Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Mississippi
Nail salons in the Columbus, MS area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for nail salons in the Columbus, MS area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 10 out of 100: Low
Ranked #379 of 387 scored small-town markets
#14 of 16 scored small-town markets based in Mississippi
- Listings
- 19
- 8 chain locations (42%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $20.2M
- On personal care products and services · $748 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.1M
- 37% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.0
- 17% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 67,144
- −2.7% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for nail salons in the Columbus area is 10 (low), #379 of 387 scored small-town markets and #14 of 16 scored small-town markets based in Mississippi. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Households in the Columbus area spend about $20.2M a year on personal care products and services, or $748 per household, 26% below the U.S. average. Spread across 19 nail salons, that is $1.1M per salon, 37% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.
There are 19 nail salons on map listings in the Columbus area as of September 2026. 8 of them (42%) are chain locations, against 27% across the U.S. That comes to 7.0 for every 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 6.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for nail salons in the Columbus area, since they leave out counts under 3. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Columbus area declined 2.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Columbus 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 nail 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 | Columbus area | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.0 | 5.9 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.1M | $1.3M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 6,984 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +72.6% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.7% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $748 | $788 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $51,117 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 10 | 22 |
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
- 88Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 198 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The 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 nail salons in the Columbus 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 Columbus area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 67,144−2.7% since 2020
- Households
- 26,952
- Median age
- 39.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,201 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 56
- Median household income
- $51,117
- Average household income
- $70,782
- Median home value
- $150,900
- Jobs located here
- 26,423
- Daytime population
- 68,077Residents 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 nail salons, numbered among those based in Mississippi, with the Columbus area marked.
Top small-town markets in Mississippi
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Picayune, MS | 54 | 9 | 4.1 | $1.9M | +5.6% | #178 of 387 |
| 2Tupelo, MS | 44 | 29 | 5.6 | $1.4M | +0.8% | #241 of 387 |
| 3Brookhaven, MS | 42 | 5 | 3.8 | $2M | +0.5% | #250 of 387 |
| 4Oxford, MS | 37 | 20 | 8.3 | $1M | +5.3% | #287 of 387 |
| 5Laurel, MS | 35 | 12 | 3.8 | $2M | −1.5% | #298 of 387 |
| 6Natchez, MS-LA | 35 | 9 | 4.3 | $1.6M | −0.9% | #299 of 387 |
| 7Starkville, MS | 33 | 13 | 5.0 | $1.5M | +0.8% | #311 of 387 |
| 8Corinth, MS | 27 | 7 | 4.8 | $1.5M | −0.5% | #331 of 387 |
| 9Meridian, MS | 21 | 23 | 6.6 | $1.1M | −3.2% | #352 of 387 |
| 10Vicksburg, MS | 17 | 12 | 7.2 | $1.2M | −6.3% | #361 of 387 |
| 14Columbus, MS | 10 | 19 | 7.0 | $1.1M | −2.7% | #379 of 387 |
Other business types in the Columbus 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 spas15
- Hair salons14
- Barbershops10
- Nail salons10
- Spas and skin care31
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in the Columbus, MS area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 19 nail salons in the Columbus area. 8 of them (42%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in the Columbus area: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 88 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Columbus, MS area spend on personal care products and services?
About $20.2M a year, or $748 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.1M per salon. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which nail salons share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 26,952 households in the Columbus area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Columbus, MS area compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
The Columbus area has 7.0 nail salons per 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.1M, 37% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, the Columbus area would have about 12, against 19 on map listings.
How fast is the Columbus, MS area growing?
Population estimates put the Columbus area at 67,144 people in 2025, down 2.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 26,952 households. Median household income in the Columbus area is $51,117, 37% 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. 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 Columbus area scores 10 for nail salons (low), #379 of 387 scored small-town markets.
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