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Hair salons in Pike County, AR

How Pike 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 8 out of 100: Very low

Ranked #2,321 of 2,339 scored counties
#58 of 61 scored counties in Arkansas

Listings
12
4 chain locations (33%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$3M
On personal care products and services · $738 a household
Spending per listing
$251K
42% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
29.4
26% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
9,964
−1.9% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Pike County is 8 (very low), #2,321 of 2,339 scored counties and #58 of 61 scored counties in Arkansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 hair salons in Pike County. 4 of them (33%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 29.4, 26% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.

At $738 per household (27% below the U.S. average), households in Pike County spend about $3M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 12 hair salons, that is $251K per salon, 42% 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 Pike County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Population estimates put the population change in Pike County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Pike 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.

Hair salons in Pike County, AR compared with Arkansas and the U.S.
MeasurePike CountyArkansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households29.423.023.4
Spending per listing$251K$354K$430K
Households per official establishmentn/a2,6621,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+16.5%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.9%+3.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$738$815$1,005
Median household income$49,269$60,773$80,734
Groundwork market score841

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
30Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
124 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
7The 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 Pike 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 Pike County

Population, 2025 estimate
9,964−1.9% since 2020
Households
4,082
Median age
41.9
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
600 sq. mi.
People per square mile
17
Median household income
$49,269+22.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$72,457
Median home value
$121,600
Jobs located here
2,390
Daytime population
8,981Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Hair salons across Arkansas

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The highest-scoring counties in Arkansas for hair salons, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with Pike County marked.

Top counties in Arkansas

Counties in Arkansas ranked for hair salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Madison County, AR73710.8$721K+11.2%#201 of 2,339
2Marion County, AR64810.4$690K+4.3%#475 of 2,339
3Saline County, AR649719.3$466K+7.6%#506 of 2,339
4Benton County, AR6126023.2$438K+16.0%#653 of 2,339
5Lonoke County, AR595820.3$428K+3.5%#751 of 2,339
6Randolph County, AR5879.5$763K+1.5%#758 of 2,339
7Perry County, AR56614.7$535K+3.1%#859 of 2,339
8Logan County, AR541315.3$520K+2.5%#952 of 2,339
9Crawford County, AR544820.6$392K+4.1%#984 of 2,339
10Miller County, AR53159.2$793K−0.5%#990 of 2,339
58Pike County, AR81229.4$251K−1.9%#2,321 of 2,339

Other business types in Pike County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many hair salons are in Pike County, AR?

There are 12 hair salons on map listings in Pike County as of September 2026. 4 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Pike County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 30 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Pike County, AR spend on personal care products and services?

About $3M a year, or $738 per household. That is 27% below the U.S. average (an index of 73, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $251K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,082 households in Pike County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Pike County, AR compare with the U.S. for hair salons?

Pike County has 29.4 hair salons per 10,000 households, 26% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $251K, 42% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Pike County would have about 7, against 12 on map listings.

How fast is Pike County, AR growing?

Population estimates put Pike County at 9,964 people in 2025, down 1.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,082 households. The median household income in Pike County is $49,269 a year, 39% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.0% 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. Pike County scores 8 for hair salons (very low), #2,321 of 2,339 scored counties.

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