Beauty and personal care · County · Missouri
Hair salons in Mississippi County, MO
The hair salons in Mississippi County, MO, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 21 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,197 of 2,339 scored counties
#81 of 81 scored counties in Missouri
- Listings
- 10
- 2 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $3.5M
- On personal care products and services · $791 a household
- Spending per listing
- $355K
- 18% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 22.3
- 5% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 12,003
- −1.1% since 2020
See the hair salons around any address in Mississippi County
The site report maps the hair salons on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of Mississippi County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Mississippi County is 21 (low), #2,197 of 2,339 scored counties and #81 of 81 scored counties in Missouri. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Mississippi County comes to about $3.5M a year: $791 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. That is about $355K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 18% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
There are 10 hair salons on map listings in Mississippi County as of September 2026. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 20%, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 22.3 for every 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for beauty salons in Mississippi County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates put the population change in Mississippi County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Mississippi County compares
The same measures for Missouri 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 | Mississippi County | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 22.3 | 21.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $355K | $463K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 2,029 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.0% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.1% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $791 | $970 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $48,160 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 21 | 53 |
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
- 38Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 102 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Mississippi 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 Mississippi County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 12,003−1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 4,482
- Median age
- 40.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 412 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 29
- Median household income
- $48,160+36.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $63,429
- Median home value
- $109,000
- Jobs located here
- 2,876
- Daytime population
- 10,139Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Mississippi 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 hair salons on map listings by name and distance.
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Top counties in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lincoln County, MO | 92 | 24 | 10.5 | $977K | +11.4% | #5 of 2,339 |
| 2Callaway County, MO | 83 | 21 | 12.7 | $744K | +3.2% | #52 of 2,339 |
| 3Cass County, MO | 83 | 75 | 17.4 | $611K | +7.1% | #55 of 2,339 |
| 4Warren County, MO | 80 | 19 | 13.7 | $743K | +9.2% | #76 of 2,339 |
| 5Jefferson County, MO | 79 | 133 | 15.1 | $676K | +2.7% | #93 of 2,339 |
| 6Newton County, MO | 78 | 30 | 13.6 | $682K | +6.1% | #101 of 2,339 |
| 7Osage County, MO | 76 | 8 | 15.1 | $640K | +2.7% | #139 of 2,339 |
| 8Platte County, MO | 75 | 68 | 15.5 | $733K | +6.7% | #154 of 2,339 |
| 9Christian County, MO | 75 | 68 | 19.4 | $527K | +8.3% | #163 of 2,339 |
| 10St. Charles County, MO | 74 | 295 | 18.3 | $641K | +4.9% | #178 of 2,339 |
| 81Mississippi County, MO | 21 | 10 | 22.3 | $355K | −1.1% | #2,197 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Mississippi 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 hair salons are in Mississippi County, MO?
As of September 2026, map listings count 10 hair salons in Mississippi County. 2 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Mississippi County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 38 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Mississippi County, MO spend on personal care products and services?
About $3.5M a year, or $791 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $355K 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 4,482 households in Mississippi County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Mississippi County, MO compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Mississippi County has 22.3 hair salons per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $355K, 18% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Mississippi County would have about 8, against 10 on map listings.
How fast is Mississippi County, MO growing?
Population estimates put Mississippi County at 12,003 people in 2025, down 1.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,482 households. Median household income in Mississippi County is $48,160, 40% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 36.2%, 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. Mississippi County scores 21 for hair salons (low), #2,197 of 2,339 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Mississippi County. It maps the hair salons 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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