Beauty and personal care · County · Arkansas
Hair salons in Franklin County, AR
The hair salons in Franklin County, AR, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,515 of 2,339 scored counties
#18 of 61 scored counties in Arkansas
- Listings
- 12
- 2 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $5.2M
- On personal care products and services · $745 a household
- Spending per listing
- $437K
- 2% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.0
- 27% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 17,725
- +3.5% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on personal care products and services in Franklin County comes to about $5.2M a year: $745 per household, 26% below the U.S. average. That is about $437K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 2% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
Franklin County has 12 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 17% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That is 17.0 per 10,000 households, 27% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for beauty salons in Franklin County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts also show 37 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Franklin County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.5%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For hair salons, Franklin County has a Groundwork market score of 43 (lower middle): #1,515 of 2,339 scored counties and #18 of 61 scored counties in Arkansas.
How Franklin 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 | Franklin County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.0 | 23.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $437K | $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 | +3.5% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $745 | $815 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $55,886 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 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
- 37Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 122 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 Franklin 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 Franklin County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 17,725+3.5% since 2020
- Households
- 7,048
- Median age
- 42.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 609 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 28
- Median household income
- $55,886+43.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $72,644
- Median home value
- $130,800
- Jobs located here
- 4,764
- Daytime population
- 15,317Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arkansas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Arkansas for hair salons, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with Franklin County marked.
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 |
| 18Franklin County, AR | 43 | 12 | 17.0 | $437K | +3.5% | #1,515 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Franklin 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 Franklin County, AR?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 hair salons in Franklin County. 2 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Franklin County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 37 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Franklin County, AR spend on personal care products and services?
About $5.2M a year, or $745 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $437K 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 7,048 households in Franklin County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Franklin County, AR compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Franklin County has 17.0 hair salons per 10,000 households, 27% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $437K, 2% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending.
How fast is Franklin County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Franklin County at 17,725 people in 2025, up 3.5% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,048 households. Median household income in Franklin County is $55,886, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 43.6%, 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. Franklin County scores 43 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,515 of 2,339 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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