Beauty and personal care · County · Arkansas
Salons, barbers and spas in Carroll County, AR
How Carroll County, AR compares with other counties and the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 38 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,823 of 2,385 scored counties
#25 of 61 scored counties in Arkansas
- Listings
- 45
- 15 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $8.7M
- On personal care products and services · $769 a household
- Spending per listing
- $194K
- 9% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 39.7
- 16% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 29,263
- +3.6% since 2020
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What this means
Carroll County scores 38 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for salons, barbers and spas, ranking #1,823 of 2,385 scored counties and #25 of 61 scored counties in Arkansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Carroll County comes to about $8.7M a year: $769 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. That is about $194K of household spending for each business on map listings, 9% below the U.S. figure of $213K.
There are 45 salons, barbers and spas on map listings in Carroll County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 33% of them, against 15% across the U.S. That comes to 39.7 for every 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 47.2.
Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in Carroll County in 2023. That is one for every 1,418 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $182K has gone to businesses classed as personal care services in Carroll County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Carroll County grew 3.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Carroll 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 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 | Carroll County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 39.7 | 44.0 | 47.2 |
| Spending per listing | $194K | $185K | $213K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,418 | 1,434 | 804 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +26.7% | +14.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.6% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $769 | $815 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $54,230 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 38 | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 8
- Employees, 2023
- 8
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $165K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 91Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4515 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 41The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $182K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as personal care services in Carroll 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 Carroll County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 29,263+3.6% since 2020
- Households
- 11,347
- Median age
- 44.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 630 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 45
- Median household income
- $54,230+17.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,165
- Median home value
- $210,400
- Jobs located here
- 11,469
- Daytime population
- 28,358Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arkansas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Arkansas for salons, barbers and spas, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with Carroll County marked.
Top counties in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Madison County, AR | 71 | 13 | 20.1 | $388K | +11.2% | #253 of 2,385 |
| 2Marion County, AR | 66 | 11 | 14.4 | $502K | +4.3% | #402 of 2,385 |
| 3Perry County, AR | 66 | 7 | 17.1 | $458K | +3.1% | #405 of 2,385 |
| 4Saline County, AR | 61 | 182 | 36.3 | $248K | +7.6% | #623 of 2,385 |
| 5Lonoke County, AR | 59 | 103 | 36.1 | $241K | +3.5% | #718 of 2,385 |
| 6Grant County, AR | 54 | 23 | 33.0 | $259K | +4.1% | #937 of 2,385 |
| 7Benton County, AR | 54 | 526 | 47.0 | $216K | +16.0% | #956 of 2,385 |
| 8Miller County, AR | 53 | 26 | 15.9 | $458K | −0.5% | #960 of 2,385 |
| 9Fulton County, AR | 51 | 11 | 23.1 | $295K | +3.7% | #1,087 of 2,385 |
| 10Crawford County, AR | 50 | 91 | 39.0 | $207K | +4.1% | #1,189 of 2,385 |
| 25Carroll County, AR | 38 | 45 | 39.7 | $194K | +3.6% | #1,823 of 2,385 |
Other business types in Carroll 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 spas38
- Hair salons46
- Barbershops33
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care25
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 Carroll County, AR?
As of September 2026, map listings count 45 salons, barbers and spas in Carroll County. 15 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and nail salons, barbers, spas and skin care. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in 2023. Official counts also show 91 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Carroll County, AR spend on personal care products and services?
About $8.7M a year, or $769 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 45 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $194K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,347 households in Carroll County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Carroll County, AR compare with the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas?
Carroll County has 39.7 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 47.2. Spending per business is $194K, 9% below the U.S. figure of $213K. At the U.S. ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, Carroll County would have about 41, against 45 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,418 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S.
How fast is Carroll County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Carroll County at 29,263 people in 2025, up 3.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,347 households. The median household income in Carroll County is $54,230 a year, 33% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 17.6% 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. Carroll County scores 38 for salons, barbers and spas (lower middle), #1,823 of 2,385 scored counties.
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