Groceries and convenience · Metro area · Georgia
Convenience stores in the Gainesville, GA metro area
How the Gainesville, GA metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #204 of 387 scored metro areas
#2 of 14 scored metro areas based in Georgia
- Listings
- 75
- 46 chain locations (61%)
- Official establishments
- 25
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $458.4M
- On groceries · $6,232 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.1M
- 22% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.2
- 27% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 226,568
- +11.4% since 2020
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What this means
At $6,232 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in the Gainesville metro area spend about $458.4M a year on groceries. That works out to $6.1M per store, 22% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
There are 75 convenience stores on map listings in the Gainesville metro area as of September 2026. Of those, 46 are chain locations, or 61%, against 60% across the U.S. That is 10.2 per 10,000 households, 27% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in the Gainesville metro area was 25 in 2023. That is one for every 2,942 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $410K has gone to businesses classed as convenience stores in the Gainesville metro area.
Population estimates show the Gainesville metro area grew 11.4% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For convenience stores, the Gainesville metro area has a Groundwork market score of 50 (upper middle): #204 of 387 scored metro areas and #2 of 14 scored metro areas based in Georgia.
How the Gainesville metro area 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 | Gainesville metro area | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.2 | 10.0 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $6.1M | $6.1M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,942 | 2,146 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +22.3% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +11.4% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,232 | $6,137 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $80,901 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 37 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 25
- Employees, 2023
- 60
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 7546 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 58The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $410K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as convenience stores in the Gainesville metro 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 Gainesville metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 226,568+11.4% since 2020
- Households
- 73,551
- Median age
- 39.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 393 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 542
- Median household income
- $80,901+28.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $108,166
- Median home value
- $350,400
- Jobs located here
- 102,286
- Daytime population
- 216,900Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Georgia market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Georgia for convenience stores, numbered among those based in Georgia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Gainesville metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | 65 | 1,544 | 6.7 | $9.7M | +5.9% | #93 of 387 |
| 2Gainesville, GA | 50 | 75 | 10.2 | $6.1M | +11.4% | #204 of 387 |
| 3Athens-Clarke County, GA | 40 | 86 | 10.0 | $5.8M | +3.9% | #260 of 387 |
| 4Savannah, GA | 40 | 189 | 11.7 | $5.2M | +8.1% | #262 of 387 |
| 5Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 39 | 257 | 11.1 | $5.3M | +4.7% | #269 of 387 |
| 6Hinesville, GA | 38 | 37 | 12.3 | $4.5M | +12.6% | #280 of 387 |
| 7Warner Robins, GA | 37 | 89 | 12.0 | $5.1M | +8.2% | #285 of 387 |
| Chattanooga, TN-GA | 35 | 312 | 13.5 | $4.4M | +5.3% | #293 of 387 |
| 8Brunswick-St. Simons, GA | 25 | 65 | 13.8 | $4.2M | +4.4% | #349 of 387 |
| 9Columbus, GA-AL | 17 | 115 | 9.0 | $6.2M | −1.3% | #371 of 387 |
Other business types in the Gainesville metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores50
- Grocery stores48
- Convenience stores50
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 Gainesville, GA metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 75 convenience stores in the Gainesville metro area. 46 of them (61%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 25 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in the Gainesville, GA metro area spend on groceries?
About $458.4M a year, or $6,232 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 75 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $6.1M 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 73,551 households in the Gainesville metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Gainesville, GA metro area compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
The Gainesville metro area has 10.2 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 27% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $6.1M, 22% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, the Gainesville metro area would have about 58, against 75 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,942 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
How fast is the Gainesville, GA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Gainesville metro area at 226,568 people in 2025, up 11.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 73,551 households. The median household income in the Gainesville metro area is $80,901 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.5% 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. The Gainesville metro area scores 50 for convenience stores (upper middle), #204 of 387 scored metro areas.
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