Groundwork

Beauty and personal care · County · Arkansas

Spas and skin care studios in Garland County, AR

The spas and skin care studios in Garland County, AR, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 12 out of 100: Low

Ranked #1,749 of 1,769 scored counties
#36 of 38 scored counties in Arkansas

Listings
70
7 chain locations (10%)
Official establishments
16
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$34M
On personal care products and services · $779 a household
Spending per listing
$486K
45% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
16.0
39% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
99,695
−0.6% since 2020

See the spas and skin care studios around any address in Garland County

The site report maps the spas and skin care studios on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of Garland County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

Free10 actions over 3 days, no card

Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Garland County scores 12 (low) on the Groundwork market score for spas and skin care studios, ranking #1,749 of 1,769 scored counties and #36 of 38 scored counties in Arkansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Households in Garland County spend about $34M a year on personal care products and services, or $779 per household, 22% below the U.S. average. That is about $486K of household spending for each studio on map listings, 45% below the U.S. figure of $876K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only spas and skin care studios.

Garland County has 70 spas and skin care studios on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 10% of them, against 10% across the U.S. That is 16.0 per 10,000 households, 39% above the U.S. rate of 11.5.

Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in Garland County in 2023. That is one for every 2,729 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1.2M have gone to businesses classed as other personal care services in Garland County. Population estimates show Garland County declined 0.6% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Garland 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 spas and skin care studios counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Spas and skin care in Garland County, AR compared with Arkansas and the U.S.
MeasureGarland CountyArkansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households16.09.511.5
Spending per listing$486K$858K$876K
Households per official establishment2,7296,0004,055
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+28.9%+29.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.6%+3.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$779$815$1,005
Median household income$57,181$60,773$80,734
Groundwork market score1247

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
13 → 16
Employees, 2023
127
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
707 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
39The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$1.2M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as other personal care services in Garland 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 Garland County

Population, 2025 estimate
99,695−0.6% since 2020
Households
43,667
Median age
46.2
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
678 sq. mi.
People per square mile
148
Median household income
$57,181+27.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$77,414
Median home value
$194,300
Jobs located here
38,998
Daytime population
100,390Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

Looking at a specific site in Garland County?

These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the spas and skin care studios on map listings by name and distance.

Or open the report at the center of Garland County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

Free10 actions over 3 days, no card

Spas and skin care across Arkansas

Every Arkansas market ranked →

The highest-scoring counties in Arkansas for spas and skin care studios, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with Garland County marked.

Top counties in Arkansas

Counties in Arkansas ranked for spas and skin care studios by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Saline County, AR70397.8$1.2M+7.6%#236 of 1,769
2Benton County, AR6812511.2$910K+16.0%#282 of 1,769
3Lonoke County, AR59258.8$994K+3.5%#564 of 1,769
4Pope County, AR56135.3$1.5M+2.5%#646 of 1,769
5Logan County, AR5255.9$1.4M+2.5%#803 of 1,769
6Crittenden County, AR4952.7$2.7M−3.9%#903 of 1,769
7White County, AR48206.8$1.1M+4.2%#951 of 1,769
8Johnson County, AR4265.8$1.2M+2.0%#1,172 of 1,769
9Cleburne County, AR4287.6$1M+3.9%#1,182 of 1,769
10Van Buren County, AR4056.7$1.1M+2.8%#1,234 of 1,769
36Garland County, AR127016.0$486K−0.6%#1,749 of 1,769

Other business types in Garland County

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

Questions

How many spas and skin care studios are in Garland County, AR?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 70 spas and skin care studios in Garland County. 7 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in 2023.

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

About $34M a year, or $779 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 70 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $486K per studio. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which spas and skin care studios share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 43,667 households in Garland County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Garland County, AR compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?

Garland County has 16.0 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 39% above the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $486K, 45% below the U.S. figure of $876K. At the U.S. ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, Garland County would have about 39, against 70 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,729 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S.

How fast is Garland County, AR growing?

Population estimates put Garland County at 99,695 people in 2025, down 0.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 43,667 households. The median household income in Garland County is $57,181 a year, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.7% 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. Garland County scores 12 for spas and skin care studios (low), #1,749 of 1,769 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Garland County. It maps the spas and skin care studios on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.

How the score works · Top markets for spas and skin care studios · All 56 business types in Garland County

Screening a site or an acquisition in Garland County?

A site report maps the competitors on map listings near an address and sizes the households and spending around it.

The button opens the report at the center of Garland County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Figures are estimates for research only. Not investment or real estate advice.