Beauty and personal care · County · Arkansas
Nail salons in Independence County, AR
How Independence County, AR compares with other counties and the U.S. for nail salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 31 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,124 of 1,328 scored counties
#16 of 24 scored counties in Arkansas
- Listings
- 8
- 4 chain locations (50%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $11.4M
- On personal care products and services · $776 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.4M
- 15% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.5
- 8% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 38,785
- +2.2% since 2020
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What this means
For nail salons, Independence County has a Groundwork market score of 31 (lower middle): #1,124 of 1,328 scored counties and #16 of 24 scored counties in Arkansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Independence County comes to about $11.4M a year: $776 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. Spread across 8 nail salons, that is $1.4M per salon, 15% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.
There are 8 nail salons on map listings in Independence County as of September 2026. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 50%, against 27% across the U.S. That is 5.5 per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for nail salons in Independence County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates show Independence County grew 2.2% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Independence 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 | Independence County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.5 | 5.5 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.4M | $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 | +2.2% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $776 | $815 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $56,609 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 31 | 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
- 30Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 84 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 nail salons in Independence 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 Independence County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 38,785+2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 14,638
- Median age
- 39.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 764 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 50
- Median household income
- $56,609+27.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,952
- Median home value
- $142,600
- Jobs located here
- 18,686
- Daytime population
- 41,118Residents 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 16Independence County, AR | 31 | 8 | 5.5 | $1.4M | +2.2% | #1,124 of 1,328 |
Other business types in Independence 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 spas35
- Hair salons39
- Barbershops
- Nail salons31
- Spas and skin care27
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in Independence County, AR?
As of September 2026, map listings count 8 nail salons in Independence County. 4 of them (50%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in Independence County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 30 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Independence County, AR spend on personal care products and services?
About $11.4M a year, or $776 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.4M per salon. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which nail salons share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 14,638 households in Independence County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Independence County, AR compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Independence County has 5.5 nail salons per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.4M, 15% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, Independence County would have about 7, against 8 on map listings.
How fast is Independence County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Independence County at 38,785 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 14,638 households. Median household income in Independence County is $56,609, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.7%, 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. Independence County scores 31 for nail salons (lower middle), #1,124 of 1,328 scored counties.
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