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Spas and skin care studios in Lowndes County, MS

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for spas and skin care studios in Lowndes County, MS, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 30 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,528 of 1,769 scored counties
#26 of 37 scored counties in Mississippi

Listings
26
1 chain location (4%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$17.6M
On personal care products and services · $763 a household
Spending per listing
$676K
23% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
11.3
2% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
57,346
−2.4% 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

For spas and skin care studios, Lowndes County has a Groundwork market score of 30 (lower middle): #1,528 of 1,769 scored counties and #26 of 37 scored counties in Mississippi. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

At $763 per household (24% below the U.S. average), households in Lowndes County spend about $17.6M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 26 spas and skin care studios, that is $676K per studio, 23% below the U.S. figure of $876K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only spas and skin care studios.

Lowndes County has 26 spas and skin care studios on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (4%) is a chain location, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 11.3, 2% below the U.S. rate of 11.5.

Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in Lowndes County in 2023. That is one for every 7,669 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Lowndes County declined 2.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Lowndes 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.

Spas and skin care in Lowndes County, MS compared with Mississippi and the U.S.
MeasureLowndes CountyMississippiU.S.
Listings per 10k households11.37.011.5
Spending per listing$676K$1.1M$876K
Households per official establishment7,66910,8064,055
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+14.0%+29.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.4%−0.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$763$788$1,005
Median household income$53,812$56,447$80,734
Groundwork market score3055

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 3
Employees, 2023
9
Annual payroll, 2023
$142K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
261 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
20The 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 Lowndes 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 Lowndes County

Population, 2025 estimate
57,346−2.4% since 2020
Households
23,006
Median age
39.4
Homes lived in by their owners
61%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
506 sq. mi.
People per square mile
114
Median household income
$53,812+6.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$73,521
Median home value
$164,100
Jobs located here
24,412
Daytime population
59,512Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Spas and skin care across Mississippi

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The highest-scoring counties in Mississippi for spas and skin care studios, numbered among those based in Mississippi, with Lowndes County marked.

Top counties in Mississippi

Counties in Mississippi ranked for spas and skin care studios by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Jackson County, MS67366.2$1.4M+3.0%#306 of 1,769
2DeSoto County, MS66578.0$1.2M+6.3%#339 of 1,769
3George County, MS5966.5$1.3M+8.1%#553 of 1,769
4Harrison County, MS57647.7$1.1M+4.0%#626 of 1,769
5Rankin County, MS56599.8$935K+3.2%#676 of 1,769
6Hancock County, MS53136.4$1.3M+1.6%#763 of 1,769
7Lauderdale County, MS52155.2$1.4M−3.2%#799 of 1,769
8Adams County, MS4765.2$1.3M+2.2%#981 of 1,769
9Hinds County, MS47576.4$1.2M−6.6%#986 of 1,769
10Madison County, MS465713.0$747K+6.5%#1,035 of 1,769
26Lowndes County, MS302611.3$676K−2.4%#1,528 of 1,769

Other business types in Lowndes County

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

Questions

How many spas and skin care studios are in Lowndes County, MS?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 26 spas and skin care studios in Lowndes County. One of them (4%) is a chain location. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in 2023.

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

About $17.6M a year, or $763 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 26 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $676K per studio. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which spas and skin care studios share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 23,006 households in Lowndes County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Lowndes County, MS compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?

Lowndes County has 11.3 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $676K, 23% below the U.S. figure of $876K. At the U.S. ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, Lowndes County would have about 20, against 26 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 7,669 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S.

How fast is Lowndes County, MS growing?

Population estimates put Lowndes County at 57,346 people in 2025, down 2.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 23,006 households. The median household income in Lowndes County is $53,812 a year, 33% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 6.7% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Lowndes County scores 30 for spas and skin care studios (lower middle), #1,528 of 1,769 scored counties.

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