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Salons, barbers and spas in Grant County, AR

How Grant 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 54 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #937 of 2,385 scored counties
#6 of 61 scored counties in Arkansas

Listings
23
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$6M
On personal care products and services · $854 a household
Spending per listing
$259K
22% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
33.0
30% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
18,756
+4.1% 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

Households in Grant County spend about $6M a year on personal care products and services, or $854 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. Spread across 23 salons, barbers and spas, that is $259K per business, 22% above the U.S. figure of $213K.

Grant County has 23 salons, barbers and spas on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 15% across the U.S. That is 33.0 per 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 47.2.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for personal care services in Grant County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts also show 69 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show Grant County grew 4.1% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for salons, barbers and spas in Grant County is 54 (upper middle), #937 of 2,385 scored counties and #6 of 61 scored counties in Arkansas.

How Grant 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.

Salons, barbers and spas in Grant County, AR compared with Arkansas and the U.S.
MeasureGrant CountyArkansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households33.044.047.2
Spending per listing$259K$185K$213K
Households per official establishmentn/a1,434804
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+26.7%+14.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.1%+3.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$854$815$1,005
Median household income$71,549$60,773$80,734
Groundwork market score5441

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
69Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
230 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
28The 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 Grant 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 Grant County

Population, 2025 estimate
18,756+4.1% since 2020
Households
6,978
Median age
40.2
Homes lived in by their owners
81%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
632 sq. mi.
People per square mile
29
Median household income
$71,549+29.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$90,620
Median home value
$161,700
Jobs located here
4,120
Daytime population
14,646Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Salons, barbers and spas across Arkansas

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The highest-scoring counties in Arkansas for salons, barbers and spas, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with Grant County marked.

Top counties in Arkansas

Counties in Arkansas ranked for salons, barbers and spas by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Madison County, AR711320.1$388K+11.2%#253 of 2,385
2Marion County, AR661114.4$502K+4.3%#402 of 2,385
3Perry County, AR66717.1$458K+3.1%#405 of 2,385
4Saline County, AR6118236.3$248K+7.6%#623 of 2,385
5Lonoke County, AR5910336.1$241K+3.5%#718 of 2,385
6Grant County, AR542333.0$259K+4.1%#937 of 2,385
7Benton County, AR5452647.0$216K+16.0%#956 of 2,385
8Miller County, AR532615.9$458K−0.5%#960 of 2,385
9Fulton County, AR511123.1$295K+3.7%#1,087 of 2,385
10Crawford County, AR509139.0$207K+4.1%#1,189 of 2,385

Other business types in Grant County

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

Questions

How many salons, barbers and spas are in Grant County, AR?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 23 salons, barbers and spas in Grant County. None of them 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 Grant County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 69 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $6M a year, or $854 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 23 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $259K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,978 households in Grant County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Grant County, AR compare with the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas?

Grant County has 33.0 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 47.2. Spending per business is $259K, 22% above the U.S. figure of $213K. At the U.S. ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, Grant County would have about 28, against 23 on map listings.

How fast is Grant County, AR growing?

Population estimates put Grant County at 18,756 people in 2025, up 4.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,978 households. The median household income in Grant County is $71,549 a year, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.2% 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. Grant County scores 54 for salons, barbers and spas (upper middle), #937 of 2,385 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for salons, barbers and spas · All 56 business types in Grant County

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