Beauty and personal care · County · Arkansas
Hair salons in Pulaski County, AR
The hair salons in Pulaski County, AR, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 27 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #2,103 of 2,339 scored counties
#40 of 61 scored counties in Arkansas
- Listings
- 523
- 67 chain locations (13%)
- Official establishments
- 109
- −4.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $145.9M
- On personal care products and services · $846 a household
- Spending per listing
- $279K
- 35% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 30.3
- 29% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 404,611
- +1.3% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Pulaski County is 27 (lower middle), #2,103 of 2,339 scored counties and #40 of 61 scored counties in Arkansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Pulaski County spend about $145.9M a year on personal care products and services, or $846 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That is about $279K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 35% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
Pulaski County has 523 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 67 of them (13%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That is 30.3 per 10,000 households, 29% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Official counts show 109 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Pulaski County in 2023, down 4.4% from 2019. That is one for every 1,582 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 8 SBA-backed loans worth $706K have gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Pulaski County. Population estimates show Pulaski County grew 1.3% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Pulaski 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 | Pulaski County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 30.3 | 23.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $279K | $354K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,582 | 2,662 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −4.4% | +16.5% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.3% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $846 | $815 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $62,873 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 27 | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 114 → 109−4.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 544
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $16.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 1,530Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 52367 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 339The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 8
- Amount
- $706K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Pulaski 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 Pulaski County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 404,611+1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 172,409
- Median age
- 38.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 57%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 758 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 527
- Median household income
- $62,873+21.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,992
- Median home value
- $214,700
- Jobs located here
- 267,329
- Daytime population
- 495,823Residents 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 Pulaski 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 |
| 40Pulaski County, AR | 27 | 523 | 30.3 | $279K | +1.3% | #2,103 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Pulaski 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 spas24
- Hair salons27
- Barbershops39
- Nail salons40
- Spas and skin care26
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Pulaski County, AR?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 523 hair salons in Pulaski County. 67 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 109 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, down 4.4% from 2019. Another 1,530 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Pulaski County, AR spend on personal care products and services?
About $145.9M a year, or $846 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 523 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $279K 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 172,409 households in Pulaski County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Pulaski County, AR compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Pulaski County has 30.3 hair salons per 10,000 households, 29% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $279K, 35% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Pulaski County would have about 339, against 523 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,582 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count fell 4.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Pulaski County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Pulaski County at 404,611 people in 2025, up 1.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 172,409 households. Median household income in Pulaski County is $62,873, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.5%, 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. Pulaski County scores 27 for hair salons (lower middle), #2,103 of 2,339 scored counties.
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