Beauty and personal care · County · Mississippi
Nail salons in Rankin County, MS
The nail salons in Rankin County, MS, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 29 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,158 of 1,328 scored counties
#13 of 30 scored counties in Mississippi
- Listings
- 56
- 19 chain locations (34%)
- Official establishments
- 22
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $55.1M
- On personal care products and services · $917 a household
- Spending per listing
- $985K
- 41% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.3
- 55% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 162,181
- +3.2% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for nail salons in Rankin County is 29 (lower middle), #1,158 of 1,328 scored counties and #13 of 30 scored counties in Mississippi. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Rankin County comes to about $55.1M a year: $917 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. Spread across 56 nail salons, that is $985K per salon, 41% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.
Rankin County has 56 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 34% of them, against 27% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.3, 55% above the U.S. rate of 6.0.
In 2023, official counts showed 22 businesses with payroll in Rankin County classed as nail salons. That is one for every 2,733 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Population estimates show Rankin County grew 3.2% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Rankin 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 | Rankin County | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.3 | 5.9 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $985K | $1.3M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,733 | 6,984 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +72.6% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.2% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $917 | $788 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $79,357 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 29 | 22 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12 → 22
- Employees, 2023
- 24
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 219Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5619 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 33The 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 Rankin 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 Rankin County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 162,181+3.2% since 2020
- Households
- 60,133
- Median age
- 39.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 776 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 205
- Median household income
- $79,357+20.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $100,005
- Median home value
- $237,400
- Jobs located here
- 73,389
- Daytime population
- 161,778Residents 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 |
| 13Rankin County, MS | 29 | 56 | 9.3 | $985K | +3.2% | #1,158 of 1,328 |
Other business types in Rankin 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 spas37
- Hair salons46
- Barbershops54
- Nail salons29
- Spas and skin care56
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in Rankin County, MS?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 56 nail salons in Rankin County. 19 of them (34%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 22 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023. Official counts list 219 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Rankin County, MS spend on personal care products and services?
About $55.1M a year, or $917 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 56 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $985K 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 60,133 households in Rankin County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Rankin County, MS compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Rankin County has 9.3 nail salons per 10,000 households, 55% above the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $985K, 41% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, Rankin County would have about 33, against 56 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,733 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S.
How fast is Rankin County, MS growing?
Population estimates put Rankin County at 162,181 people in 2025, up 3.2% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 60,133 households. Median household income in Rankin County is $79,357, 2% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.3%, 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. Rankin County scores 29 for nail salons (lower middle), #1,158 of 1,328 scored counties.
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