Beauty and personal care · County · Arkansas
Hair salons in Randolph County, AR
How Randolph 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 58 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #758 of 2,339 scored counties
#6 of 61 scored counties in Arkansas
- Listings
- 7
- 3 chain locations (43%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $5.3M
- On personal care products and services · $728 a household
- Spending per listing
- $763K
- 77% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.5
- 59% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 18,876
- +1.5% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 7 hair salons in Randolph County. 3 of them (43%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 9.5 for every 10,000 households, 59% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Randolph County comes to about $5.3M a year: $728 per household, 28% below the U.S. average. Spread across 7 hair salons, that is $763K per salon, 77% above 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 Randolph County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts also show 27 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Randolph County grew 1.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Randolph County is 58 (upper middle), #758 of 2,339 scored counties and #6 of 61 scored counties in Arkansas.
How Randolph 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 | Randolph County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.5 | 23.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $763K | $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 | +1.5% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $728 | $815 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $50,911 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 58 | 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
- 27Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 73 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The 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 Randolph 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 Randolph County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 18,876+1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 7,334
- Median age
- 41.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 652 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 29
- Median household income
- $50,911+36.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $67,362
- Median home value
- $130,600
- Jobs located here
- 5,919
- Daytime population
- 18,091Residents 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 Randolph 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 |
Other business types in Randolph 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 spas47
- Hair salons58
- Barbershops
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care22
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Randolph County, AR?
Randolph County has 7 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (43%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Randolph County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 27 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Randolph County, AR spend on personal care products and services?
About $5.3M a year, or $728 per household. That is 28% below the U.S. average (an index of 72, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $763K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,334 households in Randolph County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Randolph County, AR compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Randolph County has 9.5 hair salons per 10,000 households, 59% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $763K, 77% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Randolph County would have about 12, against 7 on map listings.
How fast is Randolph County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Randolph County at 18,876 people in 2025, up 1.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,334 households. The median household income in Randolph County is $50,911 a year, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.8% 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. Randolph County scores 58 for hair salons (upper middle), #758 of 2,339 scored counties.
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