Beauty and personal care · County · Arkansas
Hair salons in Hot Spring County, AR
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in Hot Spring County, AR, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 30 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #2,017 of 2,339 scored counties
#35 of 61 scored counties in Arkansas
- Listings
- 24
- 6 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $9.3M
- On personal care products and services · $758 a household
- Spending per listing
- $389K
- 10% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.5
- 17% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 33,451
- +1.1% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Hot Spring County is 30 (lower middle), #2,017 of 2,339 scored counties and #35 of 61 scored counties in Arkansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 24 hair salons in Hot Spring County. Chain locations make up 25% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That is 19.5 per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
At $758 per household (25% below the U.S. average), households in Hot Spring County spend about $9.3M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $389K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 10% below 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 Hot Spring County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Population estimates put the population change in Hot Spring County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Hot Spring 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 | Hot Spring County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.5 | 23.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $389K | $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 | +1.1% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $758 | $815 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $55,405 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 30 | 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
- 77Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 246 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 22The 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 Hot Spring 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 Hot Spring County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 33,451+1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 12,310
- Median age
- 42.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 615 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 54
- Median household income
- $55,405+26.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $70,323
- Median home value
- $151,100
- Jobs located here
- 7,843
- Daytime population
- 28,215Residents 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 Hot Spring 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 |
| 35Hot Spring County, AR | 30 | 24 | 19.5 | $389K | +1.1% | #2,017 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Hot Spring 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 spas44
- Hair salons30
- Barbershops28
- Nail salons38
- Spas and skin care31
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Hot Spring County, AR?
Hot Spring County has 24 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 6 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Hot Spring County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 77 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Hot Spring County, AR spend on personal care products and services?
About $9.3M a year, or $758 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 24 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $389K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,310 households in Hot Spring County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hot Spring County, AR compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Hot Spring County has 19.5 hair salons per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $389K, 10% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Hot Spring County would have about 22, against 24 on map listings.
How fast is Hot Spring County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Hot Spring County at 33,451 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,310 households. The median household income in Hot Spring County is $55,405 a year, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.2% 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. Hot Spring County scores 30 for hair salons (lower middle), #2,017 of 2,339 scored counties.
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