Groceries and convenience · County · Kentucky
Convenience stores in Boyle County, KY
How Boyle County, KY 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 55 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #930 of 2,261 scored counties
#28 of 89 scored counties in Kentucky
- Listings
- 10
- 2 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $67.5M
- On groceries · $5,601 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.7M
- 14% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.3
- 4% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 31,632
- +2.9% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 10 convenience stores in Boyle County. Chain locations make up 20% of them, against 60% across the U.S. That comes to 8.3 for every 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Households in Boyle County spend about $67.5M a year on groceries, or $5,601 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That works out to $6.7M per store, 14% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in Boyle County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Boyle County grew 2.9%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For convenience stores, Boyle County has a Groundwork market score of 55 (upper middle): #930 of 2,261 scored counties and #28 of 89 scored counties in Kentucky.
How Boyle County compares
The same measures for Kentucky 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 | Boyle County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.3 | 8.5 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $6.7M | $6.8M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 5,515 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +44.9% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.9% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,601 | $5,746 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $61,159 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 55 | 38 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 102 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The 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 Boyle 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 Boyle County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 31,632+2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 12,045
- Median age
- 40.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 180 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 172
- Median household income
- $61,159+31.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,053
- Median home value
- $209,900
- Jobs located here
- 14,969
- Daytime population
- 33,612Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Oldham County, KY | 92 | 11 | 4.8 | $14.9M | +4.9% | #18 of 2,261 |
| 2Boone County, KY | 91 | 23 | 4.5 | $14.6M | +6.5% | #25 of 2,261 |
| 3Bullitt County, KY | 83 | 20 | 6.3 | $9.8M | +5.0% | #121 of 2,261 |
| 4Shelby County, KY | 81 | 13 | 7.0 | $8.8M | +6.2% | #148 of 2,261 |
| 5Kenton County, KY | 79 | 30 | 4.5 | $14M | +3.9% | #184 of 2,261 |
| 6Fayette County, KY | 79 | 73 | 5.2 | $11.5M | +2.2% | #186 of 2,261 |
| 7Scott County, KY | 79 | 21 | 9.3 | $6.8M | +8.2% | #206 of 2,261 |
| 8Meade County, KY | 78 | 5 | 4.5 | $13.3M | +2.2% | #213 of 2,261 |
| 9Warren County, KY | 78 | 41 | 7.4 | $7.8M | +10.6% | #234 of 2,261 |
| 10Campbell County, KY | 75 | 20 | 5.1 | $12.1M | +2.5% | #289 of 2,261 |
| 28Boyle County, KY | 55 | 10 | 8.3 | $6.7M | +2.9% | #930 of 2,261 |
Other business types in Boyle County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores58
- Grocery stores64
- Convenience stores55
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 Boyle County, KY?
Boyle County has 10 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in Boyle County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Boyle County, KY spend on groceries?
About $67.5M a year, or $5,601 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $6.7M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,045 households in Boyle County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Boyle County, KY compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Boyle County has 8.3 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $6.7M, 14% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the national ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Boyle County would have about 9, against 10 on map listings.
How fast is Boyle County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Boyle County at 31,632 people in 2025, up 2.9% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,045 households. Median household income in Boyle County is $61,159, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.9%, 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. Boyle County scores 55 for convenience stores (upper middle), #930 of 2,261 scored counties.
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