New York, NY · Barbershops

Barbershops in New York, by the numbers.

The Census Bureau counted 1,324 barber shops in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area in 2023, employing 3,210 people with $86.6 million in annual payroll.

The local market.

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

Businesses

1,324

1st most of 249 US metro areas

People employed

3,210

2.4 per business, against 3.8 across all metros

Annual payroll

$86.6 million

$26,984 per employee

Fewer than 10 employees

98%

of businesses, against 87% across all metros

Change since 2022

+1.8%

in the number of businesses (1,301 in 2022)

What the numbers say about New York.

  • New York is one of the ten largest metro markets in the country for barber shops, 1st of 249.
  • Businesses here run smaller than average: 2.4 employees each, against 3.8 across all metros.
  • Pay runs below the metro average: $26,984 per employee a year, against $33,767.
  • The number of businesses held about steady since 2022.

How VERA helps barbershops in New York.

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 New York

How many barber shops are there in New York?

1,324 in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 3,210 people and paid $86.6 million in annual payroll.

Is the New York market for barbershops growing?

By number of businesses it held about steady between 2022 and 2023: from 1,301 to 1,324 (+1.8%).

What does VERA do for barbershops in New York?

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

Try it with the built-in demo data, no credit card, no API keys. VERA proposes the work and waits for your approval before it acts.