Beauty and personal care · County · Arkansas
Hair salons in Hempstead County, AR
How Hempstead County, AR compares with other counties and the U.S. for hair salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 35 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,862 of 2,339 scored counties
#28 of 61 scored counties in Arkansas
- Listings
- 10
- 5 chain locations (50%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $5.3M
- On personal care products and services · $709 a household
- Spending per listing
- $530K
- 23% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.4
- 43% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 19,080
- −4.6% since 2020
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What this means
Hempstead County scores 35 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #1,862 of 2,339 scored counties and #28 of 61 scored counties in Arkansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 hair salons in Hempstead County. 5 of them (50%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 13.4 for every 10,000 households, 43% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Hempstead County comes to about $5.3M a year: $709 per household, 29% below the U.S. average. That works out to $530K per salon, 23% above 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 Hempstead County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Population estimates show Hempstead County declined 4.6% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Hempstead 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 | Hempstead County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.4 | 23.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $530K | $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 | −4.6% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $709 | $815 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $46,787 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 35 | 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
- 51Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 105 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 Hempstead 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 Hempstead County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 19,080−4.6% since 2020
- Households
- 7,479
- Median age
- 41.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 727 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 27
- Median household income
- $46,787+9.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $71,285
- Median home value
- $105,700
- Jobs located here
- 7,836
- Daytime population
- 19,457Residents 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 |
| 28Hempstead County, AR | 35 | 10 | 13.4 | $530K | −4.6% | #1,862 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Hempstead 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 spas23
- Hair salons35
- Barbershops3
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Hempstead County, AR?
There are 10 hair salons on map listings in Hempstead County as of September 2026. 5 of them (50%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Hempstead County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 51 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Hempstead County, AR spend on personal care products and services?
About $5.3M a year, or $709 per household. That is 29% below the U.S. average (an index of 71, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $530K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,479 households in Hempstead County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hempstead County, AR compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Hempstead County has 13.4 hair salons per 10,000 households, 43% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $530K, 23% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Hempstead County would have about 12, against 10 on map listings.
How fast is Hempstead County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Hempstead County at 19,080 people in 2025, down 4.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,479 households. The median household income in Hempstead County is $46,787 a year, 42% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 9.2% 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. 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. Hempstead County scores 35 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,862 of 2,339 scored counties.
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