Beauty and personal care · County · Mississippi
Salons, barbers and spas in Lauderdale County, MS
How Lauderdale 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 27 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #2,193 of 2,385 scored counties
#49 of 67 scored counties in Mississippi
- Listings
- 110
- 22 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $21.5M
- On personal care products and services · $748 a household
- Spending per listing
- $195K
- 8% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 38.3
- 19% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 70,317
- −3.2% since 2020
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What this means
For salons, barbers and spas, Lauderdale County has a Groundwork market score of 27 (lower middle): #2,193 of 2,385 scored counties and #49 of 67 scored counties in Mississippi. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 110 salons, barbers and spas in Lauderdale County. Chain locations make up 20% of them, against 15% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 38.3, 19% below the U.S. rate of 47.2.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Lauderdale County comes to about $21.5M a year: $748 per household, 26% below the U.S. average. Spread across 110 salons, barbers and spas, that is $195K per business, 8% below the U.S. figure of $213K.
In 2023, official counts showed 17 businesses with payroll in Lauderdale County classed as personal care services. That is one for every 1,689 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Lauderdale County declined 3.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Lauderdale 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.
| Measure | Lauderdale County | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 38.3 | 41.5 | 47.2 |
| Spending per listing | $195K | $190K | $213K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,689 | 1,862 | 804 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +17.4% | +14.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.2% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $748 | $788 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $50,817 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 27 | 33 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 18 → 17
- Employees, 2023
- 58
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 610Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 11022 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 101The 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 Lauderdale 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 Lauderdale County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 70,317−3.2% since 2020
- Households
- 28,707
- Median age
- 39.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 704 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 102
- Median household income
- $50,817+19.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $70,958
- Median home value
- $133,300
- Jobs located here
- 32,099
- Daytime population
- 75,808Residents 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Marshall County, MS | 64 | 20 | 15.2 | $503K | +2.6% | #478 of 2,385 |
| 2Perry County, MS | 58 | 6 | 12.9 | $555K | +1.1% | #726 of 2,385 |
| 3Itawamba County, MS | 55 | 22 | 22.9 | $343K | +1.3% | #877 of 2,385 |
| 4Tate County, MS | 55 | 30 | 27.2 | $301K | +2.1% | #879 of 2,385 |
| 5Yalobusha County, MS | 52 | 8 | 16.0 | $454K | −0.5% | #1,028 of 2,385 |
| 6Hancock County, MS | 52 | 78 | 38.5 | $221K | +1.6% | #1,071 of 2,385 |
| 7George County, MS | 52 | 37 | 39.8 | $203K | +8.1% | #1,075 of 2,385 |
| 8Lawrence County, MS | 51 | 6 | 13.6 | $516K | −1.4% | #1,078 of 2,385 |
| 9Smith County, MS | 51 | 10 | 17.9 | $425K | −1.5% | #1,081 of 2,385 |
| 10Jackson County, MS | 51 | 234 | 40.6 | $208K | +3.0% | #1,136 of 2,385 |
| 49Lauderdale County, MS | 27 | 110 | 38.3 | $195K | −3.2% | #2,193 of 2,385 |
Other business types in Lauderdale 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 spas27
- Hair salons35
- Barbershops14
- Nail salons17
- Spas and skin care52
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 Lauderdale County, MS?
Lauderdale County has 110 salons, barbers and spas on map listings as of September 2026. 22 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and nail salons, barbers, spas and skin care. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in 2023. Another 610 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Lauderdale County, MS spend on personal care products and services?
About $21.5M a year, or $748 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 110 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $195K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 28,707 households in Lauderdale County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lauderdale County, MS compare with the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas?
Lauderdale County has 38.3 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 47.2. Spending per business is $195K, 8% below the U.S. figure of $213K. At the national ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, Lauderdale County would have about 101, against 110 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,689 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S.
How fast is Lauderdale County, MS growing?
Population estimates put Lauderdale County at 70,317 people in 2025, down 3.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 28,707 households. Median household income in Lauderdale County is $50,817, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.5%, 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. Lauderdale County scores 27 for salons, barbers and spas (lower middle), #2,193 of 2,385 scored counties.
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