Groceries and convenience · County · Georgia
Convenience stores in Sumter County, GA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for convenience stores in Sumter County, GA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 7 out of 100: Very low
Ranked #2,227 of 2,261 scored counties
#116 of 120 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 19
- 14 chain locations (74%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $57.2M
- On groceries · $5,205 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3M
- 62% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.3
- 2.2 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 28,801
- −2.4% since 2020
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What this means
For convenience stores, Sumter County has a Groundwork market score of 7 (very low): #2,227 of 2,261 scored counties and #116 of 120 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Sumter County spend about $57.2M a year on groceries, or $5,205 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. Spread across 19 convenience stores, that is $3M per store, 62% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
Sumter County has 19 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 14 are chain locations, or 74%, against 60% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 17.3, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 8.0.
In 2023, official counts showed 15 businesses with payroll in Sumter County classed as convenience stores. That is one for every 732 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Sumter County declined 2.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Sumter 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 | Sumter County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.3 | 10.0 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3M | $6.1M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 732 | 2,146 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +22.3% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.4% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,205 | $6,137 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $42,653 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 7 | 37 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12 → 15
- Employees, 2023
- 35
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $985K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1914 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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 Sumter 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 Sumter County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 28,801−2.4% since 2020
- Households
- 10,986
- Median age
- 39.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 57%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 483 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 60
- Median household income
- $42,653+16.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $68,394
- Median home value
- $120,200
- Jobs located here
- 9,753
- Daytime population
- 27,951Residents 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 |
| 116Sumter County, GA | 7 | 19 | 17.3 | $3M | −2.4% | #2,227 of 2,261 |
Other business types in Sumter County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores9
- Grocery stores24
- Convenience stores7
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 Sumter County, GA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 19 convenience stores in Sumter County. 14 of them (74%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in Sumter County, GA spend on groceries?
About $57.2M a year, or $5,205 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3M 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 10,986 households in Sumter County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Sumter County, GA compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Sumter County has 17.3 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $3M, 62% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Sumter County would have about 7, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 732 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
How fast is Sumter County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Sumter County at 28,801 people in 2025, down 2.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 10,986 households. The median household income in Sumter County is $42,653 a year, 47% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 16.3% 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. Sumter County scores 7 for convenience stores (very low), #2,227 of 2,261 scored counties.
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