Groceries and convenience · County · Florida
Convenience stores in Suwannee County, FL
How Suwannee County, FL compares with other counties and the U.S. for convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 55 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #938 of 2,261 scored counties
#37 of 63 scored counties in Florida
- Listings
- 14
- 7 chain locations (50%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $88.4M
- On groceries · $5,485 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.3M
- 20% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.7
- 9% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 48,149
- +10.6% since 2020
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What this means
At $5,485 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in Suwannee County spend about $88.4M a year on groceries. That is about $6.3M of household spending for each store on map listings, 20% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
Suwannee County has 14 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 7 of them (50%) are chain locations, against 60% across the U.S. That is 8.7 per 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in Suwannee County classed as convenience stores. That is one for every 3,222 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Suwannee County grew 10.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for convenience stores in Suwannee County is 55 (upper middle), #938 of 2,261 scored counties and #37 of 63 scored counties in Florida.
How Suwannee County compares
The same measures for Florida 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 | Suwannee County | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.7 | 7.6 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $6.3M | $8M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,222 | 2,728 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +16.7% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +10.6% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,485 | $6,077 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $56,658 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 55 | 54 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 8
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $197K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 147 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The 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 Suwannee 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 Suwannee County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 48,149+10.6% since 2020
- Households
- 16,112
- Median age
- 43.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 689 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 66
- Median household income
- $56,658+18.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $73,048
- Median home value
- $171,600
- Jobs located here
- 11,204
- Daytime population
- 40,506Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1St. Johns County, FL | 90 | 86 | 7.4 | $9.3M | +25.0% | #38 of 2,261 |
| 2Flagler County, FL | 88 | 33 | 6.3 | $9.7M | +21.0% | #63 of 2,261 |
| 3Sumter County, FL | 87 | 44 | 6.3 | $9.7M | +21.1% | #72 of 2,261 |
| 4Santa Rosa County, FL | 82 | 64 | 8.8 | $7.3M | +11.7% | #134 of 2,261 |
| 5Sarasota County, FL | 81 | 120 | 5.7 | $11.1M | +10.0% | #139 of 2,261 |
| 6Collier County, FL | 80 | 108 | 6.5 | $10M | +10.6% | #168 of 2,261 |
| 7Clay County, FL | 80 | 66 | 7.9 | $8M | +9.4% | #174 of 2,261 |
| 8Walton County, FL | 80 | 34 | 9.9 | $6.4M | +22.9% | #179 of 2,261 |
| 9Charlotte County, FL | 78 | 62 | 6.8 | $8.6M | +15.5% | #229 of 2,261 |
| 10Lee County, FL | 77 | 234 | 7.1 | $8.5M | +14.4% | #254 of 2,261 |
| 37Suwannee County, FL | 55 | 14 | 8.7 | $6.3M | +10.6% | #938 of 2,261 |
Other business types in Suwannee County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores54
- Grocery stores62
- Convenience stores55
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 Suwannee County, FL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 14 convenience stores in Suwannee County. 7 of them (50%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in Suwannee County, FL spend on groceries?
About $88.4M a year, or $5,485 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $6.3M 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 16,112 households in Suwannee County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Suwannee County, FL compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Suwannee County has 8.7 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $6.3M, 20% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Suwannee County would have about 11, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,222 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
How fast is Suwannee County, FL growing?
Population estimates put Suwannee County at 48,149 people in 2025, up 10.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,112 households. The median household income in Suwannee County is $56,658 a year, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 18.4% 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. Suwannee County scores 55 for convenience stores (upper middle), #938 of 2,261 scored counties.
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