Exhibit 23.1
Consent of Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-3 of Home BancShares, Inc. of our report dated March 5, 2021, on our audits of the consolidated financial statements of Happy Bancshares, Inc. (the Company) as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, and for each of the years then ended. We also consent to the inclusion of our report dated March 5, 2021, on our audit of the internal control over financial reporting of the Company as of December 31, 2020. We also consent to the reference to our firm under the caption “Experts” in the prospectus included in the Registration Statement.
BKD,LLP
Houston, Texas
January 13, 2021