Business phone system for residential property managers in Arkansas

How many residential property managers operate in Arkansas

Arkansas had 311 residential property managers in 2023, according to Census County Business Patterns (NAICS 531311, Residential Property Managers). They employed 1,937 people in mid-March and reported $81.8 million in annual payroll. That is the 36th highest count among the 51 states and DC with published figures. Residential property managers make up 0.44% of the 70,452 business establishments in the state.

Per 100,000 residents (2024 estimate) Arkansas has 10.1 residential property managers, 43.7% below the national rate of 17.9. The average establishment has 6.2 employees against 8.8 nationally. Payroll per employee is $42,219, 28.2% below the U.S. figure of $58,786.

Arkansas's largest markets for residential property managers

Census published residential property management company counts for 13 metro or micropolitan areas that include part of Arkansas. The largest is Memphis, TN-MS-AR, with 164 establishments (a multi-state area; its count covers every state it spans). Single-state metro and micropolitan areas account for 74% of the statewide total; the rest are outside any published area or in areas Census suppressed.

Team sizes at residential property managers in Arkansas

69.2% of Arkansas's residential property managers with employees had fewer than five people in March 2023, compared with 64.9% nationally. 88.6% had fewer than ten. That is the size of team where a missed call usually means nobody was free, not that nobody was on staff.

Calls a residential property management company in Arkansas has to catch

Property managers hear from tenants, owners, prospective renters and vendors, and maintenance calls can be urgent. Separating leasing calls from maintenance and routing emergencies after hours keeps small teams sane. That holds for residential property managers in Arkansas as much as anywhere.

Calls a residential property management company in Arkansas might handle in a typical week include:

• A prospective tenant calls to schedule a showing.
• The manager calls a tenant about a late payment.
• An owner calls about a monthly statement.

Calls after closing time

Maintenance emergencies happen at night, so after-hours routing to an on-call person is especially important here.

Callata voicemail is transcribed and triaged for urgency, and business-hours routing decides where calls go once you close.

Callata vs. per-seat pricing for residential property managers in Arkansas

Residential property managers in Arkansas average 6.2 employees, so the comparison uses a 6-person team. Priced per seat, 6 users would run $180.00 a month on RingCentral RingEX Core and $149.70 on Ooma Office Pro (month-to-month list prices, checked September 28, 2026). On Callata the same 6 people cost $119.00 a month, less than either per-seat plan.

The annual difference against RingCentral's monthly list price comes to $732. Some vendors discount annual contracts; the table shows month-to-month prices.

Area codes in Arkansas

Arkansas has 4 geographic area codes in service according to NANPA. You can choose local numbers in the area codes your tenants and owners know, subject to carrier inventory, or port your current number for free.

How Callata works for residential property managers 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.

If you already have a number in Arkansas, porting it to Callata is free. Texting from a local number requires a one-time carrier registration (10DLC, $49), and the numbers available in any area code depend on carrier inventory when you choose them.

Optional AI agents (receptionist, sales, support or scheduler) can answer calls after hours or when nobody picks up, take messages, text, email and transfer to your team. They are billed from prepaid AI minutes at $0.25 per minute, identify themselves as AI, and may only place outbound calls to people who consented, between 8am and 9pm.