Beauty and personal care · County · Arkansas
Hair salons in St. Francis County, AR
The hair salons in St. Francis County, AR, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,303 of 2,339 scored counties
#13 of 61 scored counties in Arkansas
- Listings
- 5
- 1 chain location (20%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $5.2M
- On personal care products and services · $671 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1M
- 2.4 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.4
- 73% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 21,800
- −5.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 hair salons in St. Francis County. One of them (20%) is a chain location, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.4, 73% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Household spending on personal care products and services in St. Francis County comes to about $5.2M a year: $671 per household, 33% below the U.S. average. Spread across 5 hair salons, that is $1M per salon, 2.4 times 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 St. Francis County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 149 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of St. Francis County declined 5.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for hair salons in St. Francis County is 47 (lower middle), #1,303 of 2,339 scored counties and #13 of 61 scored counties in Arkansas.
How St. Francis 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 | St. Francis County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.4 | 23.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1M | $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 | −5.3% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $671 | $815 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $42,574 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 47 | 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
- 149Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 51 chain location
- 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 St. Francis 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 St. Francis County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 21,800−5.3% since 2020
- Households
- 7,783
- Median age
- 39.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 55%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 635 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 35
- Median household income
- $42,574+20.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $58,099
- Median home value
- $90,900
- Jobs located here
- 6,530
- Daytime population
- 21,343Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 13St. Francis County, AR | 47 | 5 | 6.4 | $1M | −5.3% | #1,303 of 2,339 |
Other business types in St. Francis 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 spas32
- Hair salons47
- Barbershops
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care23
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in St. Francis County, AR?
There are 5 hair salons on map listings in St. Francis County as of September 2026. One of them (20%) is a chain location. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in St. Francis County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 149 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in St. Francis County, AR spend on personal care products and services?
About $5.2M a year, or $671 per household. That is 33% below the U.S. average (an index of 67, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $1M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,783 households in St. Francis County and national spending patterns by income.
How does St. Francis County, AR compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
St. Francis County has 6.4 hair salons per 10,000 households, 73% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $1M, 2.4 times the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, St. Francis County would have about 12, against 5 on map listings.
How fast is St. Francis County, AR growing?
Population estimates put St. Francis County at 21,800 people in 2025, down 5.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,783 households. The median household income in St. Francis County is $42,574 a year, 47% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.4% 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. St. Francis County scores 47 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,303 of 2,339 scored counties.
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