Beauty and personal care · County · Arkansas
Nail salons in Ouachita County, AR
The nail salons in Ouachita County, AR, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $6.3M
- On personal care products and services · $729 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- 6% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.6
- 23% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 21,731
- −3.9% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 4 nail salons in Ouachita County. That is 4.6 per 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Ouachita County comes to about $6.3M a year: $729 per household, 27% below the U.S. average. Spread across 4 nail salons, that is $1.6M per salon, 6% below 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 Ouachita County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 18 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Ouachita County from 2020 to 2025 at −3.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 nail salons on map listings, Ouachita County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Ouachita 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 | Ouachita County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.6 | 5.5 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $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 | −3.9% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $729 | $815 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $49,268 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 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
- 18Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 40 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Ouachita 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 Ouachita County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 21,731−3.9% since 2020
- Households
- 8,624
- Median age
- 44.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 733 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 30
- Median household income
- $49,268+39.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $65,528
- Median home value
- $102,100
- Jobs located here
- 6,318
- Daytime population
- 19,004Residents 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 |
| Ouachita County, AR | Not scored | 4 | 4.6 | $1.6M | −3.9% |
Other business types in Ouachita 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 spas11
- Hair salons15
- Barbershops3
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in Ouachita County, AR?
Ouachita County has 4 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in Ouachita County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 18 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Ouachita County, AR spend on personal care products and services?
About $6.3M a year, or $729 per household. That is 27% below the U.S. average (an index of 73, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.6M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,624 households in Ouachita County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ouachita County, AR compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Ouachita County has 4.6 nail salons per 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.6M, 6% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending.
How fast is Ouachita County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Ouachita County at 21,731 people in 2025, down 3.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,624 households. The median household income in Ouachita County is $49,268 a year, 39% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 39.1% 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. Ouachita County has no market score for nail salons: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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