Book retailers & news dealers in Arkansas 72 establishments · 412 employees · 2024
Firms (AR)
72
Employment
412
Avg Annual Pay
$29,347
State Rank
#32 of 52
How Arkansas compares to national
Metric
Arkansas
National
Arkansas vs. U.S.
Establishments
72
7,900
0.9% of U.S. total
Avg annual pay
$29,347
$31,213
-$1,866 (-6.0%)
Location quotient
1.07
1.00
7% denser than national
Avg firm size (employees)
5.7
8.4
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Year-over-year firm growth
-2.7%
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An establishment is a single physical location where business is conducted. A firm with multiple locations counts as multiple establishments. "Avg pay" is wages and salaries per employee, including bonuses and tips — for proprietorships, the owner's take is largely outside this number. The location quotient (LQ) of 1.07 means book retailers & news dealers are 7% over-represented in Arkansas's business mix relative to the U.S. average.
Source. BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages — 2024 annual averages, private-ownership only, NAICS 459210. Establishment counts include any firm with at least one paid employee covered by state unemployment insurance.
SMB Density · firm counts, employment, and wages by industry × state · data from BLS QCEW 2024 annual (private ownership, state-level; mostly 6-digit NAICS, 3 specialty-trade industries at 5-digit aggregation) · data.json