Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · Arkansas
Convenience stores in the Pine Bluff, AR area
How the Pine Bluff, AR area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 36 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #403 of 529 scored small-town markets
#8 of 14 scored small-town markets based in Arkansas
- Listings
- 26
- 5 chain locations (19%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $143.7M
- On groceries · $5,334 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.5M
- 30% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.6
- 20% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 70,211
- −5.6% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for convenience stores in the Pine Bluff area is 36 (lower middle), #403 of 529 scored small-town markets and #8 of 14 scored small-town markets based in Arkansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
As of September 2026, map listings count 26 convenience stores in the Pine Bluff area. Chain locations make up 19% of them, against 60% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.6, 20% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Household spending on groceries in the Pine Bluff area comes to about $143.7M a year: $5,334 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That is about $5.5M of household spending for each store on map listings, 30% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade.
Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in the Pine Bluff area in 2023. That is one for every 3,850 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Pine Bluff area declined 5.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Pine Bluff area compares
The same measures for Arkansas 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.
| Measure | Pine Bluff area | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.6 | 8.8 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $5.5M | $6.4M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,850 | 7,136 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +52.3% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −5.6% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,334 | $5,667 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $51,605 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 36 | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7
- Employees, 2023
- 48
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 265 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 18The 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 the Pine Bluff area, 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 the Pine Bluff area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 70,211−5.6% since 2020
- Households
- 26,948
- Median age
- 40.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,470 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 49
- Median household income
- $51,605
- Average household income
- $69,923
- Median home value
- $117,000
- Jobs located here
- 25,800
- Daytime population
- 69,510Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arkansas market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Arkansas for convenience stores, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with the Pine Bluff area marked.
Top small-town markets in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Russellville, AR | 74 | 20 | 6.1 | $9M | +1.6% | #55 of 529 |
| 2Searcy, AR | 68 | 22 | 7.4 | $7.4M | +4.2% | #102 of 529 |
| 3Batesville, AR | 64 | 10 | 6.8 | $8.1M | +2.2% | #138 of 529 |
| 4Harrison, AR | 59 | 14 | 7.6 | $7.2M | +2.4% | #189 of 529 |
| 5Paragould, AR | 59 | 16 | 8.9 | $6.2M | +3.4% | #195 of 529 |
| 6Arkadelphia, AR | 38 | 7 | 8.6 | $6.2M | −2.2% | #381 of 529 |
| 7Mountain Home, AR | 37 | 23 | 11.9 | $4.5M | +3.1% | #398 of 529 |
| 8Pine Bluff, AR | 36 | 26 | 9.6 | $5.5M | −5.6% | #403 of 529 |
| 9Malvern, AR | 30 | 17 | 13.8 | $3.9M | +1.1% | #439 of 529 |
| 10Camden, AR | 21 | 13 | 12.6 | $4.3M | −3.6% | #476 of 529 |
Other business types in the Pine Bluff area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores20
- Grocery stores14
- Convenience stores36
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many convenience stores are in the Pine Bluff, AR area?
The Pine Bluff area has 26 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 5 of them (19%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in the Pine Bluff, AR area spend on groceries?
About $143.7M a year, or $5,334 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 26 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $5.5M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 26,948 households in the Pine Bluff area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Pine Bluff, AR area compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
The Pine Bluff area has 9.6 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 20% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $5.5M, 30% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the national ratio of convenience stores to household spending, the Pine Bluff area would have about 18, against 26 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,850 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
How fast is the Pine Bluff, AR area growing?
Population estimates put the Pine Bluff area at 70,211 people in 2025, down 5.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 26,948 households. Median household income in the Pine Bluff area is $51,605, 36% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Pine Bluff area scores 36 for convenience stores (lower middle), #403 of 529 scored small-town markets.
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