Arkansas flooring leads

Arkansas homeowners and the households that just moved in

Since the start of 2020, 128,453 Arkansas owner households have moved into the home they now own, according to table B25038 (ACS 5-year 2020-2024). That is about 16 percent of all owner-occupied homes in the state.

Buyers ask about move-in dates because a household that has just closed on a house tends to price new floors for rooms the last owner left worn or out of date. The Census figure counts households only; it says nothing about how many of them ask for a quote.

Owners hold 800,864 of the 1,205,987 occupied housing units in Arkansas, per table B25003 (ACS 5-year 2020-2024). A landlord, not the tenant, signs for new flooring in a rental, so the homeowner question screens renters out before a lead is delivered.

How Arkansas licenses flooring contractors

Flooring has its own line in the Residential Contractors Committee rules. Rule 17 CAR 295-111 lists "floors, floor covering" among the residential specialty classifications, and 17 CAR 295-110 limits a specialty contractor to the specialty it holds, while a residential builder or remodeler may perform any specialty in its classification. Both rules are printed in the Board's licensing law booklet (revised April 2026).

Ark. Code 17-25-505 has barred acting as a home improvement contractor on a preexisting single family residence without a committee license, or an exemption, since January 1, 2012. Section 17-25-513 exempts a project costing $2,000 or less, but not one divided into separate contracts below $2,000, as set out in the same booklet (April 2026).

Limited licenses have a ceiling. Under 17 CAR 295-109, a limited license residential specialty contractor may not take a project whose labor and material cost $50,000 or more, per the committee rules (revised April 2026).

The Board's license types across all trades and the cancellation rule for sales made at the home appear on leads in Arkansas.