Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Mississippi
Hair salons in the Jackson, MS metro area
How the Jackson, MS metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for hair salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 30 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #364 of 387 scored metro areas
#3 of 3 scored metro areas based in Mississippi
- Listings
- 569
- 68 chain locations (12%)
- Official establishments
- 86
- +12.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $196.1M
- On personal care products and services · $824 a household
- Spending per listing
- $345K
- 20% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 23.9
- 2% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 609,847
- −1.4% since 2020
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What this means
The Jackson metro area scores 30 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #364 of 387 scored metro areas and #3 of 3 scored metro areas based in Mississippi. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 569 hair salons in the Jackson metro area. 68 of them (12%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That is 23.9 per 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Households in the Jackson metro area spend about $196.1M a year on personal care products and services, or $824 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. Spread across 569 hair salons, that is $345K per salon, 20% below the U.S. figure of $430K. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which hair salons share with other businesses in the trade.
In 2023, official counts showed 86 businesses with payroll in the Jackson metro area classed as beauty salons, up 12.0% from 2019. That is one for every 2,766 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $346K have gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in the Jackson metro area. Population estimates put the population change in the Jackson metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −1.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Jackson metro 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 hair salons 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 | Jackson metro area | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 23.9 | 22.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $345K | $358K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,766 | 3,793 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +12.0% | +1.7% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.4% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $824 | $788 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $61,644 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 30 | 32 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 86+12.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 373
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $12.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 2,994Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 56968 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 456The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $346K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in the Jackson metro 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 Jackson metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 609,847−1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 237,841
- Median age
- 39.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 6,014 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 102
- Median household income
- $61,644
- Average household income
- $87,121
- Median home value
- $200,500
- Jobs located here
- 294,327
- Daytime population
- 642,751Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Mississippi market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Mississippi for hair salons, numbered among those based in Mississippi (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Jackson metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Mississippi
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gulfport-Biloxi, MS | 44 | 401 | 23.9 | $345K | +3.5% | #251 of 387 |
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 36 | 1,256 | 24.0 | $359K | −0.3% | #330 of 387 |
| 2Hattiesburg, MS | 33 | 156 | 25.9 | $313K | +2.6% | #354 of 387 |
| 3Jackson, MS | 30 | 569 | 23.9 | $345K | −1.4% | #364 of 387 |
Other business types in the Jackson metro area
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 spas27
- Hair salons30
- Barbershops24
- Nail salons13
- Spas and skin care47
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in the Jackson, MS metro area?
There are 569 hair salons on map listings in the Jackson metro area as of September 2026. 68 of them (12%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 86 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, up 12.0% from 2019. Official counts list 2,994 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Jackson, MS metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $196.1M a year, or $824 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 569 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $345K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 237,841 households in the Jackson metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Jackson, MS metro area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
The Jackson metro area has 23.9 hair salons per 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $345K, 20% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, the Jackson metro area would have about 456, against 569 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,766 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count rose 12.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Jackson, MS metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Jackson metro area at 609,847 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 237,841 households. The median household income in the Jackson metro area is $61,644 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The Jackson metro area scores 30 for hair salons (lower middle), #364 of 387 scored metro areas.
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