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Hair salons in Cleveland County, AR

How Cleveland County, AR compares with other counties and the U.S. for hair salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
2
2 chain locations (100%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$2.3M
On personal care products and services · $774 a household
Spending per listing
$1.1M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
6.8
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
7,224
−4.3% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

At $774 per household (23% below the U.S. average), households in Cleveland County spend about $2.3M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 2 hair salons, that is $1.1M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.

Cleveland County has 2 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. That is 6.8 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for beauty salons in Cleveland County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts also show 20 one-person businesses without payroll.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Cleveland County declined 4.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Cleveland 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.

Hair salons in Cleveland County, AR compared with Arkansas and the U.S.
MeasureCleveland CountyArkansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.823.023.4
Spending per listing$1.1M$354K$430K
Households per official establishmentn/a2,6621,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+16.5%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−4.3%+3.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$774$815$1,005
Median household income$54,794$60,773$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored41

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
20Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
22 chain locations
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 beauty salons in Cleveland 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 Cleveland County

Population, 2025 estimate
7,224−4.3% since 2020
Households
2,931
Median age
43.1
Homes lived in by their owners
83%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
598 sq. mi.
People per square mile
12
Median household income
$54,794
Average household income
$76,662
Median home value
$137,600
Jobs located here
991
Daytime population
5,749Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Hair salons across Arkansas

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The highest-scoring counties in Arkansas for hair salons, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with Cleveland County marked.

Top counties in Arkansas

Counties in Arkansas ranked for hair salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Madison County, AR73710.8$721K+11.2%#201 of 2,339
2Marion County, AR64810.4$690K+4.3%#475 of 2,339
3Saline County, AR649719.3$466K+7.6%#506 of 2,339
4Benton County, AR6126023.2$438K+16.0%#653 of 2,339
5Lonoke County, AR595820.3$428K+3.5%#751 of 2,339
6Randolph County, AR5879.5$763K+1.5%#758 of 2,339
7Perry County, AR56614.7$535K+3.1%#859 of 2,339
8Logan County, AR541315.3$520K+2.5%#952 of 2,339
9Crawford County, AR544820.6$392K+4.1%#984 of 2,339
10Miller County, AR53159.2$793K−0.5%#990 of 2,339
Cleveland County, ARNot scored26.8$1.1M−4.3%

Other business types in Cleveland County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many hair salons are in Cleveland County, AR?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 hair salons in Cleveland County. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Cleveland County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 20 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Cleveland County, AR spend on personal care products and services?

About $2.3M a year, or $774 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $1.1M 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 2,931 households in Cleveland County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Cleveland County, AR compare with the U.S. for hair salons?

Cleveland County has 2 hair salons on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Cleveland County would have about 5, against 2 on map listings.

How fast is Cleveland County, AR growing?

Population estimates put Cleveland County at 7,224 people in 2025, down 4.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 2,931 households. Median household income in Cleveland County is $54,794, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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