Beauty and personal care · County · Arkansas
Barbershops in Pope County, AR
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for barbershops in Pope County, AR, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 28 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,139 of 1,356 scored counties
#15 of 24 scored counties in Arkansas
- Listings
- 15
- 3 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $19.3M
- On personal care products and services · $793 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- 32% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.2
- 17% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 64,976
- +2.5% since 2020
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What this means
Pope County scores 28 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for barbershops, ranking #1,139 of 1,356 scored counties and #15 of 24 scored counties in Arkansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 15 barbershops in Pope County. Chain locations make up 20% of them, against 12% across the U.S. That is 6.2 per 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 5.3.
At $793 per household (21% below the U.S. average), households in Pope County spend about $19.3M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $1.3M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 32% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which barbershops share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in Pope County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Population estimates show Pope County grew 2.5% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Pope County 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 | Pope County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.2 | 5.2 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $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 | +2.5% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $793 | $815 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $57,344 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 28 | 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
- 18Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 153 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The 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 Pope 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 Pope County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 64,976+2.5% since 2020
- Households
- 24,348
- Median age
- 38.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 811 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 79
- Median household income
- $57,344+31.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,412
- Median home value
- $170,100
- Jobs located here
- 27,904
- Daytime population
- 65,219Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arkansas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Arkansas for barbershops, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with Pope County marked.
Top counties in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Washington County, AR | 69 | 41 | 4.2 | $2.1M | +9.9% | #270 of 1,356 |
| 2Saline County, AR | 68 | 18 | 3.6 | $2.5M | +7.6% | #281 of 1,356 |
| 3Crawford County, AR | 59 | 7 | 3.0 | $2.7M | +4.1% | #462 of 1,356 |
| 4Greene County, AR | 57 | 5 | 2.8 | $2.8M | +3.4% | #513 of 1,356 |
| 5Benton County, AR | 55 | 57 | 5.1 | $2M | +16.0% | #573 of 1,356 |
| 6Craighead County, AR | 46 | 20 | 4.5 | $1.8M | +4.8% | #809 of 1,356 |
| 7Faulkner County, AR | 45 | 28 | 5.7 | $1.5M | +8.2% | #838 of 1,356 |
| 8White County, AR | 43 | 12 | 4.1 | $1.9M | +4.2% | #881 of 1,356 |
| 9Boone County, AR | 42 | 6 | 3.9 | $2M | +3.3% | #891 of 1,356 |
| 10Pulaski County, AR | 39 | 158 | 9.2 | $923K | +1.3% | #953 of 1,356 |
| 15Pope County, AR | 28 | 15 | 6.2 | $1.3M | +2.5% | #1,139 of 1,356 |
Other business types in Pope 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 spas38
- Hair salons34
- Barbershops28
- Nail salons31
- Spas and skin care56
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in Pope County, AR?
There are 15 barbershops on map listings in Pope County as of September 2026. 3 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in Pope County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 18 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Pope County, AR spend on personal care products and services?
About $19.3M a year, or $793 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $1.3M per shop. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 24,348 households in Pope County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Pope County, AR compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
Pope County has 6.2 barbershops per 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $1.3M, 32% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the national ratio of barbershops to household spending, Pope County would have about 10, against 15 on map listings.
How fast is Pope County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Pope County at 64,976 people in 2025, up 2.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 24,348 households. Median household income in Pope County is $57,344, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.9%, 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. Pope County scores 28 for barbershops (lower middle), #1,139 of 1,356 scored counties.
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