Riverside, CA · Barbershops
Barbershops in Riverside, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 71 barber shops in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area in 2023, employing 248 people with $6.6 million in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
71
23rd most of 249 US metro areas
248
3.5 per business, against 3.8 across all metros
$6.6 million
$26,520 per employee
92%
of businesses, against 87% across all metros
-15.5%
in the number of businesses (84 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Riverside.
- Riverside is in the top tenth of US metro areas by number of barber shops, 23rd of 249.
- A typical business here is about the national size, with 3.5 employees.
- Pay runs below the metro average: $26,520 per employee a year, against $33,767.
- The count fell by 13 businesses since 2022.
How VERA helps barbershops in Riverside.
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 Riverside
How many barber shops are there in Riverside?
71 in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 248 people and paid $6.6 million in annual payroll.
Is the Riverside market for barbershops growing?
By number of businesses it shrank between 2022 and 2023: from 84 to 71 (-15.5%).
What does VERA do for barbershops in Riverside?
VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Riverside 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 Riverside 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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