City Survivability Rankings for Barber Shop
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis ranks the top cities for Barber Shops across the US by Survivability Scores. See which cities offer the best chances for a Barber Shop to succeed.
Quick Summary
- The highest-survivability city for Barber Shop is Dallas — 68% average survivability
- 0 of 24 analyzed US metros score above 70% for Barber Shop survivability
- The lowest-ranked city is Philadelphia at 62%
- National average survivability score for Barber Shop: 65.0%
- Data reflects 2026 StreetSpring survivability analysis across 24 US metro areas · Full methodology →
Table of Contents
- Summary
- Top Cities for Barber Shops
- Key Insights
- What Makes These Cities Stand Out?
- Best Neighborhoods Across the Spectrum
- Related Resources
- How current is this ranking?
- Can a Barber Shop succeed in cities not ranked in the top 10?
- What tools can help me choose the right city for a Barber Shop?
- Which US city has the best survivability for Barber Shops?
Summary
According to StreetSpring's 2026 nationwide analysis, Dallas ranks as the #1 city for opening a Barber Shop in the United States, with an average 68% chance of surviving more than 2 years. Following close behind are San Antonio with 67%, and Orlando with 66%. Barber Shops sit at a national average of 65.0% survivability across our 24-city analysis, with Dallas leading the field by a meaningful margin. That said, city averages don't tell the whole story — there are standout locations even in areas that appear less suitable at first glance. Market conditions shift frequently — use StreetSpring's live tool to confirm the current picture before committing to a location.
Survivability ranges reflect best and worst storefront conditions within each city. See our full methodology →
Barber Shop city survivability rankings — Dallas leads among 24 US metros at 68% in 2026
Where Barber Shops Stand Across 24 US Metros
Based on StreetSpring's analysis of 24 major metropolitan areas, these cities offer the strongest prospects for Barber Shops:
1. Dallas Metro: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
- Best locations: 74.8% – 83.0%
- Average locations: 65.2% – 69.9%
- Challenging locations: 44.0% – 60.9%
- Explore Barber Shop neighborhoods in Dallas →
What "city rank" hides about block-level reality
2. San Antonio Metro: San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
- Best locations: 75.8% – 86.0%
- Average locations: 64.1% – 69.7%
- Challenging locations: 40.0% – 59.2%
- Explore Barber Shop neighborhoods in San Antonio →
3. Orlando Metro: Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
- Best locations: 74.8% – 85.0%
- Average locations: 63.2% – 68.7%
- Challenging locations: 39.0% – 58.2%
- Explore Barber Shop neighborhoods in Orlando →
4. Charlotte Metro: Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
- Best locations: 76.0% – 88.0%
- Average locations: 62.6% – 68.8%
- Challenging locations: 37.0% – 57.4%
- Explore Barber Shop neighborhoods in Charlotte →
5. Portland Metro: Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
- Best locations: 73.2% – 82.0%
- Average locations: 62.7% – 68.0%
- Challenging locations: 38.0% – 57.6%
- Explore Barber Shop neighborhoods in Portland →
6. St Louis
- Best locations: 74.6% – 85.0%
- Average locations: 62.7% – 68.3%
- Challenging locations: 38.0% – 57.6%
- Explore Barber Shop neighborhoods in St Louis →
7. San Francisco Metro: San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
- Best locations: 74.0% – 84.0%
- Average locations: 62.3% – 68.0%
- Challenging locations: 37.0% – 57.1%
- Explore Barber Shop neighborhoods in San Francisco →
8. Phoenix Metro: Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ
- Best locations: 74.0% – 84.0%
- Average locations: 62.5% – 67.9%
- Challenging locations: 39.0% – 57.7%
- Explore Barber Shop neighborhoods in Phoenix →
9. Los Angeles Metro: Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
- Best locations: 74.4% – 85.0%
- Average locations: 62.3% – 68.0%
- Challenging locations: 37.0% – 57.1%
- Explore Barber Shop neighborhoods in Los Angeles →
10. San Diego Metro: San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA
- Best locations: 74.3% – 85.0%
- Average locations: 62.3% – 67.9%
- Challenging locations: 38.0% – 57.3%
- Explore Barber Shop neighborhoods in San Diego →
11. Houston Metro: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
- Best locations: 74.7% – 86.0%
- Average locations: 62.1% – 68.0%
- Challenging locations: 37.0% – 57.0%
- Explore Barber Shop neighborhoods in Houston →
12. Denver Metro: Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO
- Best locations: 73.6% – 84.0%
- Average locations: 61.7% – 67.4%
- Challenging locations: 36.0% – 56.4%
- Explore Barber Shop neighborhoods in Denver →
Why the same business does so differently city to city
13. Tampa Bay Metro: Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
- Best locations: 74.1% – 85.0%
- Average locations: 61.9% – 67.5%
- Challenging locations: 38.0% – 57.0%
- Explore Barber Shop neighborhoods in Tampa Bay →
14. Boston Metro: Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
- Best locations: 74.3% – 86.0%
- Average locations: 61.5% – 67.3%
- Challenging locations: 38.0% – 56.7%
- Explore Barber Shop neighborhoods in Boston →
15. Washington DC Metro: Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
- Best locations: 72.9% – 83.0%
- Average locations: 61.5% – 66.9%
- Challenging locations: 38.0% – 56.7%
- Explore Barber Shop neighborhoods in Washington DC →
16. Atlanta Metro: Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
- Best locations: 73.8% – 85.0%
- Average locations: 61.3% – 67.1%
- Challenging locations: 37.0% – 56.3%
- Explore Barber Shop neighborhoods in Atlanta →
17. New York City Metro: New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
- Best locations: 74.5% – 87.0%
- Average locations: 60.7% – 67.0%
- Challenging locations: 35.0% – 55.5%
- Explore Barber Shop neighborhoods in New York City →
18. Minneapolis Metro: Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- Best locations: 72.2% – 82.0%
- Average locations: 60.9% – 66.3%
- Challenging locations: 37.0% – 56.0%
- Explore Barber Shop neighborhoods in Minneapolis →
19. Baltimore Metro: Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
- Best locations: 74.0% – 86.0%
- Average locations: 61.0% – 66.7%
- Challenging locations: 38.0% – 56.3%
- Explore Barber Shop neighborhoods in Baltimore →
20. Seattle Metro: Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
- Best locations: 73.8% – 86.0%
- Average locations: 60.8% – 66.6%
- Challenging locations: 38.0% – 56.1%
- Explore Barber Shop neighborhoods in Seattle →
21. Miami Metro: Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
- Best locations: 73.9% – 87.0%
- Average locations: 59.8% – 66.0%
- Challenging locations: 35.0% – 54.7%
- Explore Barber Shop neighborhoods in Miami →
22. Chicago Metro: Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
- Best locations: 73.4% – 86.0%
- Average locations: 59.8% – 65.9%
- Challenging locations: 35.0% – 54.7%
- Explore Barber Shop neighborhoods in Chicago →
23. Detroit Metro: Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
- Best locations: 72.4% – 84.0%
- Average locations: 59.9% – 65.5%
- Challenging locations: 37.0% – 55.2%
- Explore Barber Shop neighborhoods in Detroit →
24. Philadelphia Metro: Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
- Best locations: 72.1% – 84.0%
- Average locations: 59.3% – 64.9%
- Challenging locations: 37.0% – 54.7%
- Explore Barber Shop neighborhoods in Philadelphia →
Key Insights
| Signal | Where strong-survivability cities outperform | What drags weaker cities down |
|---|---|---|
| Daytime vs residential population mix | Cities with strong daytime employment density near the storefront catchment — CBD-adjacent mixed-use corridors. | Bedroom-community metros where daytime population evaporates by 9am and consumption shifts to 6pm dinner-only windows. |
| Anchor-tenant density | Cities with high concentration of universities, hospitals, transit hubs within a 1-mile radius of typical storefronts. | Cities where anchor institutions are isolated in suburbs or single-purpose campuses with no street-level spillover. |
| Average commercial rent per sqft | Cities where the median commercial rate fits the subtype's typical revenue-per-sqft envelope (rent < 10% of expected gross). | Cities where rents have outpaced revenue growth, pushing rent-burden ratios past 15%. |
Wide variation between cities: The difference between the #1 city (Dallas at 68.1%) and the #24 city (Philadelphia at 62.3%) is 5.8 percentage points. A 0.7-point gap separating Dallas and San Antonio indicates that for Barber Shops, choosing the right metro is a higher-stakes decision than for many other business types.
National average: Across all 24 analyzed cities, the average survivability for a Barber Shop is 65.0%.
Why Top-Ranked Cities Outperform
The top-ranked cities share several characteristics that favor Barber Shops:
- Strong survivability signals: Dallas leads with a 68% average survivability score for Barber Shops — significantly above the national average for this business category.
- Competition density: The top cities show favorable competitor-to-opportunity ratios for Barber Shops, meaning lower saturation and higher odds of capturing an underserved customer base.
- Foot traffic infrastructure: High-scoring cities combine transit access, walkable commercial corridors, and anchor tenants that drive consistent daily traffic past storefronts.
- Supply chain access: Cities at the top of this ranking benefit from mature supplier networks for this category, reducing operating costs and inventory lead times.
This analysis leverages machine learning trained on hundreds of thousands of business lifecycle events to produce reliable survivability forecasts. We apply advanced machine learning to massive commercial real estate datasets to build accurate models. Our forecasting system combines proprietary data with machine learning models unavailable anywhere else.
Best Neighborhoods Across the Spectrum
Where you open matters more than which city ranks highest. The strongest neighborhoods for Barber Shops can be found across the entire national distribution:
Dallas — ranked #1 nationally — the strongest market for Barber Shops
- Oak-Lawn (82% survivability)
- Cottonwood (81% survivability)
- Butler (81% survivability)
- Pioneer (80% survivability)
- Downtown (80% survivability)
See full neighborhood rankings for Dallas →
Philadelphia — ranked #24 of 24 — among the lower-ranked national markets
- Northern-Liberties (82% survivability)
- Oxford-Circle (82% survivability)
- Pennypack-Woods (82% survivability)
- Harrowgate (82% survivability)
- Lawndale (82% survivability)
See full neighborhood rankings for Philadelphia →
City-level scores aggregate hundreds of neighborhoods. The right neighborhood matters more than the city's headline rank.
Visual Data
Related Resources
City-specific guides: For detailed neighborhood-level analysis, explore our city guides:
- Survivability Rankings for Barber Shop in Dallas
- Business Survivability Rankings: Dallas
- Survivability Rankings for Barber Shop in San Antonio
- Business Survivability Rankings: San Antonio
- Survivability Rankings for Barber Shop in Orlando
- Business Survivability Rankings: Orlando
- Survivability Rankings for Barber Shop in Charlotte
- Business Survivability Rankings: Charlotte
- Survivability Rankings for Barber Shop in Portland
- Business Survivability Rankings: Portland
National guides:
- National Neighborhood Survivability Rankings for Barber Shops
- Neighborhood Survivability Rankings: Dallas
When does StreetSpring refresh the city rankings?
Rankings are updated quarterly. The current data reflects StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, with the next full dataset refresh scheduled for Q3 2026. As market conditions shift across major metros, individual city scores can move meaningfully between updates — particularly for Barber Shops, where local competition density and consumer spending patterns respond quickly to new entrants and neighborhood change. For the most current score at any specific address, use StreetSpring's live survivability tool rather than the static ranking above.
What about cities outside the top 10 — can Barber Shops thrive there?
Yes — our top 10 ranking reflects cities with the strongest average conditions, but lower-ranked metros can still contain exceptional individual neighborhoods. Many operators successfully open Barber Shops in cities that don't appear in our top 10. Barber Shops in particular can find strong performance in secondary markets where the right demographic concentration, household income, and limited direct competition within walking distance align — even outside our highest-ranked cities. StreetSpring's neighborhood-level data surfaces these pockets of opportunity in every city we analyze, regardless of where the city as a whole ranks nationally.
What tools can help me choose the right city for a Barber Shop?
StreetSpring's Survivability Score tool provides address-level predictions for Barber Shops across all 24 metros we track. For this category specifically, the tool surfaces competition density, consumer spending index for Barber Shops, and commercial vacancy rates — the factors that most consistently predict whether a Barber Shop will still be operating after two years. You can check any specific address before signing a lease and compare multiple neighborhoods side by side to identify the highest-survivability site within your target city.
Try the Survivability Score tool →
Which metro tops the Barber Shop survivability ranking?
Dallas ranks as the #1 city in the US for Barber Shops survivability in StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, with an average score of 68%. This means that across well-selected neighborhoods in Dallas, a Barber Shop has approximately a 68% chance of still operating after two years — above the national average for this category. San Antonio ranks second, followed by Orlando. The full ranking reflects data across 24 major US metro areas — see the complete list above for all scores and neighborhood-level links.
Last reviewed by Bobby Koons, Founder & CEO, StreetSpring — April 27, 2026
Technical note: Aggregated national survivability rankings across all 24 metros are available in machine-readable format for research and integration purposes.
StreetSpring recalculates survivability using the latest competitive, demographic, and foot traffic data, so the live score may differ from the static ranges shown here.
Methodology: City rankings aggregate neighborhood-level Survivability Scores (max, average, and min) across all analyzed neighborhoods in each metro area. Rankings reflect average conditions but do not account for variation within cities. Coverage includes 24 major US metropolitan areas: Dallas, San Antonio, Orlando, Charlotte, Portland, St Louis, San Francisco, Phoenix, Los Angeles, San Diego, Houston, Denver, Tampa Bay, Boston, Washington DC, Atlanta, New York City, Minneapolis, Baltimore, Seattle, Miami, Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia.