Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Arkansas
Hair salons in the El Dorado, AR area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in the El Dorado, AR area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 21 out of 100: Low
Ranked #514 of 538 scored small-town markets
#13 of 14 scored small-town markets based in Arkansas
- Listings
- 37
- 6 chain locations (16%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $11.6M
- On personal care products and services · $771 a household
- Spending per listing
- $313K
- 27% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 24.7
- 6% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 36,926
- −5.2% since 2020
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What this means
For hair salons, the El Dorado area has a Groundwork market score of 21 (low): #514 of 538 scored small-town markets and #13 of 14 scored small-town markets based in Arkansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
At $771 per household (23% below the U.S. average), households in the El Dorado area spend about $11.6M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $313K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 27% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
There are 37 hair salons on map listings in the El Dorado area as of September 2026. Of those, 6 are chain locations, or 16%, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 24.7, 6% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in the El Dorado area was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 2,500 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the El Dorado area from 2020 to 2025 at −5.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the El Dorado area 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 | El Dorado area | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 24.7 | 23.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $313K | $354K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,500 | 2,662 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +16.5% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −5.2% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $771 | $815 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $55,259 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 21 | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6
- Employees, 2023
- 21
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $363K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 141Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 376 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 27The 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 the El Dorado area, 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 the El Dorado area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 36,926−5.2% since 2020
- Households
- 15,002
- Median age
- 40.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,039 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 36
- Median household income
- $55,259+23.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,348
- Median home value
- $120,900
- Jobs located here
- 17,166
- Daytime population
- 38,875Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arkansas market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Arkansas for hair salons, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with the El Dorado area marked.
Top small-town markets in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Paragould, AR | 55 | 36 | 20.0 | $388K | +3.4% | #219 of 538 |
| 2Forrest City, AR | 47 | 5 | 6.4 | $1M | −5.3% | #305 of 538 |
| 3Mountain Home, AR | 47 | 33 | 17.1 | $432K | +3.1% | #309 of 538 |
| 4Batesville, AR | 40 | 38 | 26.0 | $299K | +2.2% | #388 of 538 |
| 5Russellville, AR | 39 | 75 | 23.0 | $341K | +1.6% | #395 of 538 |
| 6Pine Bluff, AR | 37 | 49 | 18.2 | $406K | −5.6% | #413 of 538 |
| 7Malvern, AR | 37 | 24 | 19.5 | $389K | +1.1% | #415 of 538 |
| 8Searcy, AR | 35 | 79 | 26.7 | $286K | +4.2% | #439 of 538 |
| 9Harrison, AR | 32 | 42 | 22.7 | $336K | +2.4% | #465 of 538 |
| 10Camden, AR | 25 | 19 | 18.4 | $404K | −3.6% | #495 of 538 |
| 13El Dorado, AR | 21 | 37 | 24.7 | $313K | −5.2% | #514 of 538 |
Other business types in the El Dorado area
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 salons21
- Barbershops8
- Nail salons11
- Spas and skin care35
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in the El Dorado, AR area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 37 hair salons in the El Dorado area. 6 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Another 141 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the El Dorado, AR area spend on personal care products and services?
About $11.6M a year, or $771 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 37 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $313K 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 15,002 households in the El Dorado area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the El Dorado, AR area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
The El Dorado area has 24.7 hair salons per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $313K, 27% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, the El Dorado area would have about 27, against 37 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,500 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is the El Dorado, AR area growing?
Population estimates put the El Dorado area at 36,926 people in 2025, down 5.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 15,002 households. Median household income in the El Dorado area is $55,259, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.7%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 El Dorado area scores 21 for hair salons (low), #514 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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