# Where to Buy a Business in Arkansas

Buyable means an establishment with five to ninety-nine employees in the 36 trades this site covers, counted from SBA 7(a) FOIA loan-level dataset (as of June 30, 2026) and the Census establishment file.

Source: https://searchspheresource.com/guides/states/arkansas
Last checked: 2026-09-23

## The Opportunity

- Buyable businesses: 10,505 of 19,403 establishments in the covered trades
- Buyable per 100,000 residents: 340.1
- Share of the national buyable market: 0.9%
- Rank among the guided states: 34
- SBA change-of-ownership loans: 243 since FY2020, 54 of them in FY2025
- Median loan: $786,200
- Population: 3,088,354

## The Deepest Counties in Arkansas

Nobody searches a state; they search a metro they can drive across. These hold the most buyable targets in the covered trades, each with its share of the state's.

- Pulaski: 1,662 buyable (15.8% of the state's)
- Benton: 1,045 buyable (9.9% of the state's)
- Washington: 975 buyable (9.3% of the state's)
- Sebastian: 459 buyable (4.4% of the state's)
- Craighead: 420 buyable (4% of the state's)
- Garland: 404 buyable (3.8% of the state's)
- Faulkner: 388 buyable (3.7% of the state's)
- Saline: 349 buyable (3.3% of the state's)
- White: 208 buyable (2% of the state's)
- Pope: 207 buyable (2% of the state's)

## What Trades Run Deepest in Arkansas

- Limited-Service Restaurants (NAICS 722513): 1,972 buyable. https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-a-restaurant
- Full-Service Restaurants (NAICS 722511): 1,491 buyable. https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-a-restaurant
- Gasoline Stations with Convenience Stores (NAICS 447110): 817 buyable. https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-a-convenience-store
- Offices of Dentists (NAICS 621210): 635 buyable. https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-a-dental-practice
- Child Care Services (NAICS 624410): 537 buyable. https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-a-childcare-center
- Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors (NAICS 238220): 465 buyable. https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-an-hvac-business

## Next Door to Arkansas

Nobody buys a state. These are the states Arkansas touches, with the buyable businesses each holds in the same 36 trades.

- Louisiana: 16,009 buyable (https://searchspheresource.com/guides/states/louisiana)
- Missouri: 22,224 buyable (https://searchspheresource.com/guides/states/missouri)
- Mississippi: 9,700 buyable (https://searchspheresource.com/guides/states/mississippi)
- Oklahoma: 14,213 buyable (https://searchspheresource.com/guides/states/oklahoma)
- Tennessee: 23,855 buyable (https://searchspheresource.com/guides/states/tennessee)
- Texas: 97,820 buyable (https://searchspheresource.com/guides/states/texas)

## Method and Source

- Establishment counts: 2023, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp.html
- Population: https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest.html
- Lending: SBA 7(a) FOIA loan-level dataset (as of June 30, 2026), FY2020 through FY2025

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