Painter insurance in Arkansas

Arkansas has 176 painting contractors with employees (Census, 2023) and 890 construction painters on payrolls (BLS, May 2025), plus many self-employed painters. This page covers the state figures, what drives a painter's premium, and city pages.

Arkansas painting trade figures

Census CBP 2023 (NAICS 238320, 238310, 238330, 236118); BLS OEWS May 2025 (47-2141, 47-2082, 47-3014; payroll employees only); Census Building Permits Survey 2024; ACS 2020–2024.

What moves a Arkansas painter's quote

Insurers start with job mix: interior or exterior, residential or commercial, new construction or repaint. Then come working height, the share of work sprayed, pre-1978 housing and lead-safe practices, payroll and subcontractor costs, vehicles and equipment, contract limit requirements, and claims history.

See job types and cost factors.

Regulators

Insurance companies and agents are overseen by the Arkansas Insurance Department. Contractor registration, licensing, and lead-safe certification are handled by separate state, local, or federal programs.

Arkansas city pages

Ordered by the share of households that rent (ACS), highest first.

• Fayetteville
• North Little Rock
• Conway
• Jacksonville
• Bentonville
• Fort Smith
• Springdale
• Little Rock
• Searcy
• Jonesboro
• Russellville
• Hot Springs
• Rogers
• Siloam Springs
• Centerton
• Benton
• Cabot
• Sherwood
• Bryant
• Bella Vista

Painter coverage and guides

• General liability for painters
• Overspray and property damage
• Lead-safe work and pollution coverage
• Ladders, scaffolds, and workers' comp
• Tools and equipment coverage
• Commercial auto for painting vans
• Painting job types and insurance
• Subcontracted painters and certificates
• Insurance clauses in painting contracts
• What affects painter insurance cost
• Painter application checklist

More Arkansas communities

Painting contractors anywhere in the state can request a quote. Remaining communities, grouped by population size (largest first within each group) and listed with their counties:

Communities of 10,000 or more (19)

Pine Bluff · Jefferson / Paragould · Greene / Texarkana · Miller / Van Buren · Crawford / West Memphis · Crittenden / Maumelle · Pulaski / El Dorado · Union / Harrison · Boone / Marion · Crittenden / Mountain Home · Baxter / Blytheville · Mississippi / Forrest City · St. Francis / Lowell · Benton / Batesville · Independence / Malvern · Hot Spring / Magnolia · Columbia / Farmington · Washington / Pea Ridge · Benton / Camden · Ouachita

Communities of 2,500 to 9,999 (77)

Arkadelphia · Clark / Greenwood · Sebastian / Clarksville · Johnson / Beebe · White / Prairie Grove · Washington / Hope · Hempstead / Helena-West Helena · Phillips / Monticello · Drew / Newport · Jackson / Tontitown · Washington / Wynne · Cross / Pocahontas · Randolph / Stuttgart · Arkansas / Trumann · Poinsett / Heber Springs · Cleburne / Morrilton · Conway / Ward · Lonoke / Osceola · Mississippi / Greenbrier · Faulkner / Cave Springs · Benton / De Queen · Sevier / Alma · Crawford / Berryville · Carroll / Mena · Polk / Walnut Ridge · Lawrence / White Hall · Jefferson / Sheridan · Grant / Barling · Sebastian / Warren · Bradley / Cherokee Village · Sharp / Shannon Hills · Saline / Gentry · Benton / Vilonia · Faulkner / Brookland · Craighead / Dardanelle · Yell / Crossett · Ashley / Lonoke · Lonoke / Haskell · Saline / Southside · Independence / Ashdown · Little River / Austin · Lonoke / Elkins · Washington / Nashville · Howard / Gravette · Benton / Booneville · Logan / Alexander · Saline / Manila · Mississippi / Johnson · Washington / Dumas · Desha / Ozark · Franklin / Piggott · Clay / McGehee · Desha / Huntsville · Madison / Waldron · Scott / Paris · Logan / Pottsville · Pope / Marianna · Lee / Green Forest · Carroll / Fordyce · Dallas / Corning · Clay / Little Flock · Benton / Prescott · Nevada / Mountain View · Stone / Atkins · Pope / Elm Springs · Washington / DeWitt · Arkansas / Bono · Craighead / Highfill · Benton / Charleston · Franklin / Lake City · Craighead / Gosnell · Mississippi / Hoxie · Lawrence / Horseshoe Bend · Izard / Brinkley · Monroe / Bald Knob · White / Lavaca · Sebastian / Clinton · Van Buren

Communities under 2,500 (384)

Dermott · Chicot / England · Lonoke / Holiday Island · Carroll / Hamburg · Ashley / Goshen · Washington / Lincoln · Washington / West Fork · Washington / Mayflower · Faulkner / Harrisburg · Poinsett / Gassville · Baxter / Marked Tree · Poinsett / Eureka Springs · Carroll / Fairfield Bay · Van Buren / Star City · Lincoln / Glenwood · Pike / Calico Rock · Izard / Cave City · Sharp / Danville · Yell / Carlisle · Lonoke / Bull Shoals · Marion / Judsonia · White / Leachville · Mississippi / Melbourne · Izard / Lake Village · Chicot / Augusta · Woodruff / Des Arc · Prairie / Gurdon · Clark / Bay · Craighead / Rector · Clay / Lamar · Johnson / Earle · Crittenden / Decatur · Benton / Tuckerman · Jackson / Lepanto · Poinsett / Salem · Fulton / Mulberry · Crawford / Wrightsville · Pulaski / Smackover · Union / Monette · Craighead / Eudora · Chicot / Redfield · Jefferson / McCrory · Woodruff / Murfreesboro · Pike / Cedarville · Crawford / Clarendon · Monroe / Kensett · White / Perryville · Perry / Hazen · Prairie / Dover · Pope / Marshall · Searcy / Flippin · Marion / Marmaduke · Greene / Greenland · Washington / Diaz · Jackson / Stamps · Lafayette / Newark · Independence / Ash Flat · Sharp / Yellville · Marion / Oak Grove Heights · Greene / Hampton · Calhoun / Waldo · Columbia / Wooster · Faulkner / Caraway · Craighead / Mansfield · Sebastian / Highland · Sharp / Mineral Springs · Howard / London · Pope / Kibler · Crawford / Mount Ida · Montgomery / Hughes · St. Francis / Cotter · Baxter / Mammoth Spring · Fulton / Rison · Cleveland / Foreman · Little River / Ola · Yell / Horatio · Sevier / Higginson · White / Dierks · Howard / Lewisville · Lafayette / Luxora · Mississippi / Greers Ferry · Cleburne / Hackett · Sebastian / Diamond City · Boone / Coal Hill · Johnson / Fouke · Miller / Dyer · Crawford / Lakeview · Baxter / Hardy · Sharp / Guy · Faulkner / Parkin · Cross / Oppelo · Conway / East Camden · Ouachita / Magazine · Logan / Plumerville · Conway / Cammack Village · Pulaski / Stephens · Ouachita / Bearden · Ouachita / Marvell · Phillips / Norphlet · Union / Madison · St. Francis / Rockport · Hot Spring / Swifton · Jackson / Wilson · Mississippi / Quitman · Cleburne / Keiser · Mississippi / Bradford · White / Amity · Clark / Tyronza · Poinsett / Altus · Franklin / Knoxville · Johnson / Bauxite · Saline / Wickes · Polk / Altheimer · Jefferson / Sulphur Rock · Independence / Imboden · Lawrence / Black Rock · Lawrence / Gould · Lincoln / Garfield · Benton / McRae · White / Weiner · Poinsett / Gillett · Arkansas / Bonanza · Sebastian / Oxford · Izard / Holland · Faulkner / Lockesburg · Sevier / Caddo Valley · Clark / Mountain Pine · Garland / Cherry Valley · Cross / Taylor · Columbia / Summit · Marion / Mountainburg · Crawford / Traskwood · Saline / Jasper · Newton / Salesville · Baxter / Hartman · Johnson / Avoca · Benton / Grannis · Polk / Hartford · Sebastian / Pangburn · White / Rose Bud · White / Tull · Grant / De Valls Bluff · Prairie / Hermitage · Bradley / Turrell · Crittenden / Cotton Plant · Woodruff / Huntington · Sebastian / Junction City · Union / Norfork · Baxter / Sulphur Springs · Benton / Palestine · St. Francis / Portia · Lawrence / Fountain Lake · Garland / Central City · Sebastian / Joiner · Mississippi / Leola · Grant / Plainview · Yell / Gateway · Benton / Cushman · Independence / Elaine · Phillips / Crawfordsville · Crittenden / Humphrey · Arkansas / Evening Shade · Sharp / Holly Grove · Monroe / Huttig · Union / Bergman · Boone / Bellefonte · Boone / Caldwell · St. Francis / Ravenden · Lawrence / Hector · Pope / Lafe · Greene / Calion · Union / Subiaco · Logan / Strong · Union / Emmet · Nevada / Oak Grove · Carroll / Reyno · Randolph / Wilmar · Drew / Wilmot · Ashley / Alpena · Boone / Bradley · Lafayette / Damascus · Van Buren / Maynard · Randolph / Midway · Hot Spring / Viola · Fulton / Leslie · Searcy / Mount Pleasant · Izard / McNeil · Columbia / Winslow · Washington / Bigelow · Perry / Hatfield · Polk / Pleasant Plains · Independence / Western Grove · Newton / Arkansas City · Desha / Kingsland · Cleveland / Sparkman · Dallas / Clarkedale · Crittenden / Thornton · Calhoun / Cove · Polk / Enola · Faulkner / Twin Groves · Faulkner / Dyess · Mississippi / Belleville · Yell / Menifee · Conway / Biggers · Randolph / Branch · Franklin / Norman · Montgomery / Portland · Ashley / Grubbs · Jackson / Prattsville · Grant / Fredonia · Prairie / Lake View · Phillips / Grady · Lincoln / Patterson · Woodruff / Cash · Craighead / Wilton · Little River / Colt · St. Francis / Lead Hill · Boone / Donaldson · Hot Spring / Emerson · Columbia / Delight · Pike / Blevins · Hempstead / Poyen · Grant / Perry · Perry / Rosston · Nevada / Wheatley · St. Francis / Strawberry · Lawrence / Scranton · Logan / Mitchellville · Desha / Briarcliff · Baxter / Horseshoe Lake · Crittenden / Lynn · Lawrence / Perla · Hot Spring / Shirley · Van Buren / Almyra · Arkansas / Chidester · Ouachita / Edmondson · Crittenden / Etowah · Mississippi / Havana · Yell / Letona · White / Black Oak · Craighead / Montrose · Ashley / Campbell Station · Jackson / Magness · Independence / Midland · Sebastian / Hickory Ridge · Cross / Perrytown · Hempstead / Oil Trough · Independence / Humnoke · Lonoke / Garner · White / St. Francis · Clay / Denning · Franklin / Harrell · Calhoun / Carthage · Dallas / Sidney · Sharp / Keo · Lonoke / Franklin · Izard / Widener · St. Francis / O'Kean · Randolph / Concord · Cleburne / St. Charles · Arkansas / Pyatt · Marion / Pollard · Clay / Russell · White / Dell · Mississippi / Garland · Miller / Oden · Montgomery / Tollette · Howard / Valley Springs · Boone / Lexa · Phillips / Ulm · Prairie / Wabbaseka · Jefferson / West Point · White / Gilmore · Crittenden / Fisher · Poinsett / Greenway · Clay / Friendship · Hot Spring / Moro · Lee / Ratcliff · Logan / Parkdale · Ashley / Sunset · Crittenden / Watson · Desha / Pineville · Izard / Caulksville · Logan / Fifty-Six · Stone / Griffithville · White / Tillar · Drew / Sedgwick · Lawrence / Gillham · Sevier / Jacksonport · Jackson / Buckner · Lafayette / Rondo · Lee / Chester · Crawford / Houston · Perry / Louann · Ouachita / Adona · Perry / Mount Vernon · Faulkner / Knobel · Clay / Willisville · Nevada / Ben Lomond · Sevier / Alicia · Lawrence / Winchester · Drew / Burdette · Mississippi / Anthonyville · Crittenden / Omaha · Boone / Rudy · Crawford / St. Joe · Searcy / Casa · Perry / McDougal · Clay / Moorefield · Independence / St. Paul · Madison / Ogden · Little River / Ravenden Springs · Randolph / Higden · Cleburne / Jennette · Crittenden / Bassett · Mississippi / Bodcaw · Nevada / Reed · Desha / Haynes · Lee / Winthrop · Little River / Vandervoort · Polk / Antoine · Pike / Bluff City · Nevada / Lonsdale · Garland / Fulton · Hempstead / Egypt · Craighead / Everton · Boone / Hunter · Woodruff / Peach Orchard · Clay / Fountain Hill · Ashley / Powhatan · Lawrence / Pindall · Searcy / Aubrey · Lee / Okolona · Clark / Jericho · Crittenden / Marie · Mississippi / Success · Clay / Hindsville · Madison / Black Springs · Montgomery / Big Flat · Baxter / Gum Springs · Clark / Washington · Hempstead / Zinc · Boone / Allport · Lonoke / Springtown · Benton / South Lead Hill · Boone / Daisy · Pike / Coy · Lonoke / Felsenthal · Union / Minturn · Lawrence / Georgetown · White / Morrison Bluff · Logan / Smithville · Lawrence / Banks · Bradley / Beedeville · Jackson / Blue Mountain · Logan / Williford · Sharp / Cale · Nevada / Guion · Izard / Tupelo · Jackson / Beaver · Carroll / Roe · Monroe / Delaplaine · Greene / Amagon · Jackson / Nimmons · Clay / Datto · Clay / Oakhaven · Hempstead / Weldon · Jackson / Fourche · Perry / Fargo · Monroe / McCaskill · Hempstead / Patmos · Hempstead / Tinsman · Calhoun / Sherrill · Jefferson / Waldenburg · Poinsett / Wiederkehr Village · Franklin / LaGrange · Lee / Ozan · Hempstead / Blue Eye · Carroll / Whelen Springs · Clark / Corinth · Yell / Birdsong · Mississippi / McNab · Hempstead / Gilbert · Searcy / Victoria · Mississippi

Painting contractor questions: Arkansas

Sources: Census County Business Patterns (https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp.html); BLS OEWS (https://www.bls.gov/oes/); Census Building Permits Survey; American Community Survey 2020–2024.

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Last updated October 15, 2026 · How we research