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Employee Benefit Plans
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Retirement Benefits [Abstract]  
Employee Benefit Plans Employee Benefit Plans
401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan
The Company has a combined 401(k) plan and employee stock ownership plan, named the Home BancShares, Inc. 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan, in which substantially all employees may participate. The Company matches employees’ contributions based on a percentage of salary contributed by participants. As of December 31, 2023, participants in the plan held approximately 1.3 million shares of the Company’s stock. These shares are allocated to the individual employees that have elected to own stock within the plan. While the plan also allows for discretionary employer contributions, no discretionary contributions were made for the years ended 2023, 2022 and 2021. The Company’s expense for the plan was approximately $3.4 million, $3.1 million and $2.5 million in 2023, 2022 and 2021, respectively, which is included in salaries and employee benefits expense.
Chairman’s Retirement Plan
On April 20, 2007, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a Chairman’s Retirement Plan for John W. Allison, the Company’s Chairman. The Chairman’s Retirement Plan provides a supplemental retirement benefit of $250,000 a year for 10 consecutive years or until Mr. Allison’s death, whichever occurs later. During 2011, Mr. Allison reached the age of 65 and became 100% vested in the plan. Therefore, he began receiving the supplemental retirement benefit due to him. He received $250,000 of this benefit during 2023, 2022 and 2021, respectively. An expense of $84,787, $97,449 and $109,140 was accrued for 2023, 2022 and 2021 for this plan, respectively.