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POPULATION ACROSS ARKANSAS
39
total firms
26
companies
5
VC / investor firms
8
schools
0
known people

CompaniesArkansas

26 records
Operating Company
J.B. Hunt
● Lowell, AR
J.B. Hunt is one of the largest trucking and logistics companies in North America.
Enterprise / General Business
Acxiom
● Conway, AR
Database marketing and customer data company headquartered in Conway, Arkansas, providing identity resolution and data products (Audience Cloud, Global Data Navigator) to marketers across financial services, retail, auto and healthcare.
Est. 1969
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Baptist Health
● Little Rock, AR
Arkansas's largest not-for-profit healthcare system, headquartered in Little Rock, operating 12 hospitals, 75+ primary and specialty clinics, urgent care centers and nursing/residency training programs statewide.
Est. 1920
Education
Apptegy
● Little Rock, AR
K-12 school-district communications software company headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas, providing website, mass notification, two-way messaging and branded mobile app tools to 5,250+ school districts.
Automotive & Transportation
ArcBest Corporation
● Fort Smith, AR
Freight transportation and logistics holding company headquartered in Fort Smith, Arkansas, operating less-than-truckload carrier ABF Freight System plus truckload, freight brokerage and moving/logistics subsidiaries; publicly traded (ARCB).
Est. 1966
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield
● Little Rock, AR
Independent licensee of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas, providing individual, employer-group, Medicare, dental and vision health insurance plans statewide.
Energy & Climate / Environment
Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation
● Little Rock, AR
Nonprofit, member-owned electric generation and transmission cooperative headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas, supplying wholesale power to 17 regional distribution cooperatives serving roughly 500,000 customers across 62% of the state.
Est. 1949
Financial Services
Bank OZK
● Little Rock, AR
Regional bank holding company headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas, operating 265+ branches across six states with roughly $40 billion in assets; publicly traded on Nasdaq (OZK).
Est. 1903
Operating Company
DILLARD'S, INC. (DDS, DDT)
● Little Rock, AR
Enterprise / General Business
First Orion
● North Little Rock, AR
Telecommunications technology company headquartered in North Little Rock, Arkansas, providing branded calling, spam/scam call blocking and caller-ID/messaging products (INFORM, SENTRY, ENRICH) to carriers and enterprises worldwide.
Est. 2008
Enterprise / General Business
Hytrol Conveyor Company
● Jonesboro, AR
Privately held conveyor systems manufacturer headquartered in Jonesboro, Arkansas, designing transport, accumulation, sortation and pallet-handling conveyor equipment for e-commerce, food/beverage and warehouse distribution customers.
Real Estate & Construction
Lexicon Inc
● Little Rock, AR
Steel fabrication and construction management company headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas, operating structural steel fabrication (Prospect Steel, Custom Metals) and construction/industrial-maintenance divisions nationwide.
Consumer / Retail
Murphy USA
● El Dorado, AR
Retail gas station and convenience store chain headquartered in El Dorado, Arkansas, operating roughly 1,700 fuel stations (many near Walmart) and Murphy Express-branded larger-format stores; spun off from Murphy Oil in 2013 and publicly traded (MUSA).
Est. 1996
Real Estate & Construction
Nabholz Construction
● Conway, AR
Employee and family-owned multi-discipline construction company headquartered in Conway, Arkansas, offering general construction, infrastructure, industrial maintenance, millwork and environmental services across the south-central US.
Est. 1949
Hardware Manufacturer
Nucor-Yamato Steel Company
● Blytheville, AR
JV structural steel producer (limited partnership), Nucor Corporation subsidiary, Delaware. From FY2025 10-K Exhibit 21.
Agriculture & Food
Producers Rice Mill
● Stuttgart, AR
Farmer-owned rice milling cooperative based in Stuttgart, Arkansas with over 2,300 farmer members, processing rough rice into white, brown and specialty rice for export, foodservice, retail and private-label channels.
Agriculture & Food
Riceland Foods
● Stuttgart, AR
Farmer-owned rice and soybean marketing cooperative headquartered in Stuttgart, Arkansas; mills, packages and sells rice, vegetable oil and byproducts worldwide through six mills including the world's largest rice mill in Jonesboro.
Est. 1921
Financial Services
Simmons Bank
● Pine Bluff, AR
Bank holding company (Simmons First National Corporation) headquartered in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, providing retail and commercial banking across a six-state region; publicly traded on Nasdaq (SFNC).
Est. 1903
Financial Services
Southern Bancorp
● Arkadelphia, AR
Community development financial institution (CDFI) headquartered in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, operating 56+ bank branches serving the Arkansas and Mississippi Delta regions, founded in partnership with the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation.
Est. 1986
Healthcare & Life Sciences
St. Bernards Healthcare
● Jonesboro, AR
Nonprofit regional healthcare system headquartered in Jonesboro, Arkansas; flagship St. Bernards Medical Center is a Level III trauma center serving 23 counties across northeast Arkansas and southeast Missouri.
Est. 1900