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Salons, barbers and spas in DeSoto County, MS

How DeSoto County, MS compares with other counties and the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,239 of 2,385 scored counties
#13 of 67 scored counties in Mississippi

Listings
337
70 chain locations (21%)
Official establishments
57
+50.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$66.5M
On personal care products and services · $937 a household
Spending per listing
$197K
7% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
47.5
In line with the U.S.
Population, 2025
197,918
+6.3% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Map listings as of September 2026 show 337 salons, barbers and spas in DeSoto County. 70 of them (21%) are chain locations, against 15% across the U.S. That comes to 47.5 for every 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 47.2.

Household spending on personal care products and services in DeSoto County comes to about $66.5M a year: $937 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That works out to $197K per business, 7% below the U.S. figure of $213K.

In 2023, official counts showed 57 businesses with payroll in DeSoto County classed as personal care services, up 50.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,245 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. Another 1,586 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $887K have gone to businesses classed as personal care services in DeSoto County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of DeSoto County grew 6.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for salons, barbers and spas in DeSoto County is 49 (lower middle), #1,239 of 2,385 scored counties and #13 of 67 scored counties in Mississippi.

How DeSoto 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 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.

Salons, barbers and spas in DeSoto County, MS compared with Mississippi and the U.S.
MeasureDeSoto CountyMississippiU.S.
Listings per 10k households47.541.547.2
Spending per listing$197K$190K$213K
Households per official establishment1,2451,862804
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+50.0%+17.4%+14.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.3%−0.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$937$788$1,005
Median household income$85,297$56,447$80,734
Groundwork market score4933

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
38 → 57+50.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
289
Annual payroll, 2023
$6.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
1,586Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
33770 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
313The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$887K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as personal care services in DeSoto 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 DeSoto County

Population, 2025 estimate
197,918+6.3% since 2020
Households
70,986
Median age
37.7
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
476 sq. mi.
People per square mile
402
Median household income
$85,297+27.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$101,760
Median home value
$269,600
Jobs located here
80,765
Daytime population
177,794Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Salons, barbers and spas across Mississippi

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The highest-scoring counties in Mississippi for salons, barbers and spas, numbered among those based in Mississippi, with DeSoto County marked.

Top counties in Mississippi

Counties in Mississippi ranked for salons, barbers and spas by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Marshall County, MS642015.2$503K+2.6%#478 of 2,385
2Perry County, MS58612.9$555K+1.1%#726 of 2,385
3Itawamba County, MS552222.9$343K+1.3%#877 of 2,385
4Tate County, MS553027.2$301K+2.1%#879 of 2,385
5Yalobusha County, MS52816.0$454K−0.5%#1,028 of 2,385
6Hancock County, MS527838.5$221K+1.6%#1,071 of 2,385
7George County, MS523739.8$203K+8.1%#1,075 of 2,385
8Lawrence County, MS51613.6$516K−1.4%#1,078 of 2,385
9Smith County, MS511017.9$425K−1.5%#1,081 of 2,385
10Jackson County, MS5123440.6$208K+3.0%#1,136 of 2,385
13DeSoto County, MS4933747.5$197K+6.3%#1,239 of 2,385

Other business types in DeSoto County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many salons, barbers and spas are in DeSoto County, MS?

There are 337 salons, barbers and spas on map listings in DeSoto County as of September 2026. 70 of them (21%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and nail salons, barbers, spas and skin care. Official counts show 57 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in 2023, up 50.0% from 2019. Official counts list 1,586 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in DeSoto County, MS spend on personal care products and services?

About $66.5M a year, or $937 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 337 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $197K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 70,986 households in DeSoto County and national spending patterns by income.

How does DeSoto County, MS compare with the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas?

DeSoto County has 47.5 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 47.2. Spending per business is $197K, 7% below the U.S. figure of $213K. At the national ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, DeSoto County would have about 313, against 337 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,245 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. The official count rose 50.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +14.1% for the U.S.

How fast is DeSoto County, MS growing?

Population estimates put DeSoto County at 197,918 people in 2025, up 6.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 70,986 households. Median household income in DeSoto County is $85,297, 6% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.2%, 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. DeSoto County scores 49 for salons, barbers and spas (lower middle), #1,239 of 2,385 scored counties.

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