Beauty and personal care · County · Arkansas
Hair salons in Ashley County, AR
How Ashley County, AR compares with other counties and the U.S. for hair salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 2 out of 100: Very low
Ranked #2,336 of 2,339 scored counties
#61 of 61 scored counties in Arkansas
- Listings
- 21
- 5 chain locations (24%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $4.9M
- On personal care products and services · $672 a household
- Spending per listing
- $235K
- 45% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 28.5
- 22% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 17,831
- −5.9% since 2020
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What this means
For hair salons, Ashley County has a Groundwork market score of 2 (very low): #2,336 of 2,339 scored counties and #61 of 61 scored counties in Arkansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Ashley County spend about $4.9M a year on personal care products and services, or $672 per household, 33% below the U.S. average. That is about $235K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 45% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
Ashley County has 21 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 5 are chain locations, or 24%, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 28.5 for every 10,000 households, 22% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for beauty salons in Ashley County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates put the population change in Ashley County from 2020 to 2025 at −5.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Ashley 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 hair salons 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 | Ashley County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 28.5 | 23.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $235K | $354K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 2,662 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +16.5% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −5.9% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $672 | $815 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $44,266 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 2 | 41 |
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
- 51Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 215 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The 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 beauty salons in Ashley 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 Ashley County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 17,831−5.9% since 2020
- Households
- 7,356
- Median age
- 43.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 926 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 20
- Median household income
- $44,266−1.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $58,274
- Median home value
- $91,900
- Jobs located here
- 5,531
- Daytime population
- 17,238Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Madison County, AR | 73 | 7 | 10.8 | $721K | +11.2% | #201 of 2,339 |
| 2Marion County, AR | 64 | 8 | 10.4 | $690K | +4.3% | #475 of 2,339 |
| 3Saline County, AR | 64 | 97 | 19.3 | $466K | +7.6% | #506 of 2,339 |
| 4Benton County, AR | 61 | 260 | 23.2 | $438K | +16.0% | #653 of 2,339 |
| 5Lonoke County, AR | 59 | 58 | 20.3 | $428K | +3.5% | #751 of 2,339 |
| 6Randolph County, AR | 58 | 7 | 9.5 | $763K | +1.5% | #758 of 2,339 |
| 7Perry County, AR | 56 | 6 | 14.7 | $535K | +3.1% | #859 of 2,339 |
| 8Logan County, AR | 54 | 13 | 15.3 | $520K | +2.5% | #952 of 2,339 |
| 9Crawford County, AR | 54 | 48 | 20.6 | $392K | +4.1% | #984 of 2,339 |
| 10Miller County, AR | 53 | 15 | 9.2 | $793K | −0.5% | #990 of 2,339 |
| 61Ashley County, AR | 2 | 21 | 28.5 | $235K | −5.9% | #2,336 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Ashley 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
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Ashley County, AR?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 21 hair salons in Ashley County. 5 of them (24%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Ashley County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 51 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Ashley County, AR spend on personal care products and services?
About $4.9M a year, or $672 per household. That is 33% below the U.S. average (an index of 67, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 21 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $235K per salon. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which hair salons share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,356 households in Ashley County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ashley County, AR compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Ashley County has 28.5 hair salons per 10,000 households, 22% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $235K, 45% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Ashley County would have about 12, against 21 on map listings.
How fast is Ashley County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Ashley County at 17,831 people in 2025, down 5.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,356 households. Median household income in Ashley County is $44,266, 45% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median fell 1.1%, 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. Ashley County scores 2 for hair salons (very low), #2,336 of 2,339 scored counties.
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