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Spas and skin care studios in Saline County, AR

How Saline County, AR compares with other counties and the U.S. for spas and skin care studios: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 70 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #236 of 1,769 scored counties
#1 of 38 scored counties in Arkansas

Listings
39
5 chain locations (13%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$45.2M
On personal care products and services · $901 a household
Spending per listing
$1.2M
32% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.8
32% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
133,288
+7.6% 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

At $901 per household (10% below the U.S. average), households in Saline County spend about $45.2M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $1.2M per studio, 32% above the U.S. figure of $876K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only spas and skin care studios.

Saline County has 39 spas and skin care studios on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 13% of them, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 7.8 for every 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 11.5.

In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in Saline County classed as other personal care services. That is one for every 10,041 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Saline County grew 7.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for spas and skin care studios in Saline County is 70 (upper middle), #236 of 1,769 scored counties and #1 of 38 scored counties in Arkansas. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Saline 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 Saline County, AR compared with Arkansas and the U.S.
MeasureSaline CountyArkansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.89.511.5
Spending per listing$1.2M$858K$876K
Households per official establishment10,0416,0004,055
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+28.9%+29.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+7.6%+3.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$901$815$1,005
Median household income$79,046$60,773$80,734
Groundwork market score7047

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 5
Employees, 2023
17
Annual payroll, 2023
$189K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
395 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
52The 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 other personal care services in Saline 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 Saline County

Population, 2025 estimate
133,288+7.6% since 2020
Households
50,203
Median age
40.8
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
724 sq. mi.
People per square mile
176
Median household income
$79,046+22.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$95,923
Median home value
$221,200
Jobs located here
29,052
Daytime population
99,620Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Spas and skin care across Arkansas

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The highest-scoring counties in Arkansas for spas and skin care studios, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with Saline 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

Other business types in Saline 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 Saline County, AR?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 39 spas and skin care studios in Saline County. 5 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in 2023.

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

About $45.2M a year, or $901 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 39 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $1.2M 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 50,203 households in Saline County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Saline County has 7.8 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $1.2M, 32% above the U.S. figure of $876K. At the U.S. ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, Saline County would have about 52, against 39 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 10,041 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S.

How fast is Saline County, AR growing?

Population estimates put Saline County at 133,288 people in 2025, up 7.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 50,203 households. The median household income in Saline County is $79,046 a year, 2% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.7% 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. Saline County scores 70 for spas and skin care studios (upper middle), #236 of 1,769 scored counties.

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