Little Rock, AR business phone guide

About the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR metro area

The Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR metro area covers 6 counties in Arkansas and had 769,000 residents in July 2024, up 2.8% since April 2020. The U.S. population grew 2.6% over the same period. Pulaski County, AR is the most populous, with 401,000 people. By population it ranks 80th of the 925 metro and micropolitan areas and 71st by business establishments.

Little Rock, AR's business base

County Business Patterns counted 19,170 establishments in the area in 2023, employing 315,713 people in mid-March with $17.8 billion in annual payroll. That is an average of 16.5 employees per establishment. 52.6% of establishments with employees had fewer than five people. By establishment count, the largest sectors are retail trade (2,658), health care and social assistance (2,564), and professional, scientific, and technical services (2,143).

Business density and team size in Little Rock, AR

Little Rock, AR has 24.9 business establishments per 1,000 residents, in line with the U.S. figure of 24.6. Establishments average 16.5 employees against 16.7 nationally, and payroll per employee is $56,517 (17.3% below the U.S. $68,342). 52.6% of establishments with employees have fewer than five people (U.S.: 55.5%), while 5.6% have 50 or more. Averages are pulled up by large employers; the size table is the better guide to what a typical business here looks like.

Small-business industries in Little Rock, AR

Of the 141 industries these guides cover, 139 have a published Census count in Little Rock, AR. The largest are limited-service restaurants (662), physician practices (631), and full-service restaurants (532). Relative to population, title abstract and settlement offices are the most over-represented: 7.3 per 100,000 residents against 2.9 nationally.

Which area codes serve Little Rock, AR

The area's named cities and towns have 395 NANPA-assigned exchanges across 2 area codes; 501 has the most (98%). A local number in the code your customers know is the simplest signal that you are nearby; Callata's plan includes up to 3.

Local numbers by city

Pages for 13 cities and towns in the area list their area codes, prefixes and carriers.

Phone costs for a typical Little Rock, AR business

The comparison below uses 16 users, the rounded average establishment size in Little Rock, AR. At list prices checked September 28, 2026, that is $399.20 a month on Ooma Office Pro and $480.00 on RingCentral RingEX Core. On Callata the same 16 people cost $319.00 a month, less than either per-seat plan.

Callata in Little Rock, AR

For $99 a month, Callata puts a team of up to 5 on one plan ($20 for each person after that): up to 3 local numbers, unlimited inbound calls, a pooled allowance of 1,500 outbound US and Canada minutes per user, browser and cell calling, voicemail transcription with urgency triage, recorded calls with AI summaries and business-hours routing, with E911 on every number.

If you already have a number in Little Rock, AR, 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.