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Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Mississippi

Barbershops in the Brookhaven, MS area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for barbershops in the Brookhaven, MS area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 33 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #294 of 377 scored small-town markets
#4 of 16 scored small-town markets based in Mississippi

Listings
6
2 chain locations (33%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$10.1M
On personal care products and services · $766 a household
Spending per listing
$1.7M
11% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.6
13% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
35,012
+0.5% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

The Groundwork market score for barbershops in the Brookhaven area is 33 (lower middle), #294 of 377 scored small-town markets and #4 of 16 scored small-town markets based in Mississippi. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.

Households in the Brookhaven area spend about $10.1M a year on personal care products and services, or $766 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.7M per shop, 11% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops.

The Brookhaven area has 6 barbershops on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (33%) are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. That comes to 4.6 for every 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 5.3.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for barber shops in the Brookhaven area, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates show the Brookhaven area grew 0.5% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Brookhaven area compares

The same measures for Mississippi and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all personal care products and services by the barbershops counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Barbershops in Brookhaven, MS area compared with Mississippi and the U.S.
MeasureBrookhaven areaMississippiU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.65.95.3
Spending per listing$1.7M$1.3M$1.9M
Households per official establishmentn/a40,90816,589
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/an/a+28.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.5%−0.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$766$788$1,005
Median household income$51,119$56,447$80,734
Groundwork market score3327

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
22Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
62 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
0
Amount
$0

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as barber shops in the Brookhaven area, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.

Population and households in the Brookhaven area

Population, 2025 estimate
35,012+0.5% since 2020
Households
13,158
Median age
41.5
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
586 sq. mi.
People per square mile
59
Median household income
$51,119+20.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$72,564
Median home value
$155,800
Jobs located here
13,891
Daytime population
33,849Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Barbershops across Mississippi

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Mississippi for barbershops, numbered among those based in Mississippi, with the Brookhaven area marked.

Top small-town markets in Mississippi

Small-town markets in Mississippi ranked for barbershops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Oxford, MS58104.2$2M+5.3%#147 of 377
2Picayune, MS34167.3$1.1M+5.6%#289 of 377
3Natchez, MS-LA3373.4$2.1M−0.9%#292 of 377
4Brookhaven, MS3364.6$1.7M+0.5%#294 of 377
5Starkville, MS27145.4$1.4M+0.8%#320 of 377
6Tupelo, MS25468.9$914K+0.8%#327 of 377
7Vicksburg, MS2495.4$1.5M−6.3%#329 of 377
8Corinth, MS1985.5$1.3M−0.5%#340 of 377
9Meridian, MS18174.9$1.5M−3.2%#343 of 377
10Grenada, MS1764.8$1.5M−3.6%#344 of 377

Other business types in the Brookhaven area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many barbershops are in the Brookhaven, MS area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 barbershops in the Brookhaven area. 2 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in the Brookhaven area: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 22 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Brookhaven, MS area spend on personal care products and services?

About $10.1M a year, or $766 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $1.7M per shop. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which barbershops share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,158 households in the Brookhaven area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Brookhaven, MS area compare with the U.S. for barbershops?

The Brookhaven area has 4.6 barbershops per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $1.7M, 11% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending, the Brookhaven area would have about 5, against 6 on map listings.

How fast is the Brookhaven, MS area growing?

Population estimates put the Brookhaven area at 35,012 people in 2025, up 0.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,158 households. The median household income in the Brookhaven area is $51,119 a year, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.0% from the 2015–2019 survey, before inflation.

What is the Groundwork market score?

The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. The Brookhaven area scores 33 for barbershops (lower middle), #294 of 377 scored small-town markets.

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