Groceries and convenience · County · Georgia
Convenience stores in Clarke County, GA
How Clarke County, GA 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 45 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,302 of 2,261 scored counties
#47 of 120 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 53
- 28 chain locations (53%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $300.4M
- On groceries · $5,517 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.7M
- 28% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.7
- 21% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 129,921
- +1.0% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 53 convenience stores in Clarke County. Chain locations make up 53% of them, against 60% across the U.S. That is 9.7 per 10,000 households, 21% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
At $5,517 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in Clarke County spend about $300.4M a year on groceries. That is about $5.7M of household spending for each store on map listings, 28% 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 15 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in Clarke County in 2023. That is one for every 3,630 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Clarke County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Clarke County scores 45 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for convenience stores, ranking #1,302 of 2,261 scored counties and #47 of 120 scored counties in Georgia.
How Clarke County compares
The same measures for Georgia 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 | Clarke County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.7 | 10.0 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $5.7M | $6.1M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,630 | 2,146 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +22.3% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.0% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,517 | $6,137 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $53,625 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 45 | 37 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10 → 15
- Employees, 2023
- 40
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $942K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5328 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 38The 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 Clarke 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 Clarke County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 129,921+1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 54,454
- Median age
- 33.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 41%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 119 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,086
- Median household income
- $53,625+38.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,676
- Median home value
- $298,900
- Jobs located here
- 71,696
- Daytime population
- 151,489Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Georgia market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Georgia for convenience stores, numbered among those based in Georgia, with Clarke County marked.
Top counties in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Paulding County, GA | 91 | 32 | 5.3 | $12.3M | +12.7% | #26 of 2,261 |
| 2Forsyth County, GA | 89 | 44 | 4.9 | $15.1M | +11.8% | #40 of 2,261 |
| 3Columbia County, GA | 88 | 40 | 7.3 | $9.1M | +7.9% | #65 of 2,261 |
| 4Fayette County, GA | 87 | 24 | 5.4 | $12.8M | +4.7% | #67 of 2,261 |
| 5Cherokee County, GA | 85 | 53 | 5.2 | $13M | +11.6% | #88 of 2,261 |
| 6Oconee County, GA | 85 | 13 | 8.7 | $8.2M | +6.9% | #93 of 2,261 |
| 7Cobb County, GA | 81 | 163 | 5.5 | $12.3M | +3.5% | #138 of 2,261 |
| 8Pickens County, GA | 81 | 9 | 6.7 | $9.2M | +11.4% | #147 of 2,261 |
| 9Effingham County, GA | 80 | 24 | 9.9 | $6.4M | +14.1% | #178 of 2,261 |
| 10Coweta County, GA | 79 | 34 | 6.0 | $10.8M | +9.2% | #189 of 2,261 |
| 47Clarke County, GA | 45 | 53 | 9.7 | $5.7M | +1.0% | #1,302 of 2,261 |
Other business types in Clarke County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores39
- Grocery stores40
- Convenience stores45
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 Clarke County, GA?
Clarke County has 53 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 28 of them (53%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in Clarke County, GA spend on groceries?
About $300.4M a year, or $5,517 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 53 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $5.7M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 54,454 households in Clarke County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Clarke County, GA compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Clarke County has 9.7 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 21% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $5.7M, 28% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the national ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Clarke County would have about 38, against 53 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,630 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
How fast is Clarke County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Clarke County at 129,921 people in 2025, up 1.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 54,454 households. Median household income in Clarke County is $53,625, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 38.8%, 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. Clarke County scores 45 for convenience stores (lower middle), #1,302 of 2,261 scored counties.
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