Pittsburgh, PA · Barbershops
Barbershops in Pittsburgh, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 53 barber shops in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area in 2023, employing 169 people with $5.5 million in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
53
31st most of 249 US metro areas
169
3.2 per business, against 3.8 across all metros
$5.5 million
$32,562 per employee
96%
of businesses, against 87% across all metros
+3.9%
in the number of businesses (51 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Pittsburgh.
- Pittsburgh ranks 31st of 249 US metro areas by number of barber shops.
- Businesses here run smaller than average: 3.2 employees each, against 3.8 across all metros.
- The market grew: 2 more businesses than in 2022.
How VERA helps barbershops in Pittsburgh.
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 Pittsburgh
How many barber shops are there in Pittsburgh?
53 in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 169 people and paid $5.5 million in annual payroll.
Is the Pittsburgh market for barbershops growing?
By number of businesses it grew between 2022 and 2023: from 51 to 53 (+3.9%).
What does VERA do for barbershops in Pittsburgh?
VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Pittsburgh 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 Pittsburgh 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.