Fort Smith, AR
Web Design & Digital Marketing in Fort Smith, AR
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Rankwyre builds custom websites, ecommerce stores, web apps, CRM systems and dashboards for Fort Smith businesses in Arkansas, then runs the SEO, Google Maps and ads that bring in customers.
- Websites, stores and web apps for Fort Smith businesses
- Most websites live in about 7 days
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LOCAL BUSINESS
Who does business in Fort Smith
Health care holds 14.8% of Sebastian County's business locations, compared with 12.9% for Arkansas, and it grew from 482 to 502 between 2022 and 2023. The county total was 3,398, up 49, with 49% employing fewer than five people.
- Retail stores52916%
- Health care50215%
- Restaurants and hospitality3189%
- Repair and personal services3059%
Retail stores are the largest sector, at 529 locations and a 15.6% share against 15.0% for the state. The count slipped from 538. Shops that want to sell past the counter can add online stores, ready in about 10 days.
Construction and trades grew fastest, from 243 locations to 258, up 6.2%, although its 7.6% share is under the 9.0% Arkansas figure. Repair and personal services rose 5.5% to 305, and restaurants and hospitality rose 5.3% to 318.
Wholesale trade makes up 5.7% of locations here, compared with 4.6% across Arkansas, with 195 locations in 2023. Distributors who take repeat orders get online stores and ordering built around a catalog.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022 and 2023, business establishments by industry.
LOCAL INSIGHT
Fort Smith is adding pilot training and plant jobs
The Fort Smith Regional Chamber's growth list shows the Air Force chose Ebbing Air National Guard Base in March 2023 for pilot training, and units to train F-35 pilots were activated in July 2024. In 2021 the city was selected for a pilot training center with an estimated $1 billion economic impact. Hotels, restaurants and contractors near the base need listings that show correct hours and services to visitors who are new to town.
The chamber also lists plant and logistics news: a Trane Technologies expansion adding more than 60 jobs (August 2025), an Amazon delivery station (July 2025), 76 jobs at Umarex (January 2024), and a Mercy cancer center project (August 2025). Talk Business reported in 2017 that the former Fort Chaffee site, Chaffee Crossing, had sold 4,405 acres and drawn over $1.2 billion in investment, and that Whirlpool closed its plant in 2012. Suppliers selling to these plants need to be found by the people who buy for them.
Rankwyre builds web apps and CRMs for quoting and job tracking, and websites for contractors and suppliers working around Chaffee Crossing and Ebbing.
Fort Smith, AR
Fort Smith at a glance
Fort Smith is one of Arkansas's three largest or best-known cities, in the South region of the country. Rankwyre also builds for businesses in Little Rock, Fayetteville, the other two cities on our Arkansas list.
HOW WE WORK
How we work with Fort Smith businesses.
Starting a project from Fort Smith involves four stages, from a first call to a finished site.
Describe what you sell.
A short call covers your goals and budget. The price comes back in writing before we start.
Look at a draft, push back.
You get a preview while the work is underway, and every round of changes starts from what you tell us.
Making searches land on you.
We set up the Google Business Profile, local listings and area pages, so the site isn't sitting there unfound.
Hosted, live, supported.
Your site launches in about 7 days with hosting and updates covered, and support stays available afterward.
SELECTED WORK
Projects closest to Fort Smith's biggest industries.
A few sites we've built appear below. Use them to size up the quality and the range of styles, not as examples of local work.
RELATED
Industries and nearby areas
What we build for businesses like yours in Fort Smith, plus the other cities near Fort Smith we work in.
Industries we work with
Nearby areas we serve
BUILD YOURS
Get a website that brings in Fort Smith customers.
Choose a plan, or tell us what your business needs and we'll suggest the closest fit. The price will be written down before any work begins.
BEFORE YOU ASK
Questions from Fort Smith businesses
Which sectors are biggest in Fort Smith?
Retail stores lead with 529 locations, then health care with 502. Restaurants and hospitality has 318, repair and personal services 305, and professional services 293. These are counts for Sebastian County in 2023, out of 3,398 locations.
Which other Arkansas areas have pages?
Little Rock and Fayetteville. Each reads its own county's Census numbers. For a store, the plan is $499 a month with $499 setup. For a plain website it's $399 a month with $299 setup, with the quote in writing first.
How much does a website cost for a Fort Smith contractor?
Websites start at $399 a month plus a $299 one-time setup, with hosting, SSL and maintenance included. A standard website launches in about 7 days, and there is no contract.
Questions about a specific service? See the full FAQ.
