694

6.8 per business, against 3.8 across all metros

Annual payroll

$24.7 million

$35,648 per employee

Fewer than 10 employees

73%

of businesses, against 87% across all metros

Change since 2022

-12.1%

in the number of businesses (116 in 2022)

What the numbers say about Denver.

  • Denver is in the top tenth of US metro areas by number of barber shops, 16th of 249.
  • Businesses here run larger than average: 6.8 employees each, against 3.8 across all metros.
  • The count fell by 14 businesses since 2022.

How VERA helps barbershops in Denver.

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 Denver

How many barber shops are there in Denver?

102 in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 694 people and paid $24.7 million in annual payroll.

Is the Denver market for barbershops growing?

By number of businesses it shrank between 2022 and 2023: from 116 to 102 (-12.1%).

What does VERA do for barbershops in Denver?

VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Denver 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 Denver 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.

See what VERA can do for your business.

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