Beauty and personal care · County · Arkansas
Barbershops in Pulaski County, AR
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for barbershops in Pulaski County, AR, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 39 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #953 of 1,356 scored counties
#10 of 24 scored counties in Arkansas
- Listings
- 158
- 17 chain locations (11%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $145.9M
- On personal care products and services · $846 a household
- Spending per listing
- $923K
- 51% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.2
- 74% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 404,611
- +1.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 158 barbershops in Pulaski County. Of those, 17 are chain locations, or 11%, against 12% across the U.S. That is 9.2 per 10,000 households, 74% above the U.S. rate of 5.3.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Pulaski County comes to about $145.9M a year: $846 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. Spread across 158 barbershops, that is $923K per shop, 51% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in Pulaski County was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 28,735 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S. Another 297 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $15K has gone to businesses classed as barber shops in Pulaski County.
Population estimates show Pulaski County grew 1.3% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For barbershops, Pulaski County has a Groundwork market score of 39 (lower middle): #953 of 1,356 scored counties and #10 of 24 scored counties in Arkansas.
How Pulaski 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 | Pulaski County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.2 | 5.2 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $923K | $1.6M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 28,735 | 33,500 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +56.5% | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.3% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $846 | $815 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $62,873 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 39 | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 51
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 297Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 15817 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 77The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $15K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as barber shops in Pulaski 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 Pulaski County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 404,611+1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 172,409
- Median age
- 38.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 57%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 758 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 527
- Median household income
- $62,873+21.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,992
- Median home value
- $214,700
- Jobs located here
- 267,329
- Daytime population
- 495,823Residents 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 Pulaski 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 |
Other business types in Pulaski 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 spas24
- Hair salons27
- Barbershops39
- Nail salons40
- Spas and skin care26
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in Pulaski County, AR?
There are 158 barbershops on map listings in Pulaski County as of September 2026. 17 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in 2023. Official counts list 297 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Pulaski County, AR spend on personal care products and services?
About $145.9M a year, or $846 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 158 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $923K per shop. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 172,409 households in Pulaski County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Pulaski County, AR compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
Pulaski County has 9.2 barbershops per 10,000 households, 74% above the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $923K, 51% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the national ratio of barbershops to household spending, Pulaski County would have about 77, against 158 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 28,735 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S.
How fast is Pulaski County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Pulaski County at 404,611 people in 2025, up 1.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 172,409 households. Median household income in Pulaski County is $62,873, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.5%, 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. Pulaski County scores 39 for barbershops (lower middle), #953 of 1,356 scored counties.
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