San Francisco, CA · Barbershops

Barbershops in San Francisco, by the numbers.

The Census Bureau counted 70 barber shops in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area in 2023, employing 251 people with $10.6 million in annual payroll.

The local market.

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

Businesses

70

24th most of 249 US metro areas

People employed

251

3.6 per business, against 3.8 across all metros

Annual payroll

$10.6 million

$42,036 per employee

Fewer than 10 employees

90%

of businesses, against 87% across all metros

Change since 2022

+0.0%

in the number of businesses (70 in 2022)

What the numbers say about San Francisco.

  • San Francisco is in the top tenth of US metro areas by number of barber shops, 24th of 249.
  • A typical business here is about the national size, with 3.6 employees.
  • Pay runs above the metro average: $42,036 per employee a year, against $33,767.
  • The number of businesses held about steady since 2022.

How VERA helps barbershops in San Francisco.

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 San Francisco

How many barber shops are there in San Francisco?

70 in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 251 people and paid $10.6 million in annual payroll.

Is the San Francisco market for barbershops growing?

By number of businesses it held about steady between 2022 and 2023: from 70 to 70 (+0.0%).

What does VERA do for barbershops in San Francisco?

VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a San Francisco 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 San Francisco 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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