Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Arkansas
Nail salons in the Searcy, AR area
How the Searcy, AR area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for nail salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 38 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #281 of 387 scored small-town markets
#6 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Arkansas
- Listings
- 21
- 8 chain locations (38%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $22.6M
- On personal care products and services · $763 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.1M
- 36% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.1
- 18% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 80,085
- +4.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 21 nail salons in the Searcy area. 8 of them (38%) are chain locations, against 27% across the U.S. That comes to 7.1 for every 10,000 households, 18% above the U.S. rate of 6.0.
At $763 per household (24% below the U.S. average), households in the Searcy area spend about $22.6M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $1.1M per salon, 36% 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.
Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in the Searcy area in 2023. That is one for every 5,926 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Official counts also show 47 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Searcy area grew 4.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for nail salons in the Searcy area is 38 (lower middle), #281 of 387 scored small-town markets and #6 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Arkansas.
How the Searcy area 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 | Searcy area | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.1 | 5.5 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.1M | $1.5M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 5,926 | 9,206 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +72.4% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.2% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $763 | $815 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $55,249 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 38 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5
- Employees, 2023
- 7
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $182K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 47Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 218 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 14The 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 the Searcy area, 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 the Searcy area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 80,085+4.2% since 2020
- Households
- 29,629
- Median age
- 39.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,034 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 75
- Median household income
- $55,249+25.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $73,679
- Median home value
- $163,600
- Jobs located here
- 25,976
- Daytime population
- 72,590Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arkansas market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Arkansas for nail salons, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with the Searcy area marked.
Top small-town markets in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Harrison, AR | 43 | 8 | 4.3 | $1.8M | +2.4% | #245 of 387 |
| 2Malvern, AR | 41 | 5 | 4.1 | $1.9M | +1.1% | #258 of 387 |
| 3Russellville, AR | 41 | 15 | 4.6 | $1.7M | +1.6% | #261 of 387 |
| 4Paragould, AR | 41 | 9 | 5.0 | $1.6M | +3.4% | #264 of 387 |
| 5Mountain Home, AR | 38 | 9 | 4.7 | $1.6M | +3.1% | #274 of 387 |
| 6Searcy, AR | 38 | 21 | 7.1 | $1.1M | +4.2% | #281 of 387 |
| 7Batesville, AR | 36 | 8 | 5.5 | $1.4M | +2.2% | #290 of 387 |
| 8Pine Bluff, AR | 33 | 13 | 4.8 | $1.5M | −5.6% | #310 of 387 |
| 9Blytheville, AR | 24 | 7 | 4.5 | $1.7M | −6.7% | #346 of 387 |
| 10Camden, AR | 19 | 5 | 4.8 | $1.5M | −3.6% | #357 of 387 |
Other business types in the Searcy area
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 spas36
- Hair salons35
- Barbershops48
- Nail salons38
- Spas and skin care51
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in the Searcy, AR area?
There are 21 nail salons on map listings in the Searcy area as of September 2026. 8 of them (38%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023. Another 47 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Searcy, AR area spend on personal care products and services?
About $22.6M a year, or $763 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 21 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.1M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 29,629 households in the Searcy area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Searcy, AR area compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
The Searcy area has 7.1 nail salons per 10,000 households, 18% above the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.1M, 36% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, the Searcy area would have about 14, against 21 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,926 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S.
How fast is the Searcy, AR area growing?
Population estimates put the Searcy area at 80,085 people in 2025, up 4.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 29,629 households. The median household income in the Searcy area is $55,249 a year, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.5% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Searcy area scores 38 for nail salons (lower middle), #281 of 387 scored small-town markets.
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