Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the inclusion in this registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-132427) of our report dated February 20, 2006, on our audit of the financial statements and the financial statement schedules of Home BancShares, Inc. We also consent to the references to our firm under the caption “Experts.”

/s/ BKD, llp

Little Rock, Arkansas
April 21, 2006