NWA sales tax revenue dips again in February report

Bentonville, Fayetteville, Rogers, and Springdale cumulatively reported sales tax revenue of $10.862 million in their February reports, down 2.9% from the same month a year ago. The decline follows a 2.27% revenue dip reported in January.

Each city in the report is off to its weakest start in more than five years.

Rogers’ sales tax revenue totaled $3.087 million, down 1.33% from a year ago. For the first two months of this year, the city’s sales tax revenue totaled $5.688 million, down 3.15% from a year ago. Even with the sluggish start, the city is still ahead of the conservative budget set for the year.

Bentonville is off to a rougher start with respect to its sales tax revenue. February report revenue totaled $2.281 million, down 11.48% from a year ago. Through February, revenue totals $4.329 million, down 9.28% compared with the same period in 2025.

Springdale’s report showed revenue of $2.334 million, down 0.74%. In the first two months, revenue totaled $4.383 million, around $78,000 less than the same period in 2025.

Fayetteville was the only city in the report to have positive February revenue. The revenue was $3.16 million, up 0.96%. For the two months, Fayetteville reported revenue of $5.97 million, just slightly below the $5.977 million in the same period of 2025.

Following is the February report of sales tax revenue for each city compared to the same month in previous years.

Bentonville
2026: $2.281 million, down 11.4%
2025: $2.576 million, up 6.9%
2024: $2.158 million, down 2.9%
2023: $2.482 million, up 22.1%
2022: $2.032 million, up 10.03%

Fayetteville
2026: $3.16 million, up 0.96%
2025: $3.13 million, up 6.3%
2024: $2.943 million, up 1.6%
2023: $2.896 million, up 7.2%
2022: $2.7 million, up 11.9%

Rogers
2026: $3.087 million, down 1.3%
2025: $3.129 million, up 9.03%
2024: $2.87 million, up 9.6%
2023: $2.617 million, down 0.44%
2022: $2.629 million, up 14.1%

Springdale
2026: $2.334 million, down 0.74%
2025: $2.351 million, up 9.6%
2024: $2.143 million, up 4.2%
2023: $2.055 million, up 8.8%
2022: $1.889 million, up 22.3%