Business phone system for barber shops in Arkansas

The barber shop industry in Arkansas

County Business Patterns counts 36 establishments in Arkansas classified as Barber Shops (NAICS 812111) for 2023. That is the 34th highest count among the 51 states and DC with published figures. Barber shops make up 0.05% of the 70,452 business establishments in the state.

Per 100,000 residents (2024 estimate) Arkansas has 1.2 barber shops, 49.1% below the national rate of 2.3.

Barber shops by metro area in Arkansas

Census published barber shop counts for 4 metro or micropolitan areas that include part of Arkansas. The largest is Memphis, TN-MS-AR, with 18 establishments (a multi-state area; its count covers every state it spans). Single-state metro and micropolitan areas account for 69% of the statewide total; the rest are outside any published area or in areas Census suppressed.

Team sizes at barber shops in Arkansas

77.1% of Arkansas's barber shops with employees had fewer than five people in March 2023, compared with 75.5% nationally. 85.7% had fewer than ten. At that size the phone is shared, so routing (who rings, when, and what happens after hours) matters more than the number of desk phones.

Calls a barber shop in Arkansas has to catch

Barbers are busy with clients all day, and calls for appointments and wait times often go unanswered. Capturing calls and texting back helps fill chairs.

A few of the calls that come in to barber shops in Arkansas:

• The shop calls a client about a cancellation.
• A client calls to book a haircut.
• A client calls to ask about walk-in wait.

Business texting for barber shops

Shops text appointment reminders.

Texting from a local number in Arkansas requires carrier registration (10DLC), a one-time $49 fee on Callata.

Phone system pricing for a 4-person barber shop

The comparison uses a 4-person team, the rounded U.S. average for barber shops. Priced per seat, 4 users would run $120.00 a month on RingCentral RingEX Core and $99.80 on Ooma Office Pro (month-to-month list prices, checked September 28, 2026). Callata comes to $99.00 a month for 4 users ($99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user), below both.

Over a year, that is $252 less than RingCentral for a barber shop in Arkansas of that size. Annual contracts lower some competitors' prices, so compare the plan you would actually sign.

Area codes in Arkansas

Arkansas has 4 geographic area codes in service according to NANPA. Callata includes up to 3 local numbers, so a barber shop can hold a number in more than one of them.

How Callata works for barber shops in Arkansas

Callata is a business phone system priced at $99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user. Callata Office includes up to 3 local business numbers, unlimited inbound calling, 1,500 pooled outbound US and Canada minutes per user each month, a browser softphone that can also ring your cell, voicemail with transcription, call recording with AI summaries, business-hours routing and E911 on every number.

Porting a number you already use in Arkansas is free, and business texting is available once the carrier registration (10DLC) is approved; the registration carries a one-time $49 fee. Which specific numbers are open in a given area code depends on carrier inventory at the time you sign up.

AI agents are optional: an AI receptionist or scheduler can pick up when the team is busy or closed, take a message, send a text or email, or transfer the call. They draw on prepaid AI minutes ($0.25/minute), disclose that they are AI, and outbound AI calls require prior consent and are limited to 8am–9pm.