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Sit-down restaurants in Arkansas County, AR
The sit-down restaurants in Arkansas County, AR, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 16 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,363 of 2,405 scored counties
#59 of 61 scored counties in Arkansas
- Listings
- 44
- 13 chain locations (30%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $20.7M
- On food away from home · $3,089 a household
- Spending per listing
- $471K
- 29% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 65.6
- 7% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 15,836
- −7.4% since 2020
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What this means
For sit-down restaurants, Arkansas County has a Groundwork market score of 16 (low): #2,363 of 2,405 scored counties and #59 of 61 scored counties in Arkansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on food away from home in Arkansas County comes to about $20.7M a year: $3,089 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. That works out to $471K per restaurant, 29% below the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
There are 44 sit-down restaurants on map listings in Arkansas County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 30% of them, against 29% across the U.S. That comes to 65.6 for every 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 61.3.
Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Arkansas County in 2023. That is one for every 559 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Population estimates show Arkansas County declined 7.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Arkansas County compares
The same measures for Arkansas and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all food away from home by the sit-down restaurants 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 | Arkansas County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 65.6 | 56.7 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $471K | $600K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 559 | 599 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.8% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −7.4% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,089 | $3,400 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $53,164 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 16 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14 → 12
- Employees, 2023
- 105
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4413 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 31The 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 full-service restaurants in Arkansas 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 Arkansas County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 15,836−7.4% since 2020
- Households
- 6,705
- Median age
- 41.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 992 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 17
- Median household income
- $53,164+13.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $70,504
- Median home value
- $138,100
- Jobs located here
- 8,856
- Daytime population
- 18,148Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Saline County, AR | 80 | 202 | 40.2 | $942K | +7.6% | #128 of 2,405 |
| 2Madison County, AR | 77 | 19 | 29.4 | $1.1M | +11.2% | #188 of 2,405 |
| 3Grant County, AR | 73 | 23 | 33.0 | $1.1M | +4.1% | #298 of 2,405 |
| 4Lonoke County, AR | 71 | 121 | 42.4 | $859K | +3.5% | #349 of 2,405 |
| 5Perry County, AR | 70 | 9 | 22.0 | $1.5M | +3.1% | #358 of 2,405 |
| 6Marion County, AR | 70 | 20 | 26.1 | $1.1M | +4.3% | #363 of 2,405 |
| 7Fulton County, AR | 68 | 12 | 25.2 | $1.1M | +3.7% | #420 of 2,405 |
| 8Benton County, AR | 66 | 667 | 59.6 | $726K | +16.0% | #506 of 2,405 |
| 9Logan County, AR | 65 | 29 | 34.0 | $968K | +2.5% | #521 of 2,405 |
| 10Hot Spring County, AR | 63 | 41 | 33.3 | $943K | +1.1% | #611 of 2,405 |
| 59Arkansas County, AR | 16 | 44 | 65.6 | $471K | −7.4% | #2,363 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Arkansas County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes16
- Sit-down restaurants16
- Fast food and sandwich shops15
- Pizza29
- Coffee shops and cafes21
- Bakeries and dessert shops23
Groceries and convenience
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Fitness and classes
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Arkansas County, AR?
As of September 2026, map listings count 44 sit-down restaurants in Arkansas County. 13 of them (30%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023.
How much do households in Arkansas County, AR spend on food away from home?
About $20.7M a year, or $3,089 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 44 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $471K per restaurant. That spending covers all food away from home, which sit-down restaurants share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,705 households in Arkansas County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Arkansas County, AR compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Arkansas County has 65.6 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $471K, 29% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Arkansas County would have about 31, against 44 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 559 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.
How fast is Arkansas County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Arkansas County at 15,836 people in 2025, down 7.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,705 households. Median household income in Arkansas County is $53,164, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 13.9%, 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. Arkansas County scores 16 for sit-down restaurants (low), #2,363 of 2,405 scored counties.
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