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Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Mississippi

Salons, barbers and spas in the Natchez, MS-LA area

How the Natchez, MS-LA 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 47 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #310 of 538 scored small-town markets
#3 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Mississippi

Listings
60
14 chain locations (23%)
Official establishments
7
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$14.5M
On personal care products and services · $698 a household
Spending per listing
$241K
13% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
28.9
39% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
54,722
−0.9% 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

Households in the Natchez area spend about $14.5M a year on personal care products and services, or $698 per household, 31% below the U.S. average. That works out to $241K per business, 13% above the U.S. figure of $213K.

The Natchez area has 60 salons, barbers and spas on map listings as of September 2026. 14 of them (23%) are chain locations, against 15% across the U.S. That comes to 28.9 for every 10,000 households, 39% below the U.S. rate of 47.2.

Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in the Natchez area in 2023. That is one for every 2,962 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. Another 363 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates put the population change in the Natchez area from 2020 to 2025 at −0.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for salons, barbers and spas in the Natchez area is 47 (lower middle), #310 of 538 scored small-town markets and #3 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Mississippi.

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 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 Natchez, MS-LA area compared with Mississippi and the U.S.
MeasureNatchez areaMississippiU.S.
Listings per 10k households28.941.547.2
Spending per listing$241K$190K$213K
Households per official establishment2,9621,862804
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+17.4%+14.1%
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 score4733

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7
Employees, 2023
28
Annual payroll, 2023
$849K
One-person businesses, 2023
363Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
6014 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
68The 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 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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Salons, barbers and spas across Mississippi

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Mississippi for salons, barbers and spas, numbered among those based in Mississippi, with the Natchez area marked.

Top small-town markets in Mississippi

Small-town markets in Mississippi ranked for salons, barbers and spas by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Picayune, MS519443.0$183K+5.6%#263 of 538
2Laurel, MS4810733.9$223K−1.5%#301 of 538
3Natchez, MS-LA476028.9$241K−0.9%#310 of 538
4Clarksdale, MS361922.6$284K−6.5%#428 of 538
5Starkville, MS369536.7$205K+0.8%#432 of 538
6Grenada, MS354838.1$192K−3.6%#443 of 538
7Meridian, MS3312435.8$208K−3.2%#459 of 538
8Brookhaven, MS336448.6$157K+0.5%#464 of 538
9Oxford, MS3211648.3$175K+5.3%#472 of 538
10Corinth, MS315840.1$183K−0.5%#476 of 538

Other business types in the Natchez area

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

Questions

How many salons, barbers and spas are in the Natchez, MS-LA area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 60 salons, barbers and spas in the Natchez area. 14 of them (23%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and nail salons, barbers, spas and skin care. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in 2023. Official counts list 363 one-person businesses without payroll.

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 60 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $241K per business. 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 salons, barbers and spas?

The Natchez area has 28.9 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, 39% below the U.S. rate of 47.2. Spending per business is $241K, 13% above the U.S. figure of $213K. At the U.S. ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, the Natchez area would have about 68, against 60 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,962 households, against one for every 804 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 47 for salons, barbers and spas (lower middle), #310 of 538 scored small-town markets.

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