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Pets · Small-town market · Arkansas

Veterinarians in the Forrest City, AR area

The veterinarians in the Forrest City, AR area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$5M
On pets · $639 a household
Spending per listing
$5M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
1.3
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
21,800
−5.3% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 veterinarian in the Forrest City area. That is 1.3 per 10,000 households.

At $639 per household (30% below the U.S. average), households in the Forrest City area spend about $5M a year on pets. That is about $5M of household spending for each clinic on map listings. That spending covers all pets, which veterinarians share with other businesses in the trade.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as veterinary services in the Forrest City area: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates show the Forrest City area declined 5.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 veterinarian on map listings, the Forrest City area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How the Forrest City area compares

The same measures for Arkansas and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all pets by the veterinarians counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Veterinarians in Forrest City, AR area compared with Arkansas and the U.S.
MeasureForrest City areaArkansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.33.53.3
Spending per listing$5M$2.3M$2.7M
Households per official establishmentn/a3,5793,767
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−2.6%+6.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025−5.3%+3.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on pets$639$802$909
Median household income$42,574$60,773$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored38

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
10 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2The 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 veterinary services in the Forrest City 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 Forrest City area

Population, 2025 estimate
21,800−5.3% since 2020
Households
7,783
Median age
39.9
Homes lived in by their owners
55%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
635 sq. mi.
People per square mile
35
Median household income
$42,574+20.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$58,099
Median home value
$90,900
Jobs located here
6,530
Daytime population
21,343Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Veterinarians across Arkansas

Every Arkansas market ranked →

The highest-scoring small-town markets in Arkansas for veterinarians, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with the Forrest City area marked.

Top small-town markets in Arkansas

Small-town markets in Arkansas ranked for veterinarians by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Russellville, AR58113.4$2.3M+1.6%#138 of 398
2Pine Bluff, AR5683.0$2.4M−5.6%#151 of 398
3Batesville, AR4485.5$1.4M+2.2%#246 of 398
4Malvern, AR4154.1$1.8M+1.1%#259 of 398
5Searcy, AR37144.7$1.6M+4.2%#295 of 398
6Mountain Home, AR22136.7$1.1M+3.1%#374 of 398
Forrest City, ARNot scored11.3$5M−5.3%

Other business types in the Forrest City area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many veterinarians are in the Forrest City, AR area?

There is 1 veterinarian on map listings in the Forrest City area as of September 2026. The listings count veterinary clinics and animal hospitals. No official count is published for veterinary services in the Forrest City area: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in the Forrest City, AR area spend on pets?

About $5M a year, or $639 per household. That is 30% below the U.S. average (an index of 70, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 veterinarian on map listings, it comes to $5M per clinic. The spending figure covers all pets, not only veterinarians. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,783 households in the Forrest City area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Forrest City, AR area compare with the U.S. for veterinarians?

The Forrest City area has 1 veterinarian on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of veterinarians to household spending, the Forrest City area would have about 2, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is the Forrest City, AR area growing?

Population estimates put the Forrest City area at 21,800 people in 2025, down 5.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,783 households. The median household income in the Forrest City area is $42,574 a year, 47% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.4% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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 Forrest City area has no market score for veterinarians: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for veterinarians · All 56 business types in the Forrest City area

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