The register · Arkansas DFA · report month August 2026
Whose registers are growing
Every Northwest Arkansas city's local sales-tax distribution, ranked by the change in its trailing twelve months, the steadier read than any single month. A city's receipts follow its tenants' sales; the months are DFA's report months, which trail the sales themselves.
| Rank | City | August 2026 | vs same month last year | Trailing 12 months | 12-month change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gravette | $486,700 | +201.1% | $2.39M | +33.8% |
| 2 | Greenland | $135,228 | +24.6% | $1.40M | +32.5% |
| 3 | Springtown | $479 | -36.4% | $13,007 | +23.6% |
| 4 | Elm Springs | $30,870 | +21.9% | $341,062 | +22.0% |
| 5 | Cave Springs | $234,546 | +9.9% | $2.82M | +19.5% |
| 6 | Little Flock | $32,553 | +22.9% | $349,408 | +15.1% |
| 7 | Johnson | $224,018 | +11.9% | $2.68M | +12.2% |
| 8 | Sulphur Springs | $11,448 | +34.1% | $128,122 | +10.6% |
| 9 | Goshen | $54,253 | +8.3% | $589,753 | +10.0% |
| 10 | Prairie Grove | $368,530 | +18.1% | $3.79M | +9.7% |
| 11 | Bella Vista | $930,938 | +15.4% | $10.46M | +9.4% |
| 12 | Highfill | $259,520 | +34.1% | $2.57M | +8.0% |
| 13 | Farmington | $354,013 | +2.9% | $4.16M | +6.8% |
| 14 | Rogers | $5.78M | +6.6% | $67.05M | +3.6% |
| 15 | Pea Ridge | $378,152 | +3.2% | $4.34M | +3.4% |
| 16 | Tontitown | $517,369 | 0.0% | $6.74M | +3.4% |
| 17 | Lincoln | $122,733 | +0.6% | $1.43M | +3.2% |
| 18 | Siloam Springs | $1.10M | -7.8% | $13.71M | +3.0% |
| 19 | Centerton | $667,191 | +5.4% | $7.33M | +2.6% |
| 20 | Fayetteville | $6.15M | +0.8% | $70.32M | +2.2% |
| 21 | Eureka Springs | $369,938 | -3.0% | $4.28M | +2.0% |
| 22 | Winslow | $12,258 | -0.2% | $155,714 | +1.8% |
| 23 | Elkins | $193,740 | +3.2% | $2.24M | +1.4% |
| 24 | Garfield | $28,091 | -0.5% | $355,797 | +0.4% |
| 25 | Decatur | $53,763 | +6.6% | $615,087 | -0.8% |
| 26 | Lowell | $826,699 | +6.5% | $9.53M | -0.8% |
| 27 | Bentonville | $4.50M | -5.2% | $52.32M | -1.3% |
| 28 | West Fork | $115,930 | +37.5% | $1.28M | -2.6% |
| 29 | Springdale | $4.48M | -6.2% | $52.17M | -2.9% |
| 30 | Avoca | $12,655 | +4.4% | $155,484 | -4.1% |
| 31 | Gentry | $204,898 | +9.1% | $2.14M | -9.4% |
Core cities in bold. Cities with under a year of history at the latest month are left out of the ranking. Download the full history as JSON from the data API.
What's selling, by city
12-month change by business type · DFA
| City | Retail stores | Restaurants & hotels | Wholesale | Services | Manufacturing | Utilities | All local tax, 12 months |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fayetteville | +2.9% | +3.6% | +6.7% | +4.8% | -4.3% | +4.9% | $70.27M |
| Rogers | +4.1% | +8.6% | +0.5% | +3.2% | -16.3% | +7.1% | $66.69M |
| Bentonville | -6.8% | +5.7% | -13.0% | +10.9% | +29.7% | +19.4% | $52.57M |
| Springdale | 0.0% | +5.8% | -9.0% | +1.4% | -12.5% | +6.1% | $52.47M |
| Siloam Springs | +3.1% | +13.0% | +7.1% | +6.5% | -12.6% | +18.0% | $13.80M |
| Bella Vista | +11.3% | +1.6% | +13.6% | +9.6% | +11.1% | +19.2% | $10.34M |
Twelve DFA report months to July 2026 vs the twelve before, the same months as the ranking above. DFA prints each business's industry code with its local tax; the 479 groups them into categories that add back to DFA's total. A new tax or a single large refund can swing a small category. Each city page breaks its categories down further.
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