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Convenience stores in Bullock County, AL

How Bullock County, AL compares with other counties and the U.S. for convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$17.3M
On groceries · $4,695 a household
Spending per listing
$17.3M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
2.7
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
9,780
−4.5% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Households in Bullock County spend about $17.3M a year on groceries, or $4,695 per household, 26% below the U.S. average. That works out to $17.3M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.

Bullock County has 1 convenience store on map listings as of September 2026. That is 2.7 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for convenience stores in Bullock County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates show Bullock County declined 4.5% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 convenience store on map listings, Bullock County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Bullock County compares

The same measures for Alabama and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all groceries by the convenience stores counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Convenience stores in Bullock County, AL compared with Alabama and the U.S.
MeasureBullock CountyAlabamaU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.710.58.0
Spending per listing$17.3M$5.5M$7.9M
Households per official establishmentn/a4,7223,493
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+74.1%+22.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−4.5%+3.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$4,695$5,771$6,319
Median household income$31,310$63,999$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored34

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
10 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
0
Amount
$0

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as convenience stores in Bullock County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.

Population and households in Bullock County

Population, 2025 estimate
9,780−4.5% since 2020
Households
3,688
Median age
41.6
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
623 sq. mi.
People per square mile
16
Median household income
$31,310−17.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$45,506
Median home value
$81,700
Jobs located here
2,454
Daytime population
8,815Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Convenience stores across Alabama

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The highest-scoring counties in Alabama for convenience stores, numbered among those based in Alabama, with Bullock County marked.

Top counties in Alabama

Counties in Alabama ranked for convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Madison County, AL891076.5$9.8M+11.0%#49 of 2,261
2Limestone County, AL82368.8$7.1M+18.0%#135 of 2,261
3Shelby County, AL79667.6$8.7M+6.5%#197 of 2,261
4Baldwin County, AL78959.6$6.3M+14.8%#237 of 2,261
5Autauga County, AL72208.7$6.9M+5.1%#382 of 2,261
6Coffee County, AL72188.6$6.8M+6.3%#384 of 2,261
7Lee County, AL70608.6$6.7M+8.6%#445 of 2,261
8Elmore County, AL683410.3$5.8M+4.2%#505 of 2,261
9St. Clair County, AL634212.0$5M+7.1%#665 of 2,261
10Cullman County, AL613710.5$5.4M+6.7%#735 of 2,261
Bullock County, ALNot scored12.7$17.3M−4.5%

Other business types in Bullock County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many convenience stores are in Bullock County, AL?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 convenience store in Bullock County. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in Bullock County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Bullock County, AL spend on groceries?

About $17.3M a year, or $4,695 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 convenience store on map listings, it comes to $17.3M per store. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,688 households in Bullock County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Bullock County, AL compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?

Bullock County has 1 convenience store on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Bullock County would have about 2, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is Bullock County, AL growing?

Population estimates put Bullock County at 9,780 people in 2025, down 4.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,688 households. The median household income in Bullock County is $31,310 a year, 61% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That fell 17.1% from the 2015–2019 survey, before inflation.

What is the Groundwork market score?

The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Bullock County has no market score for convenience stores: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for convenience stores · All 56 business types in Bullock County

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