Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Arkansas
Hair salons in the Jonesboro, AR metro area
The hair salons in the Jonesboro, AR metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 38 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #316 of 387 scored metro areas
#2 of 5 scored metro areas based in Arkansas
- Listings
- 143
- 25 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $42.4M
- On personal care products and services · $796 a household
- Spending per listing
- $296K
- 31% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 26.9
- 15% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 139,440
- +3.6% since 2020
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What this means
The Jonesboro metro area scores 38 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #316 of 387 scored metro areas and #2 of 5 scored metro areas based in Arkansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
At $796 per household (21% below the U.S. average), households in the Jonesboro metro area spend about $42.4M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 143 hair salons, that is $296K per salon, 31% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
The Jonesboro metro area has 143 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 25 are chain locations, or 17%, against 14% across the U.S. That is 26.9 per 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 13 businesses with payroll in the Jonesboro metro area classed as beauty salons. That is one for every 4,095 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $623K has gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in the Jonesboro metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Jonesboro metro area grew 3.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Jonesboro metro 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 | Jonesboro metro area | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 26.9 | 23.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $296K | $354K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 4,095 | 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 | $796 | $815 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $56,738 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 38 | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13
- Employees, 2023
- 50
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 612Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 14325 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 98The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $623K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in the Jonesboro metro 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 Jonesboro metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 139,440+3.6% since 2020
- Households
- 53,229
- Median age
- 36.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,466 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 93
- Median household income
- $56,738+23.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $81,333
- Median home value
- $192,200
- Jobs located here
- 59,276
- Daytime population
- 139,762Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arkansas market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Arkansas for hair salons, numbered among those based in Arkansas (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Jonesboro metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR | 51 | 519 | 24.1 | $394K | +13.1% | #176 of 387 |
| 2Jonesboro, AR | 38 | 143 | 26.9 | $296K | +3.6% | #316 of 387 |
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 36 | 1,256 | 24.0 | $359K | −0.3% | #330 of 387 |
| 3Fort Smith, AR-OK | 35 | 224 | 24.6 | $321K | +3.1% | #342 of 387 |
| 4Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR | 33 | 836 | 26.8 | $320K | +3.8% | #352 of 387 |
| Texarkana, TX-AR | 27 | 175 | 31.1 | $250K | −0.4% | #372 of 387 |
| 5Hot Springs, AR | 24 | 102 | 23.4 | $334K | −0.6% | #379 of 387 |
Other business types in the Jonesboro metro 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 spas32
- Hair salons38
- Barbershops38
- Nail salons23
- Spas and skin care25
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in the Jonesboro, AR metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 143 hair salons in the Jonesboro metro area. 25 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts also show 612 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Jonesboro, AR metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $42.4M a year, or $796 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 143 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $296K 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 53,229 households in the Jonesboro metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Jonesboro, AR metro area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
The Jonesboro metro area has 26.9 hair salons per 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $296K, 31% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, the Jonesboro metro area would have about 98, against 143 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,095 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is the Jonesboro, AR metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Jonesboro metro area at 139,440 people in 2025, up 3.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 53,229 households. Median household income in the Jonesboro metro area is $56,738, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.2%, 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. The Jonesboro metro area scores 38 for hair salons (lower middle), #316 of 387 scored metro areas.
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