Arkansas Business by the Numbers: 2026 Company Breakdown

Key findings

• Arkansas ranks 35th nationally with 358,049 companies — 0.6% of all 64,799,929 U.S. companies in the directory.
• Little Rock is the state’s largest business hub, with 52,405 companies — 14.6% of every company in Arkansas.
• Business is concentrated in a few metros: Little Rock, Fayetteville and Fort Smith together hold 23.0% of the state’s companies.
• Industrial & mechanical leads the state’s industries at 92,293 companies (25.8%), across 6 tracked sectors.

How Arkansas ranks nationally

Arkansas and its closest neighbours by total company count. Select a state to open its own study.

Top Arkansas cities by number of companies

These 7 cities account for 34.3% of all companies in Arkansas. Select any city to browse its full company list.

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Arkansas companies by industry

Every company is classified by its primary industry using NAICS/SIC codes. Select a sector to see those Arkansas companies.

What the numbers show

Arkansas’s 358,049 companies place it 35th nationally, 0.6% of the U.S. total. Activity clusters in its largest metros — Little Rock, Fayetteville and Fort Smith alone account for 23.0% of the state’s companies — while industrial & mechanical is the dominant sector at 25.8%. For buyers and sellers, that means the deepest pools of suppliers and manufacturers sit in a handful of cities and one or two sectors; the charts above link straight into each so you can shortlist by capability and region.

Methodology

Figures reflect companies listed in Factur’s U.S. business directory as of 2026, classified by headquarters city and primary industry using NAICS/SIC codes. “Companies” includes manufacturers, suppliers, and B2B businesses of all sizes; counts are directory totals, not official census figures, and percentages are computed against the Arkansas directory total. Data compiled by Factur, a sales and marketing firm for B2B manufacturers.