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Convenience stores in Lanier County, GA

How Lanier County, GA compares with other counties and the U.S. for convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.

Listings
4
3 chain locations (75%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$18.7M
On groceries · $5,359 a household
Spending per listing
$4.7M
41% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
11.5
44% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
10,623
+7.1% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Households in Lanier County spend about $18.7M a year on groceries, or $5,359 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That works out to $4.7M per store, 41% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.

There are 4 convenience stores on map listings in Lanier County as of September 2026. That comes to 11.5 for every 10,000 households, 44% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in Lanier County in 2023. That is one for every 1,161 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Lanier County grew 7.1% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 convenience stores on map listings, Lanier County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Lanier 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.

Convenience stores in Lanier County, GA compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureLanier CountyGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households11.510.08.0
Spending per listing$4.7M$6.1M$7.9M
Households per official establishment1,1612,1463,493
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+22.3%+22.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+7.1%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,359$6,137$6,319
Median household income$47,186$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored37

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
3
Annual payroll, 2023
$159K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
43 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2The 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 Lanier 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 Lanier County

Population, 2025 estimate
10,623+7.1% since 2020
Households
3,483
Median age
37.8
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
197 sq. mi.
People per square mile
52
Median household income
$47,186+15.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$70,614
Median home value
$162,300
Jobs located here
1,049
Daytime population
8,060Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Convenience stores across Georgia

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The highest-scoring counties in Georgia for convenience stores, numbered among those based in Georgia, with Lanier County marked.

Top counties in Georgia

Counties in Georgia ranked for convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Paulding County, GA91325.3$12.3M+12.7%#26 of 2,261
2Forsyth County, GA89444.9$15.1M+11.8%#40 of 2,261
3Columbia County, GA88407.3$9.1M+7.9%#65 of 2,261
4Fayette County, GA87245.4$12.8M+4.7%#67 of 2,261
5Cherokee County, GA85535.2$13M+11.6%#88 of 2,261
6Oconee County, GA85138.7$8.2M+6.9%#93 of 2,261
7Cobb County, GA811635.5$12.3M+3.5%#138 of 2,261
8Pickens County, GA8196.7$9.2M+11.4%#147 of 2,261
9Effingham County, GA80249.9$6.4M+14.1%#178 of 2,261
10Coweta County, GA79346.0$10.8M+9.2%#189 of 2,261
Lanier County, GANot scored411.5$4.7M+7.1%

Other business types in Lanier County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many convenience stores are in Lanier County, GA?

As of September 2026, map listings count 4 convenience stores in Lanier County. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.

How much do households in Lanier County, GA spend on groceries?

About $18.7M a year, or $5,359 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $4.7M 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 3,483 households in Lanier County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Lanier County, GA compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?

Lanier County has 11.5 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 44% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $4.7M, 41% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Lanier County would have about 2, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,161 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.

How fast is Lanier County, GA growing?

Population estimates put Lanier County at 10,623 people in 2025, up 7.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 3,483 households. The median household income in Lanier County is $47,186 a year, 42% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 15.1% 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. Lanier County has no market score for convenience stores: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.

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How the score works · Top markets for convenience stores · All 56 business types in Lanier County

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