Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Mississippi
Nail salons in the Natchez, MS-LA area
How the Natchez, MS-LA area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for nail salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 35 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #299 of 387 scored small-town markets
#6 of 16 scored small-town markets based in Mississippi
- Listings
- 9
- 6 chain locations (67%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $14.5M
- On personal care products and services · $698 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- 4% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.3
- 28% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 54,722
- −0.9% since 2020
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What this means
The Natchez area scores 35 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for nail salons, ranking #299 of 387 scored small-town markets and #6 of 16 scored small-town markets based in Mississippi. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 nail salons in the Natchez area. Of those, 6 are chain locations, or 67%, against 27% across the U.S. That is 4.3 per 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.
At $698 per household (31% below the U.S. average), households in the Natchez area spend about $14.5M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $1.6M of household spending for each salon on map listings, 4% below 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.
Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in the Natchez area in 2023. That is one for every 6,912 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Natchez area declined 0.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Natchez 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 | Natchez area | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.3 | 5.9 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $1.3M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 6,912 | 6,984 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +72.6% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.9% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $698 | $788 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $42,104 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 35 | 22 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 3
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $259K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 34Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 96 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The 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 Natchez 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 Natchez area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 54,722−0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 20,736
- Median age
- 41.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,678 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 32
- Median household income
- $42,104
- Average household income
- $63,809
- Median home value
- $101,500
- Jobs located here
- 16,813
- Daytime population
- 51,317Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
Other business types in the Natchez 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 spas47
- Hair salons48
- Barbershops33
- Nail salons35
- Spas and skin care41
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in the Natchez, MS-LA area?
There are 9 nail salons on map listings in the Natchez area as of September 2026. 6 of them (67%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023. Another 34 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Natchez, MS-LA area spend on personal care products and services?
About $14.5M a year, or $698 per household. That is 31% below the U.S. average (an index of 69, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.6M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 20,736 households in the Natchez area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Natchez, MS-LA area compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
The Natchez area has 4.3 nail salons per 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.6M, 4% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,912 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S.
How fast is the Natchez, MS-LA area growing?
Population estimates put the Natchez area at 54,722 people in 2025, down 0.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 20,736 households. The median household income in the Natchez area is $42,104 a year, 48% 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 Natchez area scores 35 for nail salons (lower middle), #299 of 387 scored small-town markets.
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