Beauty and personal care · County · Arkansas
Nail salons in Hot Spring County, AR
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for nail salons in Hot Spring County, AR, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 38 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #981 of 1,328 scored counties
#7 of 24 scored counties in Arkansas
- Listings
- 5
- 1 chain location (20%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $9.3M
- On personal care products and services · $758 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.9M
- 12% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.1
- 32% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 33,451
- +1.1% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 5 nail salons in Hot Spring County. One of them (20%) is a chain location, against 27% across the U.S. That is 4.1 per 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.
At $758 per household (25% below the U.S. average), households in Hot Spring County spend about $9.3M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $1.9M per salon, 12% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which nail salons share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in Hot Spring County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 7 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Hot Spring County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Hot Spring County scores 38 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for nail salons, ranking #981 of 1,328 scored counties and #7 of 24 scored counties in Arkansas.
How Hot Spring 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 nail 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 | Hot Spring County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.1 | 5.5 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.9M | $1.5M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 9,206 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +72.4% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.1% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $758 | $815 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $55,405 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 38 | 43 |
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
- 7Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 51 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 nail salons in Hot Spring 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 Hot Spring County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 33,451+1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 12,310
- Median age
- 42.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 615 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 54
- Median household income
- $55,405+26.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $70,323
- Median home value
- $151,100
- Jobs located here
- 7,843
- Daytime population
- 28,215Residents 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 nail salons, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with Hot Spring County marked.
Top counties in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Washington County, AR | 68 | 44 | 4.5 | $1.9M | +9.9% | #196 of 1,328 |
| 2Benton County, AR | 67 | 71 | 6.3 | $1.6M | +16.0% | #229 of 1,328 |
| 3Saline County, AR | 63 | 27 | 5.4 | $1.7M | +7.6% | #337 of 1,328 |
| 4Crawford County, AR | 50 | 12 | 5.1 | $1.6M | +4.1% | #710 of 1,328 |
| 5Lonoke County, AR | 44 | 16 | 5.6 | $1.6M | +3.5% | #868 of 1,328 |
| 6Pulaski County, AR | 40 | 127 | 7.4 | $1.1M | +1.3% | #957 of 1,328 |
| 7Hot Spring County, AR | 38 | 5 | 4.1 | $1.9M | +1.1% | #981 of 1,328 |
| 8Greene County, AR | 37 | 9 | 5.0 | $1.6M | +3.4% | #1,005 of 1,328 |
| 9Baxter County, AR | 35 | 9 | 4.7 | $1.6M | +3.1% | #1,046 of 1,328 |
| 10White County, AR | 35 | 21 | 7.1 | $1.1M | +4.2% | #1,055 of 1,328 |
Other business types in Hot Spring 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 spas44
- Hair salons30
- Barbershops28
- Nail salons38
- Spas and skin care31
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in Hot Spring County, AR?
Hot Spring County has 5 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (20%) is a chain location. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in Hot Spring County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 7 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Hot Spring County, AR spend on personal care products and services?
About $9.3M a year, or $758 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.9M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,310 households in Hot Spring County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hot Spring County, AR compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Hot Spring County has 4.1 nail salons per 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.9M, 12% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, Hot Spring County would have about 6, against 5 on map listings.
How fast is Hot Spring County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Hot Spring County at 33,451 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,310 households. The median household income in Hot Spring County is $55,405 a year, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.2% 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. Hot Spring County scores 38 for nail salons (lower middle), #981 of 1,328 scored counties.
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