Beauty and personal care · County · Arkansas
Hair salons in Drew County, AR
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in Drew County, AR, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 13 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,289 of 2,339 scored counties
#57 of 61 scored counties in Arkansas
- Listings
- 15
- 5 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $5.1M
- On personal care products and services · $702 a household
- Spending per listing
- $337K
- 22% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.8
- 11% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 17,054
- −1.5% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Drew County is 13 (low), #2,289 of 2,339 scored counties and #57 of 61 scored counties in Arkansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Drew County spend about $5.1M a year on personal care products and services, or $702 per household, 30% below the U.S. average. That works out to $337K per salon, 22% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
Drew County has 15 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 33% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That is 20.8 per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for beauty salons in Drew County, since they leave out counts under 3. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $200K has gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Drew County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Drew County declined 1.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Drew 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 | Drew County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.8 | 23.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $337K | $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 | −1.5% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $702 | $815 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $42,824 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 13 | 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
- 48Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 155 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
- 1
- Amount
- $200K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Drew 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 Drew County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 17,054−1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 7,196
- Median age
- 36.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 829 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 21
- Median household income
- $42,824−8.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $66,944
- Median home value
- $140,800
- Jobs located here
- 6,850
- Daytime population
- 16,915Residents 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 |
| 57Drew County, AR | 13 | 15 | 20.8 | $337K | −1.5% | #2,289 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Drew 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 spas30
- Hair salons13
- Barbershops
- Nail salons8
- Spas and skin care26
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Drew County, AR?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 15 hair salons in Drew County. 5 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Drew County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 48 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Drew County, AR spend on personal care products and services?
About $5.1M a year, or $702 per household. That is 30% below the U.S. average (an index of 70, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $337K 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 7,196 households in Drew County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Drew County, AR compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Drew County has 20.8 hair salons per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $337K, 22% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Drew County would have about 12, against 15 on map listings.
How fast is Drew County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Drew County at 17,054 people in 2025, down 1.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,196 households. Median household income in Drew County is $42,824, 47% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median fell 8.9%, 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. Drew County scores 13 for hair salons (low), #2,289 of 2,339 scored counties.
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