Food and drink · Small-town market · Arkansas
Sit-down restaurants in the Harrison, AR area
How the Harrison, AR area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for sit-down restaurants: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 55 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #215 of 538 scored small-town markets
#2 of 14 scored small-town markets based in Arkansas
- Listings
- 78
- 27 chain locations (35%)
- Official establishments
- 30
- −14.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $58.1M
- On food away from home · $3,133 a household
- Spending per listing
- $745K
- 12% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 42.1
- 31% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 45,654
- +2.4% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Harrison area spend about $58.1M a year on food away from home, or $3,133 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. That works out to $745K per restaurant, 12% above the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
There are 78 sit-down restaurants on map listings in the Harrison area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 35% of them, against 29% across the U.S. That is 42.1 per 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
Official counts show 30 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in the Harrison area in 2023, down 14.3% from 2019. That is one for every 618 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Official counts also show 4 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $410K have gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in the Harrison area.
Population estimates show the Harrison area grew 2.4% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants in the Harrison area is 55 (upper middle), #215 of 538 scored small-town markets and #2 of 14 scored small-town markets based in Arkansas.
How the Harrison area 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 | Harrison area | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 42.1 | 56.7 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $745K | $600K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 618 | 599 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −14.3% | −1.8% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.4% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,133 | $3,400 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $54,384 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 55 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 30−14.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 505
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $11.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 7827 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 88The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $410K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in the Harrison area, 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 the Harrison area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 45,654+2.4% since 2020
- Households
- 18,542
- Median age
- 43.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,411 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 32
- Median household income
- $54,384+22.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $71,341
- Median home value
- $185,000
- Jobs located here
- 15,227
- Daytime population
- 43,011Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arkansas market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Arkansas for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with the Harrison area marked.
Top small-town markets in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Malvern, AR | 71 | 41 | 33.3 | $943K | +1.1% | #64 of 538 |
| 2Harrison, AR | 55 | 78 | 42.1 | $745K | +2.4% | #215 of 538 |
| 3Russellville, AR | 52 | 165 | 50.5 | $642K | +1.6% | #249 of 538 |
| 4Batesville, AR | 50 | 79 | 54.0 | $597K | +2.2% | #268 of 538 |
| 5Searcy, AR | 46 | 158 | 53.3 | $592K | +4.2% | #316 of 538 |
| 6Paragould, AR | 44 | 92 | 51.1 | $629K | +3.4% | #330 of 538 |
| 7Camden, AR | 43 | 48 | 46.5 | $662K | −3.6% | #338 of 538 |
| 8Pine Bluff, AR | 41 | 128 | 47.5 | $641K | −5.6% | #361 of 538 |
| 9Magnolia, AR | 37 | 46 | 54.7 | $575K | −3.7% | #406 of 538 |
| 10Arkadelphia, AR | 35 | 45 | 55.4 | $563K | −2.2% | #425 of 538 |
Other business types in the Harrison area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes59
- Sit-down restaurants55
- Fast food and sandwich shops57
- Pizza51
- Coffee shops and cafes36
- Bakeries and dessert shops53
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in the Harrison, AR area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 78 sit-down restaurants in the Harrison area. 27 of them (35%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 30 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, down 14.3% from 2019. Another 4 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Harrison, AR area spend on food away from home?
About $58.1M a year, or $3,133 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 78 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $745K 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 18,542 households in the Harrison area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Harrison, AR area compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
The Harrison area has 42.1 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $745K, 12% above the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, the Harrison area would have about 88, against 78 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 618 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count fell 14.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is the Harrison, AR area growing?
Population estimates put the Harrison area at 45,654 people in 2025, up 2.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,542 households. Median household income in the Harrison area is $54,384, 33% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.0%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Harrison area scores 55 for sit-down restaurants (upper middle), #215 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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