Portland, OR · Barbershops
Barbershops in Portland, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 82 barber shops in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area in 2023, employing 460 people with $18.7 million in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
82
18th most of 249 US metro areas
460
5.6 per business, against 3.8 across all metros
$18.7 million
$40,552 per employee
76%
of businesses, against 87% across all metros
+6.5%
in the number of businesses (77 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Portland.
- Portland is in the top tenth of US metro areas by number of barber shops, 18th of 249.
- Businesses here run larger than average: 5.6 employees each, against 3.8 across all metros.
- Pay runs above the metro average: $40,552 per employee a year, against $33,767.
- The market grew: 5 more businesses than in 2022.
How VERA helps barbershops in Portland.
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 Portland
How many barber shops are there in Portland?
82 in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 460 people and paid $18.7 million in annual payroll.
Is the Portland market for barbershops growing?
By number of businesses it grew between 2022 and 2023: from 77 to 82 (+6.5%).
What does VERA do for barbershops in Portland?
VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Portland 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 Portland 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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