Business Licensing & Operations in Rankin County, MS (2026)

4 rules for unincorporated Rankin County, Mississippi.

Verified from official government sources

Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Rankin County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.

Adult Entertainment

Rankin County confines adult entertainment businesses to the C-4 Adult Entertainment Commercial District and requires them to sit at least 1,000 feet from homes, churches, schools and parks, and 250 feet from each other.

Rankin County Adult Business Spacing

Significant Restrictions

Rankin County Zoning Ordinance, Art. XXVI, Sec. 2601(B)

Adult arcades, adult bookstores, adult cabarets, adult motels, adult motion picture theaters, and other adult entertainment activities... no such establishment shall be located within two hundred fifty (250) feet of the property line of any other such use. Furthermore, no such establishment shall be located within one thousand (1,000) feet of the property lines of any existing residential use o...

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Massage Establishments

Rankin County's Zoning Ordinance lists massage spas as a use permitted by right in the C-2 General Commercial district, alongside nail and tanning services, with no conditional use permit required, but only on unincorporated county land.

Rankin County Massage Spa Zoning

Few Restrictions

Rankin County Zoning Ordinance, Art. XXIV, Sec. 2401(I)

SECTION 2401 - LAND USES PERMITTED ... H. Grocery Stores. I. Nail, Tanning and/or Massage Spas. J. Any other use which the Board of Supervisors determine to be of the same character and nature as those specifically permitted above.

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Tattoo & Body Modification

Tattoo parlors need a Board of Supervisors conditional use permit in Rankin County's C-2 General Commercial district, and are banned outright in the Reservoir Community District around Ross Barnett Reservoir.

Rankin County Tattoo Parlor Zoning

Significant Restrictions

Rankin County Zoning Ordinance, Art. XXIV, Sec. 2402(G); Art. XXX, Sec. 3004(B)

SECTION 2402 - CONDITIONAL USES AND STRUCTURES ... G. Tattoo Parlors. ... SECTION 3004 - LAND USES NOT PERMITTED ... B. Tattoo Parlors

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Pawnbrokers

Pawn shops need a Board of Supervisors conditional use permit in Rankin County's C-2 General Commercial district, and are banned outright in the Reservoir Community District around Ross Barnett Reservoir.

Rankin County Pawn Shop Zoning Rules

Significant Restrictions

Rankin County Zoning Ordinance, Art. XXIV, Sec. 2402(F); Art. XXX, Sec. 3004(A)

SECTION 2402 - CONDITIONAL USES AND STRUCTURES ... F. Pawn Shops. ... SECTION 3004 - LAND USES NOT PERMITTED ... A. Pawn Shops

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