Beauty and personal care · County · Arkansas
Spas and skin care studios in Van Buren County, AR
How Van Buren 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 40 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,234 of 1,769 scored counties
#10 of 38 scored counties in Arkansas
- Listings
- 5
- 1 chain location (20%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $5.3M
- On personal care products and services · $711 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.1M
- 21% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.7
- 42% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 16,238
- +2.8% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Van Buren County spend about $5.3M a year on personal care products and services, or $711 per household, 29% below the U.S. average. Spread across 5 spas and skin care studios, that is $1.1M per studio, 21% above the U.S. figure of $876K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only spas and skin care studios.
There are 5 spas and skin care studios on map listings in Van Buren County as of September 2026. One of them (20%) is a chain location, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 6.7 for every 10,000 households, 42% below the U.S. rate of 11.5.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for other personal care services in Van Buren County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in Van Buren County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.8%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For spas and skin care studios, Van Buren County has a Groundwork market score of 40 (lower middle): #1,234 of 1,769 scored counties and #10 of 38 scored counties in Arkansas.
How Van Buren 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.
| Measure | Van Buren County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.7 | 9.5 | 11.5 |
| Spending per listing | $1.1M | $858K | $876K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 6,000 | 4,055 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +28.9% | +29.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.8% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $711 | $815 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $50,354 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 40 | 47 |
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
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 51 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Van Buren 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 Van Buren County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 16,238+2.8% since 2020
- Households
- 7,432
- Median age
- 49.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 710 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 23
- Median household income
- $50,354+30.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $62,356
- Median home value
- $135,700
- Jobs located here
- 3,785
- Daytime population
- 14,903Residents 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 spas and skin care studios, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with Van Buren County marked.
Top counties in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Saline County, AR | 70 | 39 | 7.8 | $1.2M | +7.6% | #236 of 1,769 |
| 2Benton County, AR | 68 | 125 | 11.2 | $910K | +16.0% | #282 of 1,769 |
| 3Lonoke County, AR | 59 | 25 | 8.8 | $994K | +3.5% | #564 of 1,769 |
| 4Pope County, AR | 56 | 13 | 5.3 | $1.5M | +2.5% | #646 of 1,769 |
| 5Logan County, AR | 52 | 5 | 5.9 | $1.4M | +2.5% | #803 of 1,769 |
| 6Crittenden County, AR | 49 | 5 | 2.7 | $2.7M | −3.9% | #903 of 1,769 |
| 7White County, AR | 48 | 20 | 6.8 | $1.1M | +4.2% | #951 of 1,769 |
| 8Johnson County, AR | 42 | 6 | 5.8 | $1.2M | +2.0% | #1,172 of 1,769 |
| 9Cleburne County, AR | 42 | 8 | 7.6 | $1M | +3.9% | #1,182 of 1,769 |
| 10Van Buren County, AR | 40 | 5 | 6.7 | $1.1M | +2.8% | #1,234 of 1,769 |
Other business types in Van Buren 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 spas28
- Hair salons20
- Barbershops
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care40
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many spas and skin care studios are in Van Buren County, AR?
As of September 2026, map listings count 5 spas and skin care studios in Van Buren County. One of them (20%) is a chain location. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. No official count is published for other personal care services in Van Buren County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Van Buren County, AR spend on personal care products and services?
About $5.3M a year, or $711 per household. That is 29% below the U.S. average (an index of 71, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $1.1M 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 7,432 households in Van Buren County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Van Buren County, AR compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?
Van Buren County has 6.7 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 42% below the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $1.1M, 21% above the U.S. figure of $876K. At the U.S. ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, Van Buren County would have about 6, against 5 on map listings.
How fast is Van Buren County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Van Buren County at 16,238 people in 2025, up 2.8% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,432 households. The median household income in Van Buren County is $50,354 a year, 38% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.8% 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. Van Buren County scores 40 for spas and skin care studios (lower middle), #1,234 of 1,769 scored counties.
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