Booking software in Arkansas
453 beauty salons, 36 barber shops, 917 dentists' offices and 257 fitness and recreational sports centers: that is the 2023 County Business Patterns picture of Arkansas's employer businesses that run on appointments.
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Arkansas by the numbers
In Arkansas, 453 beauty salons and 36 barber shops had at least one paid employee in 2023 (County Business Patterns 2023). Per 100,000 residents that is 14.8 salons, 49th of 51, and 1.2 barbershops, 44th of 51. Tennessee sits closest to Arkansas on salon density, at 14.9.
Pulaski County led Arkansas with 109 employer beauty salons, ahead of Benton County (71), Washington County (60), Faulkner County (35) and Sebastian County (26). Benton County had the most barber shops, 15. County Business Patterns publishes a barber shop row for 4 of the 75 Arkansas counties; the rest have none in its county file.
Arkansas's 257 fitness and recreational sports centers work out to 8.4 per 100,000 residents, 49th of 51. Offices of dentists numbered 917 (29.9 per 100,000), closest to Rhode Island on that rate. The Census code that includes day spas, other personal care services, had 201 establishments, and the code that includes massage therapists' offices, all other miscellaneous health practitioners, had 352.
The Census Bureau population estimate for Arkansas was 3,088,354 on July 1, 2024, up 2.6 percent from the April 2020 base of 3,011,553 and 33rd among the 50 states and DC. Nearest in size is Kansas, with 2,970,606 people, 654 salons and 44 barber shops.
BookAndGo has city pages for Little Rock. In County Business Patterns 2023, the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR metro had 117 offices of all other miscellaneous health practitioners and 75 fitness and recreational sports centers. Metro figures cover every county in the Census metro definition, including any across a state line.
County Business Patterns counts only establishments with paid employees, so Arkansas's 2,216 is a floor: chair renters, solo therapists and trainers with no payroll sit outside it.
Ranked on beauty salons, Arkansas (14.8 per 100,000) sits between Tennessee (14.9) and Alabama (14.5). On the code holding massage therapists' offices, Arkansas (11.5 per 100,000) sits between Mississippi (11.8) and Vermont (11.1).
Arkansas on two more rates: barber shops 1.2 per 100,000 (44th; neighbors Vermont 1.2 and Alabama 1.1); other personal care services establishments 6.5 per 100,000 (45th; neighbors Kentucky 6.7 and Oklahoma 6.2).
County leaders for fitness and recreational sports centers were Pulaski County 47, Benton County 41 and Washington County 37; for offices of dentists, Pulaski County 169, Benton County 114 and Washington County 103; for other personal care services, Pulaski County 51 and Washington County 35.
Among Arkansas's 201 other personal care services establishments, 137 (68 percent) had fewer than five staff, against 129 of 257 fitness and recreational sports centers and 281 of 917 dentists' offices.
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Frequently asked
How many beauty salons are there in Arkansas?
County Business Patterns 2023 counted 453 beauty salons with paid employees in Arkansas, plus 36 barber shops. Salons and barbers with no payroll are not included, so the real number is higher.
Which Arkansas county has the most salons?
Pulaski County, with 109 employer beauty salons in 2023, or 24 percent of the Arkansas total.
How many fitness centers and dental offices are in Arkansas?
257 fitness and recreational sports centers and 917 offices of dentists had paid employees in Arkansas in 2023, by County Business Patterns.
Are most Arkansas salons small?
326 of Arkansas's 453 employer beauty salons, 72 percent, had fewer than five employees in 2023; for barber shops it was 27 of 36.
Do clients need an account to book?
No. Clients enter their name, email and phone number when they book, with no account to create, and returning clients are recognized automatically.