Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Arkansas
Salons, barbers and spas in the Arkadelphia, AR area
The salons, barbers and spas in the Arkadelphia, AR area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 22 out of 100: Low
Ranked #516 of 538 scored small-town markets
#12 of 14 scored small-town markets based in Arkansas
- Listings
- 30
- 5 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $6.1M
- On personal care products and services · $752 a household
- Spending per listing
- $203K
- 4% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 36.9
- 22% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 20,938
- −2.2% since 2020
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What this means
The Arkadelphia area scores 22 (low) on the Groundwork market score for salons, barbers and spas, ranking #516 of 538 scored small-town markets and #12 of 14 scored small-town markets based in Arkansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Household spending on personal care products and services in the Arkadelphia area comes to about $6.1M a year: $752 per household, 25% below the U.S. average. That works out to $203K per business, 4% below the U.S. figure of $213K.
The Arkadelphia area has 30 salons, barbers and spas on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 17% of them, against 15% across the U.S. That is 36.9 per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 47.2.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for personal care services in the Arkadelphia area, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates show the Arkadelphia area declined 2.2% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Arkadelphia 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 salons, barbers and spas 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 | Arkadelphia area | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 36.9 | 44.0 | 47.2 |
| Spending per listing | $203K | $185K | $213K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,434 | 804 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +26.7% | +14.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.2% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $752 | $815 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $52,034 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 22 | 41 |
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
- 87Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 305 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 29The 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 personal care services in the Arkadelphia 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 Arkadelphia area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 20,938−2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 8,121
- Median age
- 36.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 866 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 24
- Median household income
- $52,034+25.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $71,512
- Median home value
- $155,000
- Jobs located here
- 7,786
- Daytime population
- 20,730Residents 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 salons, barbers and spas, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with the Arkadelphia area marked.
Top small-town markets in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Harrison, AR | 52 | 71 | 38.3 | $199K | +2.4% | #250 of 538 |
| 2Malvern, AR | 49 | 45 | 36.6 | $207K | +1.1% | #290 of 538 |
| 3Russellville, AR | 47 | 124 | 38.0 | $206K | +1.6% | #316 of 538 |
| 4Paragould, AR | 47 | 68 | 37.8 | $205K | +3.4% | #317 of 538 |
| 5Forrest City, AR | 38 | 18 | 23.1 | $290K | −5.3% | #404 of 538 |
| 6Searcy, AR | 36 | 133 | 44.9 | $170K | +4.2% | #437 of 538 |
| 7Mountain Home, AR | 35 | 72 | 37.2 | $198K | +3.1% | #441 of 538 |
| 8Batesville, AR | 35 | 68 | 46.5 | $167K | +2.2% | #449 of 538 |
| 9Blytheville, AR | 24 | 54 | 34.9 | $219K | −6.7% | #508 of 538 |
| 10Pine Bluff, AR | 24 | 115 | 42.7 | $173K | −5.6% | #510 of 538 |
| 12Arkadelphia, AR | 22 | 30 | 36.9 | $203K | −2.2% | #516 of 538 |
Other business types in the Arkadelphia 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 spas22
- Hair salons25
- Barbershops
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care27
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many salons, barbers and spas are in the Arkadelphia, AR area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 30 salons, barbers and spas in the Arkadelphia area. 5 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and nail salons, barbers, spas and skin care. No official count is published for personal care services in the Arkadelphia area: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 87 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Arkadelphia, AR area spend on personal care products and services?
About $6.1M a year, or $752 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 30 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $203K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,121 households in the Arkadelphia area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Arkadelphia, AR area compare with the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas?
The Arkadelphia area has 36.9 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 47.2. Spending per business is $203K, 4% below the U.S. figure of $213K. At the U.S. ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, the Arkadelphia area would have about 29, against 30 on map listings.
How fast is the Arkadelphia, AR area growing?
Population estimates put the Arkadelphia area at 20,938 people in 2025, down 2.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,121 households. The median household income in the Arkadelphia area is $52,034 a year, 36% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.0% 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 Arkadelphia area scores 22 for salons, barbers and spas (low), #516 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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