Beauty and personal care · County · Mississippi
Barbershops in DeSoto County, MS
How DeSoto County, MS compares with other counties and the U.S. for barbershops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 59 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #473 of 1,356 scored counties
#1 of 36 scored counties in Mississippi
- Listings
- 43
- 6 chain locations (14%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $66.5M
- On personal care products and services · $937 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 18% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.1
- 15% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 197,918
- +6.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 43 barbershops in DeSoto County. Chain locations make up 14% of them, against 12% across the U.S. That comes to 6.1 for every 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 5.3.
Households in DeSoto County spend about $66.5M a year on personal care products and services, or $937 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.5M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 18% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which barbershops share with other businesses in the trade.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in DeSoto County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 23,662 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S. Official counts also show 168 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $185K has gone to businesses classed as barber shops in DeSoto County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of DeSoto County grew 6.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For barbershops, DeSoto County has a Groundwork market score of 59 (upper middle): #473 of 1,356 scored counties and #1 of 36 scored counties in Mississippi.
How DeSoto County 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.
| Measure | DeSoto County | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.1 | 5.9 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $1.3M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 23,662 | 40,908 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | n/a | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.3% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $937 | $788 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $85,297 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 59 | 27 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 12
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $443K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 168Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 436 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 35The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $185K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as barber shops in DeSoto County, 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 DeSoto County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 197,918+6.3% since 2020
- Households
- 70,986
- Median age
- 37.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 476 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 402
- Median household income
- $85,297+27.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $101,760
- Median home value
- $269,600
- Jobs located here
- 80,765
- Daytime population
- 177,794Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Mississippi market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Mississippi for barbershops, numbered among those based in Mississippi, with DeSoto County marked.
Top counties in Mississippi
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1DeSoto County, MS | 59 | 43 | 6.1 | $1.5M | +6.3% | #473 of 1,356 |
| 2Lafayette County, MS | 54 | 9 | 4.7 | $1.9M | +6.6% | #600 of 1,356 |
| 3Rankin County, MS | 54 | 32 | 5.3 | $1.7M | +3.2% | #604 of 1,356 |
| 4Hancock County, MS | 47 | 8 | 4.0 | $2.1M | +1.6% | #771 of 1,356 |
| 5Madison County, MS | 44 | 28 | 6.4 | $1.5M | +6.5% | #862 of 1,356 |
| 6Lamar County, MS | 42 | 15 | 5.9 | $1.5M | +4.7% | #899 of 1,356 |
| 7Harrison County, MS | 37 | 59 | 7.1 | $1.1M | +4.0% | #985 of 1,356 |
| 8Jackson County, MS | 36 | 33 | 5.7 | $1.5M | +3.0% | #1,005 of 1,356 |
| 9Tate County, MS | 33 | 6 | 5.4 | $1.5M | +2.1% | #1,049 of 1,356 |
| 10Adams County, MS | 30 | 5 | 4.4 | $1.6M | +2.2% | #1,100 of 1,356 |
Other business types in DeSoto County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
- Salons, barbers and spas49
- Hair salons56
- Barbershops59
- Nail salons45
- Spas and skin care66
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in DeSoto County, MS?
There are 43 barbershops on map listings in DeSoto County as of September 2026. 6 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in 2023. Another 168 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in DeSoto County, MS spend on personal care products and services?
About $66.5M a year, or $937 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 43 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per shop. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 70,986 households in DeSoto County and national spending patterns by income.
How does DeSoto County, MS compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
DeSoto County has 6.1 barbershops per 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $1.5M, 18% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the national ratio of barbershops to household spending, DeSoto County would have about 35, against 43 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 23,662 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S.
How fast is DeSoto County, MS growing?
Population estimates put DeSoto County at 197,918 people in 2025, up 6.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 70,986 households. Median household income in DeSoto County is $85,297, 6% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.2%, 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. 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. DeSoto County scores 59 for barbershops (upper middle), #473 of 1,356 scored counties.
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