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Restaurant health inspection grades in Arkansas

Coverage: all 75 counties

GradeLocal lists 14,161 Arkansas restaurants. Their average score is 88.6, a B. This guide explains who inspects them, what the results mean and how the grades break down.

14,161restaurants listed
88.6 · Baverage score
75counties covered
Oct 30, 2026latest inspection date

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Who inspects restaurants in Arkansas

Arkansas Department of Health. The state publishes observation counts, not grades or scores, so every letter is GradeLocal's.

Coverage: Statewide, all 75 counties. All sources

What Arkansas publishes

The agencies behind our Arkansas listings publish observation counts. None of them publish a score out of 100, so every Arkansas score on GradeLocal is a GradeLocal score, worked out from the official result.

How GradeLocal grades Arkansas restaurants

For violation counts, we count every violation in the latest inspection. None is an A, 1 or 2 is a B, 3 to 5 is a C, and 6 or more is a D. An emergency closure order is also a D.

Results with no score of their own get a set score for each letter: A is 95, B is 85, C is 72 and D is 50.

There are four letters, A to D, with no F. The same rule applies in every state, and the cutoffs are never adjusted for a state, county or city. We always use the latest inspection.

How grades work has the full rules.

Most common official results in our Arkansas data, and the letter each became
Official resultLetterListings
0 observationsA7,287
1 observationB3,787
2 observationsB1,689
3 observationsC769
4 observationsC307
5 observationsC169
6 observationsD72
7 observationsD41

How Arkansas restaurants grade

The latest grade for each of the 14,161 listings.

A
7,287
51.5% · grade A
B
5,476
38.7% · grade B
C
1,245
8.8% · grade C
D
153
1.1% · grade D

Inspection dates in our Arkansas data run from Feb 15, 2023 to Oct 30, 2026. 13,798 of the 14,161 listings (97.4%) were inspected in the 12 months before Oct 30, 2026, our latest record. A restaurant may have been inspected again since.

Top-rated places in Arkansas

Every A-grade place in our Arkansas data gets the same GradeLocal score (95), so this list shows the ten most recently inspected A-grade places, one per name.

  1. A
    Arby's #5003043RussellvilleGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 30, 2026
  2. A
    Big Orange MidtownLittle RockGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 30, 2026
  3. A
    Blue Diamond Marina CafeMountain HomeGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 30, 2026
  4. A
    Buffalo Camping and Canoeing IGilbertGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 30, 2026
  5. A
    CHAREE'S EMPORIUMNewportGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 30, 2026
  6. A
    CHARTWELLS AT East End IntermediateLittle RockGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 30, 2026
  7. A
    Chartwells at East End MiddleHensleyGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 30, 2026
  8. A
    Citgo Food Mart - Thind LLCStar CityGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 30, 2026
  9. A
    Domino'sLittle RockGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 30, 2026
  10. A
    Dulceria Y Paleteria Las EstrellasDe QueenGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 30, 2026

A grade shows one inspection on one day. Check the official record linked on each page.

Counties in Arkansas

Every county with at least one listing. Pick one to see its restaurants.

CountyRestaurantsAverage
Arkansas County13691.4 · A
Ashley County11990.8 · A
Baxter County25484.2 · B
Benton County62786.9 · B
Boone County23585.5 · B
Bradley County9790.0 · A
Calhoun County2487.4 · B
Carroll County26788.1 · B
Chicot County8391.4 · A
Clark County16487.2 · B
Clay County8791.2 · A
Cleburne County17485.6 · B
Cleveland County3591.0 · A
Columbia County16991.0 · A
Conway County13987.1 · B
Craighead County52288.8 · B
Crawford County32390.1 · A
Crittenden County31590.9 · A
Cross County10385.8 · B
Dallas County5788.8 · B
Desha County10490.8 · A
Drew County11490.4 · A
Faulkner County54191.0 · A
Franklin County9790.4 · A
Fulton County5991.7 · A
Garland County54190.3 · A
Grant County8989.7 · B
Greene County27289.3 · B
Hempstead County13290.8 · A
Hot Spring County17286.6 · B
Howard County11690.7 · A
Independence County23385.3 · B
Izard County8085.8 · B
Jackson County9785.1 · B
Jefferson County49591.2 · A
Johnson County15392.0 · A
Lafayette County3990.1 · A
Lawrence County11789.0 · B
Lee County4992.5 · A
Lincoln County5990.6 · A
Little River County7791.2 · A
Logan County12490.4 · A
Lonoke County36390.0 · A
Madison County9289.9 · B
Marion County7484.2 · B
Miller County25490.1 · A
Mississippi County28281.2 · B
Monroe County7491.7 · A
Montgomery County4187.7 · B
Nevada County4884.8 · B
Newton County6289.5 · B
Ouachita County16589.2 · B
Perry County4293.0 · A
Phillips County14392.4 · A
Pike County8987.7 · B
Poinsett County14184.6 · B
Polk County11586.9 · B
Pope County39691.2 · A
Prairie County6791.5 · A
Pulaski County63087.3 · B
Randolph County11090.9 · A
Saline County50389.1 · B
Scott County5290.7 · A
Searcy County6188.2 · B
Sebastian County52988.2 · B
Sevier County12986.9 · B
Sharp County13989.9 · B
St. Francis County15792.1 · A
Stone County9288.8 · B
Union County28891.0 · A
Van Buren County10984.4 · B
Washington County60285.2 · B
White County46085.7 · B
Woodruff County4485.8 · B
Yell County11889.1 · B

Questions about Arkansas grades

Who inspects restaurants in Arkansas?

Arkansas Department of Health. The state publishes observation counts, not grades or scores, so every letter is GradeLocal's.

What does Arkansas publish: a score, a letter or something else?

The agencies behind our Arkansas listings publish observation counts. None of them publish a score out of 100, so every Arkansas score on GradeLocal is a GradeLocal score, worked out from the official result.

How does GradeLocal grade restaurants in Arkansas?

For violation counts, we count every violation in the latest inspection. None is an A, 1 or 2 is a B, 3 to 5 is a C, and 6 or more is a D. An emergency closure order is also a D. Results with no score of their own get a set score for each letter: A is 95, B is 85, C is 72 and D is 50. We always use the latest inspection.

How many Arkansas restaurants are on GradeLocal?

14,161 restaurants in 75 counties. The average score is 88.6, a B. 51.5% have an A.

How current are the Arkansas grades?

Inspection dates in our Arkansas data run from Feb 15, 2023 to Oct 30, 2026. We update each state’s records regularly, but there is always a delay, and a restaurant may have been inspected again since. For the latest official report, follow the agency link on each restaurant’s page.

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