Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Arkansas
Barbershops in the Malvern, AR area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for barbershops in the Malvern, AR area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 32 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #300 of 377 scored small-town markets
#6 of 10 scored small-town markets based in Arkansas
- Listings
- 6
- 1 chain location (17%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $9.3M
- On personal care products and services · $758 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- 18% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.9
- 8% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 33,451
- +1.1% since 2020
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What this means
The Malvern area scores 32 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for barbershops, ranking #300 of 377 scored small-town markets and #6 of 10 scored small-town markets based in Arkansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Household spending on personal care products and services in the Malvern area comes to about $9.3M a year: $758 per household, 25% below the U.S. average. Spread across 6 barbershops, that is $1.6M per shop, 18% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops.
There are 6 barbershops on map listings in the Malvern area as of September 2026. One of them (17%) is a chain location, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.9, 8% below the U.S. rate of 5.3.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for barber shops in the Malvern area, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates put the population change in the Malvern area from 2020 to 2025 at +1.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Malvern area compares
The same measures for Arkansas and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all personal care products and services by the barbershops 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 | Malvern area | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.9 | 5.2 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $1.6M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 33,500 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +56.5% | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.1% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $758 | $815 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $55,405 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 32 | 40 |
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
- 9Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 61 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 barber shops in the Malvern 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 Malvern area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 33,451+1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 12,310
- Median age
- 42.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 615 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 54
- Median household income
- $55,405+26.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $70,323
- Median home value
- $151,100
- Jobs located here
- 7,843
- Daytime population
- 28,215Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arkansas market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Arkansas for barbershops, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with the Malvern area marked.
Top small-town markets in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Paragould, AR | 64 | 5 | 2.8 | $2.8M | +3.4% | #107 of 377 |
| 2Harrison, AR | 53 | 6 | 3.2 | $2.4M | +2.4% | #173 of 377 |
| 3Searcy, AR | 48 | 12 | 4.1 | $1.9M | +4.2% | #212 of 377 |
| 4Mountain Home, AR | 36 | 9 | 4.7 | $1.6M | +3.1% | #278 of 377 |
| 5Russellville, AR | 33 | 18 | 5.5 | $1.4M | +1.6% | #296 of 377 |
| 6Malvern, AR | 32 | 6 | 4.9 | $1.6M | +1.1% | #300 of 377 |
| 7Magnolia, AR | 10 | 6 | 7.1 | $1.1M | −3.7% | #361 of 377 |
| 8Camden, AR | 8 | 8 | 7.8 | $959K | −3.6% | #367 of 377 |
| 9El Dorado, AR | 8 | 14 | 9.3 | $826K | −5.2% | #369 of 377 |
| 10Pine Bluff, AR | 3 | 28 | 10.4 | $710K | −5.6% | #375 of 377 |
Other business types in the Malvern area
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 spas49
- Hair salons37
- Barbershops32
- Nail salons41
- Spas and skin care34
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in the Malvern, AR area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 6 barbershops in the Malvern area. One of them (17%) is a chain location. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in the Malvern area: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 9 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Malvern, AR area spend on personal care products and services?
About $9.3M a year, or $758 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $1.6M per shop. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which barbershops share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,310 households in the Malvern area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Malvern, AR area compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
The Malvern area has 4.9 barbershops per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $1.6M, 18% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending, the Malvern area would have about 5, against 6 on map listings.
How fast is the Malvern, AR area growing?
Population estimates put the Malvern area at 33,451 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,310 households. The median household income in the Malvern area is $55,405 a year, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.2% 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. 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 Malvern area scores 32 for barbershops (lower middle), #300 of 377 scored small-town markets.
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