Beauty and personal care · County · Arkansas
Hair salons in Howard County, AR
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in Howard County, AR, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 27 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #2,093 of 2,339 scored counties
#39 of 61 scored counties in Arkansas
- Listings
- 8
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $3.6M
- On personal care products and services · $703 a household
- Spending per listing
- $448K
- 4% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.7
- 33% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 12,306
- −3.6% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Howard County is 27 (lower middle), #2,093 of 2,339 scored counties and #39 of 61 scored counties in Arkansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Howard County comes to about $3.6M a year: $703 per household, 30% below the U.S. average. That works out to $448K per salon, 4% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
Howard County has 8 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That is 15.7 per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for beauty salons in Howard County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates put the population change in Howard County from 2020 to 2025 at −3.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Howard 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 | Howard County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.7 | 23.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $448K | $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 | −3.6% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $703 | $815 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $45,603 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 27 | 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
- 36Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 80 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Howard 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 Howard County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 12,306−3.6% since 2020
- Households
- 5,098
- Median age
- 38.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 587 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 21
- Median household income
- $45,603+26.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $62,719
- Median home value
- $153,900
- Jobs located here
- 6,243
- Daytime population
- 13,655Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Howard County?
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Every Arkansas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Arkansas for hair salons, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with Howard 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 |
| 39Howard County, AR | 27 | 8 | 15.7 | $448K | −3.6% | #2,093 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Howard 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 Howard County, AR?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 hair salons in Howard County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Howard County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 36 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Howard County, AR spend on personal care products and services?
About $3.6M a year, or $703 per household. That is 30% below the U.S. average (an index of 70, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $448K 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 5,098 households in Howard County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Howard County, AR compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Howard County has 15.7 hair salons per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $448K, 4% 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 Howard County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Howard County at 12,306 people in 2025, down 3.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,098 households. Median household income in Howard County is $45,603, 44% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.5%, 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. Howard County scores 27 for hair salons (lower middle), #2,093 of 2,339 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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