Beauty and personal care · County · Mississippi
Nail salons in Hancock County, MS
How Hancock County, MS compares with other counties and the U.S. for nail salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 41 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #926 of 1,328 scored counties
#5 of 30 scored counties in Mississippi
- Listings
- 10
- 5 chain locations (50%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $17.2M
- On personal care products and services · $850 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.7M
- 3% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.9
- 18% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 46,873
- +1.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 nail salons in Hancock County. 5 of them (50%) are chain locations, against 27% across the U.S. That comes to 4.9 for every 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Hancock County comes to about $17.2M a year: $850 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.7M of household spending for each salon on map listings, 3% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which nail salons share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in Hancock County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts also show 15 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Hancock County grew 1.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for nail salons in Hancock County is 41 (lower middle), #926 of 1,328 scored counties and #5 of 30 scored counties in Mississippi.
How Hancock 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 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 | Hancock County | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.9 | 5.9 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.7M | $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 | +1.6% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $850 | $788 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $67,708 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 41 | 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
- 15Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 105 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The 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 Hancock 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 Hancock County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 46,873+1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 20,237
- Median age
- 45.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 474 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 97
- Median household income
- $67,708+40.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,339
- Median home value
- $224,200
- Jobs located here
- 13,768
- Daytime population
- 41,525Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Mississippi
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pearl River County, MS | 51 | 9 | 4.1 | $1.9M | +5.6% | #660 of 1,328 |
| 2Jackson County, MS | 47 | 35 | 6.1 | $1.4M | +3.0% | #788 of 1,328 |
| 3DeSoto County, MS | 45 | 56 | 7.9 | $1.2M | +6.3% | #847 of 1,328 |
| 4Lincoln County, MS | 41 | 5 | 3.8 | $2M | +0.5% | #920 of 1,328 |
| 5Hancock County, MS | 41 | 10 | 4.9 | $1.7M | +1.6% | #926 of 1,328 |
| 6Madison County, MS | 39 | 34 | 7.7 | $1.3M | +6.5% | #972 of 1,328 |
| 7Lamar County, MS | 39 | 21 | 8.3 | $1.1M | +4.7% | #975 of 1,328 |
| 8Harrison County, MS | 39 | 72 | 8.6 | $934K | +4.0% | #977 of 1,328 |
| 9Union County, MS | 34 | 5 | 5.1 | $1.5M | +2.3% | #1,062 of 1,328 |
| 10Lafayette County, MS | 34 | 18 | 9.5 | $928K | +6.6% | #1,077 of 1,328 |
Other business types in Hancock 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
- Salons, barbers and spas52
- Hair salons50
- Barbershops47
- Nail salons41
- Spas and skin care53
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in Hancock County, MS?
There are 10 nail salons on map listings in Hancock County as of September 2026. 5 of them (50%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in Hancock County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 15 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Hancock County, MS spend on personal care products and services?
About $17.2M a year, or $850 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.7M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 20,237 households in Hancock County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hancock County, MS compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Hancock County has 4.9 nail salons per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.7M, 3% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending.
How fast is Hancock County, MS growing?
Population estimates put Hancock County at 46,873 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 20,237 households. The median household income in Hancock County is $67,708 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 40.7% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Hancock County scores 41 for nail salons (lower middle), #926 of 1,328 scored counties.
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