Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Mississippi
Hair salons in the Laurel, MS area
How the Laurel, MS area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for hair salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 32 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #464 of 538 scored small-town markets
#10 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Mississippi
- Listings
- 58
- 8 chain locations (14%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $23.9M
- On personal care products and services · $755 a household
- Spending per listing
- $412K
- 4% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.4
- 21% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 82,281
- −1.5% since 2020
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What this means
The Laurel area scores 32 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #464 of 538 scored small-town markets and #10 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Mississippi. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
At $755 per household (25% below the U.S. average), households in the Laurel area spend about $23.9M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $412K per salon, 4% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
There are 58 hair salons on map listings in the Laurel area as of September 2026. Of those, 8 are chain locations, or 14%, against 14% across the U.S. That is 18.4 per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for beauty salons in the Laurel area, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates show the Laurel area declined 1.5% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Laurel 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 | Laurel area | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.4 | 22.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $412K | $358K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 3,793 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.7% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.5% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $755 | $788 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $51,236 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 32 | 32 |
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
- 347Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 588 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 56The 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 beauty salons in the Laurel 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 Laurel area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 82,281−1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 31,604
- Median age
- 39.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,371 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 60
- Median household income
- $51,236+26.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $73,808
- Median home value
- $132,900
- Jobs located here
- 32,859
- Daytime population
- 82,735Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Mississippi market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Mississippi for hair salons, numbered among those based in Mississippi, with the Laurel area marked.
Top small-town markets in Mississippi
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Starkville, MS | 58 | 42 | 16.2 | $465K | +0.8% | #174 of 538 |
| 2Picayune, MS | 54 | 49 | 22.4 | $352K | +5.6% | #234 of 538 |
| 3Natchez, MS-LA | 48 | 34 | 16.4 | $426K | −0.9% | #293 of 538 |
| 4Clarksdale, MS | 45 | 8 | 9.5 | $675K | −6.5% | #320 of 538 |
| 5Oxford, MS | 41 | 52 | 21.6 | $391K | +5.3% | #368 of 538 |
| 6Meridian, MS | 38 | 67 | 19.3 | $384K | −3.2% | #404 of 538 |
| 7Greenville, MS | 37 | 29 | 16.9 | $407K | −9.4% | #412 of 538 |
| 8McComb, MS | 36 | 40 | 19.7 | $353K | −2.6% | #426 of 538 |
| 9Greenwood, MS | 35 | 23 | 15.9 | $435K | −8.8% | #432 of 538 |
| 10Laurel, MS | 32 | 58 | 18.4 | $412K | −1.5% | #464 of 538 |
Other business types in the Laurel 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 spas48
- Hair salons32
- Barbershops17
- Nail salons35
- Spas and skin care44
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in the Laurel, MS area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 58 hair salons in the Laurel area. 8 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in the Laurel area: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 347 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Laurel, MS area spend on personal care products and services?
About $23.9M a year, or $755 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 58 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $412K per salon. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which hair salons share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 31,604 households in the Laurel area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Laurel, MS area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
The Laurel area has 18.4 hair salons per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $412K, 4% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, the Laurel area would have about 56, against 58 on map listings.
How fast is the Laurel, MS area growing?
Population estimates put the Laurel area at 82,281 people in 2025, down 1.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 31,604 households. Median household income in the Laurel area is $51,236, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.2%, 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. 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 Laurel area scores 32 for hair salons (lower middle), #464 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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