Trends · data through September 2026

Barber Shops in North Carolina

Iceflower tracks 393 stores from 350 barber shop chains in North Carolina. The Man Cave grew fastest over the last year, ahead of V's Barbershop and City Barber Shop.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
350
Tracked stores
393
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked barber shop chains

Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. The Man Cave and V's Barbershop sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 The Man Cave ▲1 +15.3%
2 V's Barbershop - +12.1%
3 City Barber Shop - +7.0%
4 Shear Excellence - +0.2%
5 The Barbershop - -6.5%
6 Lady Jane's Haircuts for Men - -11.4%
7 Barber Shop ▼1 -22.9%
  • Lady Jane's Haircuts for Men
  • Shear Excellence
  • Arrow
  • Fresh Cuts & Styles
  • Hammer & Nails Grooming Shop for Guys
  • Sam Barber And Hair Salon
  • The Guys Place A Hair Salon for Men
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

393 tracked store locations in North Carolina. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 26 of the 393 stores (7%); 326 of the 350 tracked chains have a single store here. 3% of the tracked health & beauty stores here are barber shops, the same share as across the United States.

  • Lady Jane's Haircuts for Men (6)
  • Shear Excellence (3)
  • Arrow (1)
  • Fresh Cuts & Styles (1)
  • Hammer & Nails Grooming Shop for Guys (2)
  • Sam Barber And Hair Salon (1)
  • The Guys Place A Hair Salon for Men (5)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 The Barbershop 8
  • 2 Lady Jane's Haircuts for Men 6
  • 3 The Guys Place A Hair Salon for Men 5
  • 4 Barber Shop 4
  • 5 Shear Excellence 3
  • 6 The Man Cave 3
  • 7 V's Barbershop 3
  • 8 City Barber Shop 3
  • 9 Roosters Men's Grooming Center 2
  • 10 Anthony's Barber Shop 2
  • 11 Clippers Barbershop 2
  • 12 Who's Next barbershop 2
  • 13 Man Cave Barbershop 2
  • 14 Floyd's 99 Barbershop 2
  • 15 Heads Up Barber & Beauty 2
  • 16 Uptown Barbershop 2
  • 17 World Class Barbers 2
  • 18 Classic Barber Shop 2
  • 19 Sarah Cho's Barbershop 2
  • 20 Diesel Barbershop 2
  • 21 The Shave on Fifth 2
  • 22 Simply Cuts 2
  • 23 City Barbers 2
  • 24 Hammer & Nails Grooming Shop for Guys 2
  • 25 Arrow 1
  • 26 New Wave Barber Studio 1
  • 27 Flawless Cuts Barbershop 1
  • 28 Buzzed & Clipped Haircuts 1
  • 29 Barber Plus 1
  • 30 Asheville Barber Company 1
  • 31 Daniel Gentleman's Cut Salon 1
  • 32 Exclusive Grooming Lounge 1
  • 33 Jack and Mike's Mens Hairstyling 1
  • 34 Flow PR Barber Shop 1
  • 35 A & B Barbershop 1
  • 36 Professional Look 1
  • 37 Tailored Cuts 1
  • 38 Peace Barber Shop 1
  • 39 Sandhills Shave Shop 1
  • 40 Nice Trim Barbershop and Salon 1
  • 41 The Old Pines Barber Shop 1
  • 42 Kutz Unlimited Barber and Styling 1
  • 43 Wynns Luxe Lounge 1
  • 44 Encore Cuts and Styles 1
  • 45 Fox Barber & Beauty Shop 1
  • 46 The Grumpy Barbers 1
  • 47 Tinsley's Barber and Beauty Salon 1
  • 48 Black Sheep Barber Co 1
  • 49 AnthonyCutz 1
  • 50 Royal Cutz Barbershop LLC 1

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