Where your competition is in Arkansas
The largest concentrations of appliance repair companies in our Arkansas data are in Springdale, Fayetteville, Little Rock, North Little Rock, Hot Springs, Fort Smith, Van Buren and Searcy. Competition for the map pack is heaviest there, and so is the reward: the same review count that dominates a small town is invisible in Springdale.
The map pack in Arkansas
Google shows three businesses in the map pack for a search like "appliance repair company near me" in Springdale. In Arkansas the shops that hold those spots usually sit near the 90th percentile, 196 reviews, not the median. 20.5% of Arkansas appliance repair companies have passed 100 reviews; the other 79.5% are competing for whatever is left below the fold.
The website gap in Arkansas
A website is the clearest marker of a appliance repair company that is going to compete for the map pack, and 44.6% of appliance repair companies in Arkansas do not have one linked. Across the country the median review count with a site is 39, without one 7. If your shop is in the 44.6%, start there.
Hours and after-hours calls
18.1% of Arkansas appliance repair companies list themselves as open 24 hours. If you take after-hours calls, say so in your profile hours, because Google shows "Closed" in red on a profile that says it is closed. If you do not, list real hours and let missed-call text-back cover the gap, so the caller gets a reply instead of dialing the next name.
How Arkansas compares
Of the 49 states in our data, Arkansas ranks 33rd for the number of appliance repair companies, 25th for median review count, and 5th for the share with no website, which leaves more room than most states for a shop that builds a real site. The review bar sits in the middle of the pack.
| State | Listed | Median reviews | No site |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | 83 | 24 | 44.6% |
| Louisiana | 150 | 14 | 51.3% |
| Oklahoma | 100 | 29.5 | 39% |
| Texas | 861 | 29 | 32.3% |
What to do first in Arkansas
- Put up a real website if you are in the 44.6% without one. Service pages, city pages for Springdale, Fayetteville, Little Rock, tap-to-call on every screen.
- Set a review velocity. One review per job day, asked at the door, moves a 24-review shop past the Arkansas 75th percentile (83) within a year. The guides have the scripts.
- Finish the Google profile: primary category, every service you offer, real job photos, and hours that match reality. It is free and it is where Arkansas customers decide.
- Turn on missed-call text-back. Run the calculator with your own numbers to see what unanswered calls cost.
- Then, and only then, spend on ads. Pointed at a profile with 24 reviews and no website, ads pay for your competitor's education. Pointed at a finished profile, they work.
The full national picture, with percentiles, ratings and hours, is in the benchmark report. The method is on the about page.