Business Licensing & Operations in Arkansas (2026)

Adult-oriented businesses in unincorporated Benton County must sit at least 1,000 feet from any school, park, place of…

In the City of Conway, Arkansas, a sexually oriented business cannot open without a license from the Chief of Police…

Sexually oriented businesses in Fort Smith are confined to C-5, I-2, and I-3 zoning districts and must sit at least…

Unincorporated Garland County requires a $100 permit before opening any sexually oriented business and bars locating…

Jonesboro forces adult entertainment businesses apart from each other and away from sensitive uses through hard…

Sexually oriented businesses in unincorporated Sebastian County must sit at least 500 feet from a church, school, or…

Springdale confines sexually oriented businesses to C-2 zoning as a conditional use, use unit 34, and bars them within…

Sexually oriented businesses in unincorporated Washington County face strict location limits: 500 feet from churches…

The City of Conway, Arkansas has no separate license for massage establishments; its only code provision on massage…

Fort Smith's UDO defines 'tattoo/body piercing parlor' as any shop principally in the business of permanent skin…

Arkansas regulates retail sale of vapor products and e-cigarettes, requiring permits, age verification, and compliance…

Fort Smith's Unified Development Ordinance treats tobacco and smoke shops as a distinct retail use, permitted by right…

Conway Municipal Code § 4.76.01 defines a dealer in secondhand goods as anyone who buys, sells or deals principally in…

Fort Smith secondhand-article buyers must log every purchase in a daily register and hand a signed copy to police…

Anyone in Jonesboro who buys antique, used or scrap jewelry and precious metals for resale, in original form, melted…

Every pawnshop, pawnbroker and secondhand goods dealer doing business in unincorporated Pulaski County must run an…

Operating as a junk dealer, auto salvage yard, or secondhand shop in Springdale requires a business license under Sec…

Washington County requires every scrap metal recycler regulated under Arkansas's secondhand-dealer statute, A.C.A. §§…

Conway defines a pawnbroker under Municipal Code § 4.76.01 as anyone lending money on goods deposited or left in pawn…

Springdale pawnbrokers must run an electronic inventory system reporting to police within two days, and hold pawned…

Every pawn shop operating anywhere in unincorporated Craighead County, or anywhere in the county under § 360.00's…

Fort Smith bars convicted felons from pawnbroker licenses and requires everyone else to hold a city occupation license…

Pawnshops and pawnbrokers doing business in unincorporated Garland County must keep detailed five-year records on every…

Jonesboro pawnbrokers may never pawn merchandise with anyone under 18, and the city supplies daily report forms that…

Pawnshops, pawnbrokers and secondhand-goods dealers in unincorporated Pulaski County must run an electronic inventory…

Every pawn shop and pawnbroker in unincorporated Saline County must run an electronic inventory tracking system and…

Little Rock's zoning code flatly prohibits engine or motor repair shops as a home occupation in any residential…

Springdale's home occupation ordinance lists ten permitted activities like tutoring and catering: auto repair isn't one…

Fort Smith's home occupation rules bar any outdoor activity, storage or display, so home-based auto repair must stay…

On unincorporated lots of two acres or more, Benton County allows a small repair or welding shop as an exempt home…

Conway keeps a rotation list of wrecker and towing companies for police-requested, non-consent tows. Firms apply each…

Tow companies working non-consent calls for the Garland County Sheriff's Department must hold a sheriff-issued permit…

Wrecker companies that want tow calls from the Jonesboro Police Department must run 24-hour service, carry liability…

Pulaski County lets the sheriff's office, general services, or a county-judge-designated employee call a wrecker…