Groceries and convenience · County · Georgia
Convenience stores in Harris County, GA
How Harris 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 63 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #652 of 2,261 scored counties
#22 of 120 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 11
- 6 chain locations (55%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $85.7M
- On groceries · $6,580 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.8M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.4
- 5% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 37,280
- +6.8% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 convenience stores in Harris County. Chain locations make up 55% of them, against 60% across the U.S. That comes to 8.4 for every 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
At $6,580 per household (4% above the U.S. average), households in Harris County spend about $85.7M a year on groceries. That works out to $7.8M per store, in line with the U.S. figure of $7.9M. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in Harris County was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 1,447 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Harris County grew 6.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For convenience stores, Harris County has a Groundwork market score of 63 (upper middle): #652 of 2,261 scored counties and #22 of 120 scored counties in Georgia.
How Harris 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 | Harris County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.4 | 10.0 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $7.8M | $6.1M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,447 | 2,146 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +22.3% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.8% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,580 | $6,137 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $97,302 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 63 | 37 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 28
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $720K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 116 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 Harris 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 Harris County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 37,280+6.8% since 2020
- Households
- 13,027
- Median age
- 43.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 89%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 464 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 78
- Median household income
- $97,302+27.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $120,134
- Median home value
- $302,800
- Jobs located here
- 5,715
- Daytime population
- 26,961Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 22Harris County, GA | 63 | 11 | 8.4 | $7.8M | +6.8% | #652 of 2,261 |
Other business types in Harris County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores66
- Grocery stores84
- Convenience stores63
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 Harris County, GA?
There are 11 convenience stores on map listings in Harris County as of September 2026. 6 of them (55%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in Harris County, GA spend on groceries?
About $85.7M a year, or $6,580 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $7.8M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,027 households in Harris County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Harris County, GA compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Harris County has 8.4 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $7.8M, in line with the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,447 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
How fast is Harris County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Harris County at 37,280 people in 2025, up 6.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,027 households. Median household income in Harris County is $97,302, 21% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.5%, 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. Harris County scores 63 for convenience stores (upper middle), #652 of 2,261 scored counties.
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