Minority-Owned Businesses in Little Rock to Support in 2026

A barber college, a truck driving academy, salon suites across 4,500 square feet, a rage room, a vertical farming supplier, a roofer, a managed IT provider and a law firm that calls itself the firm for everyday people. Little Rock is the first Arkansas metro on this directory, and its record is 23 listings that lean toward services and training.

Every business named here links to its profile, where the ownership tag shows the source it came from. For the whole set, filter the Little Rock hub.

Quick answer

1. Eat at Santo Coyote for neighborhood Mexican, or NAWF of the City Bar & Grill.
2. Get nails done at Lilly's Nails LR.
3. Book a chair at Glam House Salon Suites.
4. Train for a trade at Burton Barber College or WorldLink Truck Driving Academy.
5. Get the roof done by Hargrove Roofing.
6. Put the office IT on a flat rate with BizTek Connection.
7. Take the family to Millennium Bowl or Smash Mamas.
8. The Little Rock hub carries all 23 listings across 12 categories.

Where should I eat and what should I do?

Santo Coyote is the casual neighborhood Mexican restaurant, and NAWF of the City Bar & Grill is the bar and grill. Millennium Bowl is the entertainment center people drive in for from Maumelle and Sherwood, and Smash Mamas runs rage rooms, which is an evening plan people either love or do not.

Hair, skin and learning a trade

Burton Barber College trains barbers, and Glam House Salon Suites rents newly renovated suites across 4,500 square feet between Little Rock and North Little Rock, which makes it the place where a number of independent stylists actually work. Lilly's Nails LR is the nail salon.

WorldLink Truck Driving Academy is a family-owned, service-disabled veteran and minority business training commercial drivers, and Friendship Aspire Academy is a public charter school taking applications for the coming year.

The house, the office and the business

Hargrove Roofing does residential and commercial roofing. TV Mounting Pro installs home theater and audio visual work statewide for homeowners and renters, and Beyond Sound & Security does sound and security systems for shops and homes. BizTek Connection provides flat-rate managed IT across central Arkansas.

Caton Consulting is a woman-owned HR consulting firm working on people-first HR for smaller employers. Performance Tax Group does tax and financial services, and Tellez Law Firm practices for individuals and families. Travelers Corporate Housing arranges short-term stays in Little Rock and northwest Arkansas. 180 Pipe helps growers move from traditional farming to vertical systems in soil or water.

Life events

North Hills Florist & Gifts does the flowers and Decorative Arrangements & Sculptures dresses the room. Barakat Bespoke makes custom garments and ready-to-wear from casual to formal. American Family Funeral Home & Cremations handles funerals and grief support, and New Primary Care and Wellness Clinic covers primary care, weight management and women's health.

What the record does not cover yet

There are 23 published listings, and all 23 are filed in Little Rock itself. North Little Rock, Conway, Benton, Bryant, Jacksonville, Sherwood, Maumelle, Cabot and the rest of central Arkansas have none yet, and at least one business here actually trades in North Little Rock.

Little Rock should be deeper than this. The city's best-known roundup of Black-owned businesses sits behind a bot challenge that a person has to clear by hand, and we do not complete those, so it is not in this record. The state's own minority and women-owned business directory is behind a form that asks for your name and email before it shows you anything. What is here came from the convention and visitors bureau and the North Little Rock chamber instead. If you run a business in central Arkansas, a free listing is the fastest way in, and this is a record with a lot of room.

Common mistakes

• Reading the Minority-owned tag as more specific than it is. The sources here list Black-owned and minority-owned businesses together without saying which applies to each one, so the tag records the broader claim only.
• Assuming a Little Rock address. Several of these businesses are in or near North Little Rock even though the record files them in the city.
• Treating salon suites as one salon. Suites house independent stylists, so you book the stylist rather than the building.
• Skipping the training providers. A barber college and a truck driving academy are both routes into work, not just businesses to buy from.

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