Manufacturing Economy Monitor

Furniture and Related Products Manufacturing in Arkansas

Furniture and Related Products manufacturing added $283M of value to Arkansas's economy in 2025, down 4.6% year over year. That ranks Arkansas 29th of 50 states and DC for this industry. It is 1.1% of Arkansas's manufacturing output. Nationally, furniture and related products is a $35.4B industry (the 17th-largest of the 19 manufacturing subsectors), per the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Output and rank

  • Value added: $283M in 2025, #29 of 50 states and DC for this industry.
  • Growth: -4.6% year over year.
  • Share of Arkansas's manufacturing: 1.1% of the state's total manufacturing value added.
  • National context: furniture and related products is a $35.4B industry nationally, #17 of the 19 manufacturing subsectors (+1.4% year over year).
  • Classification: durable goods manufacturing (BEA subsector 337).

Frequently asked questions

  • How big is the furniture and related products industry in Arkansas? Furniture and Related Products added $283M of value in Arkansas in 2025, ranking the state 29th of 50 states and DC for this industry, per BEA state GDP-by-industry data.
  • Is furniture and related products growing in Arkansas? Arkansas's furniture and related products output shrank 4.6% year over year to 2025. The chart above traces the full annual series since 1997.
  • What share of Arkansas's manufacturing is furniture and related products? Furniture and Related Products is 1.1% of Arkansas's total manufacturing value added in 2025, per BEA state GDP-by-industry data.

About this data

  • Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (public domain). National quarterly values are seasonally adjusted annual rates. Corporate-profit industry detail reflects inventory valuation adjustment without capital consumption adjustment, per NIPA table 6.16D conventions.

Last reviewed 2026-10-01.