Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Mississippi
Salons, barbers and spas in the Cleveland, MS area
How the Cleveland, MS area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 15 out of 100: Low
Ranked #530 of 538 scored small-town markets
#16 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Mississippi
- Listings
- 42
- 6 chain locations (14%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $8M
- On personal care products and services · $674 a household
- Spending per listing
- $191K
- 10% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 35.2
- 25% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 28,262
- −8.3% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for salons, barbers and spas in the Cleveland area is 15 (low), #530 of 538 scored small-town markets and #16 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Mississippi. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
As of September 2026, map listings count 42 salons, barbers and spas in the Cleveland area. Chain locations make up 14% of them, against 15% across the U.S. That is 35.2 per 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 47.2.
Household spending on personal care products and services in the Cleveland area comes to about $8M a year: $674 per household, 33% below the U.S. average. That works out to $191K per business, 10% below the U.S. figure of $213K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in the Cleveland area was 10 in 2023. That is one for every 1,192 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Cleveland area declined 8.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Cleveland 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 salons, barbers and spas 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 | Cleveland area | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 35.2 | 41.5 | 47.2 |
| Spending per listing | $191K | $190K | $213K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,192 | 1,862 | 804 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +17.4% | +14.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −8.3% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $674 | $788 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $39,585 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 15 | 33 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10
- Employees, 2023
- 23
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $432K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 240Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 426 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 38The 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 personal care services in the Cleveland 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 Cleveland area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 28,262−8.3% since 2020
- Households
- 11,915
- Median age
- 39.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 877 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 34
- Median household income
- $39,585+32.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $60,985
- Median home value
- $130,000
- Jobs located here
- 10,627
- Daytime population
- 29,215Residents 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 salons, barbers and spas, numbered among those based in Mississippi, with the Cleveland area marked.
Top small-town markets in Mississippi
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Picayune, MS | 51 | 94 | 43.0 | $183K | +5.6% | #263 of 538 |
| 2Laurel, MS | 48 | 107 | 33.9 | $223K | −1.5% | #301 of 538 |
| 3Natchez, MS-LA | 47 | 60 | 28.9 | $241K | −0.9% | #310 of 538 |
| 4Clarksdale, MS | 36 | 19 | 22.6 | $284K | −6.5% | #428 of 538 |
| 5Starkville, MS | 36 | 95 | 36.7 | $205K | +0.8% | #432 of 538 |
| 6Grenada, MS | 35 | 48 | 38.1 | $192K | −3.6% | #443 of 538 |
| 7Meridian, MS | 33 | 124 | 35.8 | $208K | −3.2% | #459 of 538 |
| 8Brookhaven, MS | 33 | 64 | 48.6 | $157K | +0.5% | #464 of 538 |
| 9Oxford, MS | 32 | 116 | 48.3 | $175K | +5.3% | #472 of 538 |
| 10Corinth, MS | 31 | 58 | 40.1 | $183K | −0.5% | #476 of 538 |
| 16Cleveland, MS | 15 | 42 | 35.2 | $191K | −8.3% | #530 of 538 |
Other business types in the Cleveland 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 salons17
- Barbershops
- Nail salons12
- Spas and skin care14
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many salons, barbers and spas are in the Cleveland, MS area?
The Cleveland area has 42 salons, barbers and spas on map listings as of September 2026. 6 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and nail salons, barbers, spas and skin care. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in 2023. Official counts also show 240 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Cleveland, MS area spend on personal care products and services?
About $8M a year, or $674 per household. That is 33% below the U.S. average (an index of 67, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 42 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $191K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,915 households in the Cleveland area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Cleveland, MS area compare with the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas?
The Cleveland area has 35.2 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 47.2. Spending per business is $191K, 10% below the U.S. figure of $213K. At the national ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, the Cleveland area would have about 38, against 42 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,192 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S.
How fast is the Cleveland, MS area growing?
Population estimates put the Cleveland area at 28,262 people in 2025, down 8.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 11,915 households. Median household income in the Cleveland area is $39,585, 51% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 32.6%, 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. 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 Cleveland area scores 15 for salons, barbers and spas (low), #530 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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