Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Arkansas
Hair salons in the Forrest City, AR area
How the Forrest City, AR area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for hair salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #305 of 538 scored small-town markets
#2 of 14 scored small-town markets based in Arkansas
- Listings
- 5
- 1 chain location (20%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $5.2M
- On personal care products and services · $671 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1M
- 2.4 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.4
- 73% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 21,800
- −5.3% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 5 hair salons in the Forrest City area. One of them (20%) is a chain location, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 6.4 for every 10,000 households, 73% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Households in the Forrest City area spend about $5.2M a year on personal care products and services, or $671 per household, 33% below the U.S. average. Spread across 5 hair salons, that is $1M per salon, 2.4 times the U.S. figure of $430K. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which hair salons share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in the Forrest City area: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 149 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in the Forrest City area from 2020 to 2025 at −5.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For hair salons, the Forrest City area has a Groundwork market score of 47 (lower middle): #305 of 538 scored small-town markets and #2 of 14 scored small-town markets based in Arkansas.
How the Forrest City 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 | Forrest City area | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.4 | 23.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1M | $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 | −5.3% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $671 | $815 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $42,574 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 47 | 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
- 149Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 51 chain location
- 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 the Forrest City 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 Forrest City area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 21,800−5.3% since 2020
- Households
- 7,783
- Median age
- 39.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 55%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 635 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 35
- Median household income
- $42,574+20.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $58,099
- Median home value
- $90,900
- Jobs located here
- 6,530
- Daytime population
- 21,343Residents 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 Forrest City 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 |
Other business types in the Forrest City 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 spas38
- Hair salons47
- Barbershops
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care21
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in the Forrest City, AR area?
The Forrest City area has 5 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (20%) is a chain location. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in the Forrest City area: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 149 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Forrest City, AR area spend on personal care products and services?
About $5.2M a year, or $671 per household. That is 33% below the U.S. average (an index of 67, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $1M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,783 households in the Forrest City area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Forrest City, AR area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
The Forrest City area has 6.4 hair salons per 10,000 households, 73% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $1M, 2.4 times the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, the Forrest City area would have about 12, against 5 on map listings.
How fast is the Forrest City, AR area growing?
Population estimates put the Forrest City area at 21,800 people in 2025, down 5.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,783 households. The median household income in the Forrest City area is $42,574 a year, 47% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.4% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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 Forrest City area scores 47 for hair salons (lower middle), #305 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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