Groceries and convenience · County · Georgia
Convenience stores in Lowndes County, GA
How Lowndes 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 32 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,750 of 2,261 scored counties
#71 of 120 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 61
- 36 chain locations (59%)
- Official establishments
- 28
- +21.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $255.7M
- On groceries · $5,545 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.2M
- 47% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.2
- 65% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 122,867
- +3.7% since 2020
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What this means
For convenience stores, Lowndes County has a Groundwork market score of 32 (lower middle): #1,750 of 2,261 scored counties and #71 of 120 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 61 convenience stores in Lowndes County. Chain locations make up 59% of them, against 60% across the U.S. That is 13.2 per 10,000 households, 65% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
At $5,545 per household (12% below the U.S. average), households in Lowndes County spend about $255.7M a year on groceries. That is about $4.2M of household spending for each store on map listings, 47% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade.
In 2023, official counts showed 28 businesses with payroll in Lowndes County classed as convenience stores, up 21.7% from 2019. That is one for every 1,647 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Lowndes County grew 3.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Lowndes 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 | Lowndes County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.2 | 10.0 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.2M | $6.1M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,647 | 2,146 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +21.7% | +22.3% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.7% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,545 | $6,137 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $58,541 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 32 | 37 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 23 → 28+21.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 59
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 6136 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 33The 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 Lowndes 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 Lowndes County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 122,867+3.7% since 2020
- Households
- 46,106
- Median age
- 33.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 57%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 497 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 241
- Median household income
- $58,541+37.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,413
- Median home value
- $215,600
- Jobs located here
- 48,448
- Daytime population
- 125,607Residents 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 |
| 71Lowndes County, GA | 32 | 61 | 13.2 | $4.2M | +3.7% | #1,750 of 2,261 |
Other business types in Lowndes County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores37
- Grocery stores52
- Convenience stores32
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 Lowndes County, GA?
There are 61 convenience stores on map listings in Lowndes County as of September 2026. 36 of them (59%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 28 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023, up 21.7% from 2019.
How much do households in Lowndes County, GA spend on groceries?
About $255.7M a year, or $5,545 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 61 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $4.2M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 46,106 households in Lowndes County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lowndes County, GA compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Lowndes County has 13.2 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 65% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $4.2M, 47% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the national ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Lowndes County would have about 33, against 61 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,647 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. The official count rose 21.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +22.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Lowndes County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Lowndes County at 122,867 people in 2025, up 3.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 46,106 households. Median household income in Lowndes County is $58,541, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 37.9%, 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. Lowndes County scores 32 for convenience stores (lower middle), #1,750 of 2,261 scored counties.
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