Beauty and personal care · County · Mississippi
Barbershops in Smith County, MS
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for barbershops in Smith County, MS, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $4.3M
- On personal care products and services · $761 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.3M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.8
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 13,991
- −1.5% since 2020
See the barbershops around any address in Smith County
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 barbershop in Smith County. That is 1.8 per 10,000 households.
At $761 per household (24% below the U.S. average), households in Smith County spend about $4.3M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $4.3M per shop. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which barbershops share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in Smith County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Smith County declined 1.5% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 barbershop on map listings, Smith County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Smith 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 | Smith County | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.8 | 5.9 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $4.3M | $1.3M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 40,908 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | n/a | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.5% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $761 | $788 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $60,916 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 27 |
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
- 4Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2The 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 Smith 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 Smith County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 13,991−1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 5,592
- Median age
- 41.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 87%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 636 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 22
- Median household income
- $60,916+41.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $72,047
- Median home value
- $112,600
- Jobs located here
- 2,109
- Daytime population
- 10,403Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Smith County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the barbershops on map listings by name and distance.
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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 |
| Smith County, MS | Not scored | 1 | 1.8 | $4.3M | −1.5% |
Other business types in Smith 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
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in Smith County, MS?
There is 1 barbershop on map listings in Smith County as of September 2026. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in Smith County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Smith County, MS spend on personal care products and services?
About $4.3M a year, or $761 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 barbershop on map listings, it comes to $4.3M per shop. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,592 households in Smith County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Smith County, MS compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
Smith County has 1 barbershop on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of barbershops to household spending, Smith County would have about 2, against 1 on map listings.
How fast is Smith County, MS growing?
Population estimates put Smith County at 13,991 people in 2025, down 1.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,592 households. Median household income in Smith County is $60,916, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 41.3%, 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. Smith County has no market score for barbershops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Smith County. It maps the barbershops on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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