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Convenience stores in Spalding County, GA

How Spalding 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 43 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,363 of 2,261 scored counties
#49 of 120 scored counties in Georgia

Listings
25
13 chain locations (52%)
Official establishments
18
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$148.6M
On groceries · $5,612 a household
Spending per listing
$5.9M
25% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.4
18% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
70,775
+4.9% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 25 convenience stores in Spalding County. Of those, 13 are chain locations, or 52%, against 60% across the U.S. That comes to 9.4 for every 10,000 households, 18% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Household spending on groceries in Spalding County comes to about $148.6M a year: $5,612 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That works out to $5.9M per store, 25% below 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 Spalding County was 18 in 2023. That is one for every 1,471 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $577K has gone to businesses classed as convenience stores in Spalding County.

Population estimates put the population change in Spalding County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for convenience stores in Spalding County is 43 (lower middle), #1,363 of 2,261 scored counties and #49 of 120 scored counties in Georgia.

How Spalding 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 Spalding County, GA compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureSpalding CountyGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.410.08.0
Spending per listing$5.9M$6.1M$7.9M
Households per official establishment1,4712,1463,493
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+22.3%+22.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.9%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,612$6,137$6,319
Median household income$62,071$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market score4337

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
14 → 18
Employees, 2023
29
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
2513 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
19The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$577K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as convenience stores in Spalding 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 Spalding County

Population, 2025 estimate
70,775+4.9% since 2020
Households
26,471
Median age
41.1
Homes lived in by their owners
63%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
196 sq. mi.
People per square mile
352
Median household income
$62,071+31.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$95,451
Median home value
$228,700
Jobs located here
23,824
Daytime population
63,060Residents 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 Spalding 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
49Spalding County, GA43259.4$5.9M+4.9%#1,363 of 2,261

Other business types in Spalding County

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

Questions

How many convenience stores are in Spalding County, GA?

There are 25 convenience stores on map listings in Spalding County as of September 2026. 13 of them (52%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.

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

About $148.6M a year, or $5,612 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 25 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $5.9M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 26,471 households in Spalding County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Spalding County has 9.4 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 18% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $5.9M, 25% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the national ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Spalding County would have about 19, against 25 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,471 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.

How fast is Spalding County, GA growing?

Population estimates put Spalding County at 70,775 people in 2025, up 4.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 26,471 households. Median household income in Spalding County is $62,071, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.8%, 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. Spalding County scores 43 for convenience stores (lower middle), #1,363 of 2,261 scored counties.

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