Houston, TX · Barbershops
Barbershops in Houston, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 119 barber shops in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area in 2023, employing 648 people with $20.8 million in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
119
15th most of 249 US metro areas
648
5.4 per business, against 3.8 across all metros
$20.8 million
$32,150 per employee
82%
of businesses, against 87% across all metros
+11.2%
in the number of businesses (107 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Houston.
- Houston is in the top tenth of US metro areas by number of barber shops, 15th of 249.
- Businesses here run larger than average: 5.4 employees each, against 3.8 across all metros.
- The market grew: 12 more businesses than in 2022.
How VERA helps barbershops in Houston.
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 Houston
How many barber shops are there in Houston?
119 in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 648 people and paid $20.8 million in annual payroll.
Is the Houston market for barbershops growing?
By number of businesses it grew between 2022 and 2023: from 107 to 119 (+11.2%).
What does VERA do for barbershops in Houston?
VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Houston 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 Houston 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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