Beauty and personal care · County · Mississippi
Spas and skin care studios in Forrest County, MS
How Forrest County, MS compares with other counties and the U.S. for spas and skin care studios: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 25 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,636 of 1,769 scored counties
#32 of 37 scored counties in Mississippi
- Listings
- 29
- 2 chain locations (7%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $23.2M
- On personal care products and services · $771 a household
- Spending per listing
- $801K
- 9% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.6
- 17% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 79,034
- +1.1% since 2020
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What this means
Forrest County scores 25 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for spas and skin care studios, ranking #1,636 of 1,769 scored counties and #32 of 37 scored counties in Mississippi. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 29 spas and skin care studios in Forrest County. 2 of them (7%) are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 9.6 for every 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 11.5.
At $771 per household (23% below the U.S. average), households in Forrest County spend about $23.2M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $801K per studio, 9% below the U.S. figure of $876K. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which spas and skin care studios share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in Forrest County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Population estimates put the population change in Forrest County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Forrest 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 spas and skin care studios 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 | Forrest County | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.6 | 7.0 | 11.5 |
| Spending per listing | $801K | $1.1M | $876K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 10,806 | 4,055 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +14.0% | +29.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.1% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $771 | $788 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $53,640 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 25 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 292 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 27The 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 other personal care services in Forrest 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 Forrest County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 79,034+1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 30,127
- Median age
- 35.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 57%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 466 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 168
- Median household income
- $53,640+34.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,383
- Median home value
- $168,000
- Jobs located here
- 39,538
- Daytime population
- 89,930Residents 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jackson County, MS | 67 | 36 | 6.2 | $1.4M | +3.0% | #306 of 1,769 |
| 2DeSoto County, MS | 66 | 57 | 8.0 | $1.2M | +6.3% | #339 of 1,769 |
| 3George County, MS | 59 | 6 | 6.5 | $1.3M | +8.1% | #553 of 1,769 |
| 4Harrison County, MS | 57 | 64 | 7.7 | $1.1M | +4.0% | #626 of 1,769 |
| 5Rankin County, MS | 56 | 59 | 9.8 | $935K | +3.2% | #676 of 1,769 |
| 6Hancock County, MS | 53 | 13 | 6.4 | $1.3M | +1.6% | #763 of 1,769 |
| 7Lauderdale County, MS | 52 | 15 | 5.2 | $1.4M | −3.2% | #799 of 1,769 |
| 8Adams County, MS | 47 | 6 | 5.2 | $1.3M | +2.2% | #981 of 1,769 |
| 9Hinds County, MS | 47 | 57 | 6.4 | $1.2M | −6.6% | #986 of 1,769 |
| 10Madison County, MS | 46 | 57 | 13.0 | $747K | +6.5% | #1,035 of 1,769 |
| 32Forrest County, MS | 25 | 29 | 9.6 | $801K | +1.1% | #1,636 of 1,769 |
Other business types in Forrest 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 salons38
- Barbershops23
- Nail salons19
- Spas and skin care25
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many spas and skin care studios are in Forrest County, MS?
There are 29 spas and skin care studios on map listings in Forrest County as of September 2026. 2 of them (7%) are chain locations. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. No official count is published for other personal care services in Forrest County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Forrest County, MS spend on personal care products and services?
About $23.2M a year, or $771 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 29 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $801K per studio. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only spas and skin care studios. It is estimated from the incomes of the 30,127 households in Forrest County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Forrest County, MS compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?
Forrest County has 9.6 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $801K, 9% below the U.S. figure of $876K. At the national ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, Forrest County would have about 27, against 29 on map listings.
How fast is Forrest County, MS growing?
Population estimates put Forrest County at 79,034 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 30,127 households. Median household income in Forrest County is $53,640, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.6%, 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. 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. Forrest County scores 25 for spas and skin care studios (lower middle), #1,636 of 1,769 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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