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Nail salons in Jefferson County, AR

How Jefferson 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 30 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,139 of 1,328 scored counties
#18 of 24 scored counties in Arkansas

Listings
13
5 chain locations (38%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$17.6M
On personal care products and services · $733 a household
Spending per listing
$1.4M
19% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.4
10% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
62,987
−5.7% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Jefferson County scores 30 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for nail salons, ranking #1,139 of 1,328 scored counties and #18 of 24 scored counties in Arkansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on personal care products and services in Jefferson County comes to about $17.6M a year: $733 per household, 27% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.4M of household spending for each salon on map listings, 19% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.

Jefferson County has 13 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 38% of them, against 27% across the U.S. That is 5.4 per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.

Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in Jefferson County in 2023. That is one for every 8,006 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Jefferson County from 2020 to 2025 at −5.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Jefferson 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.

Nail salons in Jefferson County, AR compared with Arkansas and the U.S.
MeasureJefferson CountyArkansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.45.56.0
Spending per listing$1.4M$1.5M$1.7M
Households per official establishment8,0069,2063,754
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+72.4%+23.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−5.7%+3.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$733$815$1,005
Median household income$51,096$60,773$80,734
Groundwork market score3043

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
4
Annual payroll, 2023
$87K
One-person businesses, 2023
58Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
135 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
11The 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 Jefferson 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 Jefferson County

Population, 2025 estimate
62,987−5.7% since 2020
Households
24,017
Median age
40.0
Homes lived in by their owners
62%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
872 sq. mi.
People per square mile
74
Median household income
$51,096+25.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$69,100
Median home value
$113,400
Jobs located here
24,809
Daytime population
63,761Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Nail salons across Arkansas

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The highest-scoring counties in Arkansas for nail salons, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with Jefferson County marked.

Top counties in Arkansas

Counties in Arkansas ranked for nail salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Washington County, AR68444.5$1.9M+9.9%#196 of 1,328
2Benton County, AR67716.3$1.6M+16.0%#229 of 1,328
3Saline County, AR63275.4$1.7M+7.6%#337 of 1,328
4Crawford County, AR50125.1$1.6M+4.1%#710 of 1,328
5Lonoke County, AR44165.6$1.6M+3.5%#868 of 1,328
6Pulaski County, AR401277.4$1.1M+1.3%#957 of 1,328
7Hot Spring County, AR3854.1$1.9M+1.1%#981 of 1,328
8Greene County, AR3795.0$1.6M+3.4%#1,005 of 1,328
9Baxter County, AR3594.7$1.6M+3.1%#1,046 of 1,328
10White County, AR35217.1$1.1M+4.2%#1,055 of 1,328
18Jefferson County, AR30135.4$1.4M−5.7%#1,139 of 1,328

Other business types in Jefferson County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many nail salons are in Jefferson County, AR?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 nail salons in Jefferson County. 5 of them (38%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023. Official counts list 58 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Jefferson County, AR spend on personal care products and services?

About $17.6M a year, or $733 per household. That is 27% below the U.S. average (an index of 73, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 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 24,017 households in Jefferson County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Jefferson County, AR compare with the U.S. for nail salons?

Jefferson County has 5.4 nail salons per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.4M, 19% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, Jefferson County would have about 11, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,006 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S.

How fast is Jefferson County, AR growing?

Population estimates put Jefferson County at 62,987 people in 2025, down 5.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 24,017 households. Median household income in Jefferson County is $51,096, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.5%, 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. Jefferson County scores 30 for nail salons (lower middle), #1,139 of 1,328 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for nail salons · All 56 business types in Jefferson County

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