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Home Remodel Cost in Little Rock, AR: what the permits say

Data through April 2026 · updated 24 Apr 2026

How much does home remodel cost in Little Rock, AR? The usual remodel & repair job filed with Little Rock, AR is $50,000, from 897 priced permits (May 2023 through April 2026); the middle half of firms file between $36,000 and $94,600. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill.

$50,000usual filed value
$36,000–$94,600middle half of firms' usual jobs
897priced permits (100% of 900)
305firms on file
Apr 2026records through

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How much does home remodel cost in Little Rock, AR?

The usual remodel & repair job filed with Little Rock, AR is $50,000, from 897 priced permits, May 2023 through April 2026. The middle half of firms usually file between $36,000 and $94,600. Half of jobs were filed for less, half for more. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill.

What the spread looks like

Approximately, from each firm's own spread: every firm's range of filed values, weighted by its 897 priced permits across 304 firms, pooled into one. Half of Little Rock, AR remodel & repair permits were filed between $24,900 and $94,700.

PercentileFiled valueReads as
10th$12,5001 in 10 permits filed below
25th$24,9001 in 4 filed below
50th$50,100the middle permit
75th$94,7001 in 4 filed above
90th$163,0001 in 10 filed above

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By home value

Firms split into thirds by the usual value of the homes they work on, with each third's usual filed value weighted by permits. Home values: Pulaski County CAMA market values (Arkansas GIS Office parcel file), matched by street address.

Firms working onUsual home valueUsual filed valueFirmsPermits
Lower thirdunder $189,900$45,00097227
Middle third$189,900–$316,125$50,00098351
Upper third$319,760 and up$55,00098308

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Busiest firms and what they usually charge

Top 10 by permits in the last 12 months on file (May 2025–Apr 2026). Usual is each firm's middle filed value; middle half is the range its middle half of jobs were filed in. Busy is not the same as careful: pick what you value to build a list.

FirmPermitsLast 12 moUsualMiddle halfFinished
Summit Installations Inc3925$8,322$4,796–$12,16446.6%
Rebath of Little Rock2416$14,167$10,944–$16,678—
Trail Run Properties228$47,500$26,250–$83,75052.7%
Zipco Distinctive Kit & Bath177$51,421$29,450–$66,09636.4%
Richard Harp Homes Inc116$142,000$35,000–$206,016—
Best Builders, Inc275$43,579$32,542–$64,34567.1%
Ari Arkansas Restoration Inc215$75,000$50,000–$120,00059.2%
Cje Construction LLC115$80,000$52,500–$120,879—
Greenlaw Maintenance65$35,000$30,000–$47,500—
Bath Makeover of Arkansas214$10,500$9,150–$12,11115.3%

Why filed values run low or high

  • The 10 busiest firms usually file $43,579; the 288 firms with fewer than 10 permits usually file $57,843.
  • Firms working on the most expensive third of homes (usual home value $319,760 and up) usually file $55,000, against $45,000 for the least expensive third.
  • One permit type covers small and large jobs: 1 in 10 remodel & repair permits is filed under $12,500 and 1 in 10 over $163,000, 13 times as much.
  • 99.7% of the 900 permits carry a value; the 3 without one are left out of every figure here.

Is your quote normal? Compare it with 897 filed values

Line your quote up against the file. In Little Rock, AR, 1 in 10 remodel & repair filed values sit under $12,500, the middle half between $24,900 and $94,700, and 1 in 10 over $163,000.

  • $212,000Above $163,000: higher than 9 in 10 filed values for this work in Little Rock, AR.
  • $50,000Right at the usual $50,000: in the middle of the file.
  • $8,800Below $12,500: lower than 9 in 10. Ask what the quote leaves out.

When to schedule a home remodel in Little Rock, AR

Little Rock, AR files the fewest remodel & repair permits in December (53 against an average month of 100) and the most in May (144). If you can choose, ask for quotes in a quiet month. We have no prices by month, so this is about crews' schedules, not a discount. When each trade is busiest in Little Rock, AR →

How these numbers are made

Source: City of Little Rock Planning and Development permits on single-family, duplex and manufactured homes (the City's periodic permit download, the edition that runs to April 30, 2026). The window is May 2023 through April 2026; a permit filed after that isn't here yet.

Usual is the middle permit: half were filed for less, half for more. Only permits with a filed value count; a value of $0 or none is left out.

The spread is approximate: we keep seven points of each firm's own range of filed values, not every permit, and pool them.

Nobody paid to be on this page and nobody can. How the records work in Little Rock, AR → · Sources and definitions for every city →

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Contractor Records, "Home Remodel Cost in Little Rock, AR: what the permits say", https://contractorrecords.com/little-rock/remodel-cost, data through April 2026, from City of Little Rock building-permit records.

Link to a table: The spread · By home value · Busiest firms.

Download the tables (CSV): Key figures · By home value.

How Little Rock, AR compares with other cities

From our cross-city data studies: the same measure, read the same way, for every city we cover.

Common questions

  • How many quotes should I get for a remodel & repair job in Little Rock, AR?At least three. In the permit record the middle half of Little Rock, AR remodel & repair firms usually file between $36,000 and $94,600 a job, so two ordinary firms can sit 2.6 times apart and both be normal for Little Rock, AR. A third quote shows which one is the outlier. Filed values are what contractors wrote on permits, not quotes, so use them to judge the spread, not to price your own job.
  • What range is normal for remodel & repair jobs in Little Rock, AR?Half of permits were filed between $24,900 and $94,700; 8 in 10 between $12,500 and $163,000. These are approximate, pooled from each firm's own spread.
  • How much do remodeling contractors charge in Little Rock, AR?The usual remodel & repair job is filed at $50,000; the middle half of firms usually file between $36,000 and $94,600. The 10 firms with the most permits in the last 12 months on file (May 2025–Apr 2026) usually file $43,579, less than the usual. See every firm's usual job →
  • Why do prices I see online differ from $50,000?$50,000 is the construction value contractors wrote on Little Rock, AR permits. Online figures are usually all-in ranges whose scope you can't check (design, fees, site work), and our file mixes small and large jobs of this type in one number. Use the spread above to see where a quote sits.
  • Do bigger houses get bigger bills?In the file, yes for the firms: those working on the upper third of homes by value usually file $55,000, the lower third $45,000. That is firms, not single jobs.
  • Where does this data come from?City of Little Rock Planning and Development permits on single-family, duplex and manufactured homes (the City's periodic permit download, the edition that runs to April 30, 2026), read April 2026. How the records work in Little Rock, AR →

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