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Nail salons in Lincoln County, AR

How Lincoln County, AR compares with other counties and the U.S. for nail salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$2.7M
On personal care products and services · $742 a household
Spending per listing
$2.7M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
2.8
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
12,764
−1.0% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 nail salon in Lincoln County. That is 2.8 per 10,000 households.

Households in Lincoln County spend about $2.7M a year on personal care products and services, or $742 per household, 26% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.7M per salon. 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 Lincoln County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 4 one-person businesses without payroll.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Lincoln County declined 1.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 nail salon on map listings, Lincoln County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Lincoln 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 Lincoln County, AR compared with Arkansas and the U.S.
MeasureLincoln CountyArkansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.85.56.0
Spending per listing$2.7M$1.5M$1.7M
Households per official establishmentn/a9,2063,754
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+72.4%+23.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.0%+3.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$742$815$1,005
Median household income$51,778$60,773$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored43

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
4Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
10 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2The 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 Lincoln 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 Lincoln County

Population, 2025 estimate
12,764−1.0% since 2020
Households
3,592
Median age
40.1
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
560 sq. mi.
People per square mile
23
Median household income
$51,778+11.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$65,191
Median home value
$108,000
Jobs located here
1,983
Daytime population
11,251Residents 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 Lincoln 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
Lincoln County, ARNot scored12.8$2.7M−1.0%

Other business types in Lincoln County

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

Questions

How many nail salons are in Lincoln County, AR?

There is 1 nail salon on map listings in Lincoln County as of September 2026. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in Lincoln County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 4 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $2.7M a year, or $742 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 nail salon on map listings, it comes to $2.7M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,592 households in Lincoln County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Lincoln County has 1 nail salon on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, Lincoln County would have about 2, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is Lincoln County, AR growing?

Population estimates put Lincoln County at 12,764 people in 2025, down 1.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,592 households. The median household income in Lincoln County is $51,778 a year, 36% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 11.1% 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. Lincoln County has no market score for nail salons: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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