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Convenience stores in Grant County, KY

How Grant 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 52 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #1,065 of 2,261 scored counties
#32 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
$53M
On groceries · $5,750 a household
Spending per listing
$5.3M
33% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
10.8
35% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
26,181
+4.7% 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 10 convenience stores in Grant County. Chain locations make up 20% of them, against 60% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 10.8, 35% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Households in Grant County spend about $53M a year on groceries, or $5,750 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That works out to $5.3M per store, 33% 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 Grant County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Grant County grew 4.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For convenience stores, Grant County has a Groundwork market score of 52 (upper middle): #1,065 of 2,261 scored counties and #32 of 89 scored counties in Kentucky.

How Grant 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.

Convenience stores in Grant County, KY compared with Kentucky and the U.S.
MeasureGrant CountyKentuckyU.S.
Listings per 10k households10.88.58.0
Spending per listing$5.3M$6.8M$7.9M
Households per official establishmentn/a5,5153,493
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+44.9%+22.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.7%+2.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,750$5,746$6,319
Median household income$69,178$63,726$80,734
Groundwork market score5238

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
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 Grant 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 Grant County

Population, 2025 estimate
26,181+4.7% since 2020
Households
9,224
Median age
37.6
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
258 sq. mi.
People per square mile
99
Median household income
$69,178+42.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$81,150
Median home value
$209,500
Jobs located here
5,092
Daytime population
18,718Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Convenience stores across Kentucky

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

Top counties in Kentucky

Counties in Kentucky ranked for convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Oldham County, KY92114.8$14.9M+4.9%#18 of 2,261
2Boone County, KY91234.5$14.6M+6.5%#25 of 2,261
3Bullitt County, KY83206.3$9.8M+5.0%#121 of 2,261
4Shelby County, KY81137.0$8.8M+6.2%#148 of 2,261
5Kenton County, KY79304.5$14M+3.9%#184 of 2,261
6Fayette County, KY79735.2$11.5M+2.2%#186 of 2,261
7Scott County, KY79219.3$6.8M+8.2%#206 of 2,261
8Meade County, KY7854.5$13.3M+2.2%#213 of 2,261
9Warren County, KY78417.4$7.8M+10.6%#234 of 2,261
10Campbell County, KY75205.1$12.1M+2.5%#289 of 2,261
32Grant County, KY521010.8$5.3M+4.7%#1,065 of 2,261

Other business types in Grant County

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

Questions

How many convenience stores are in Grant County, KY?

There are 10 convenience stores on map listings in Grant County 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 Grant County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Grant County, KY spend on groceries?

About $53M a year, or $5,750 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $5.3M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,224 households in Grant County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Grant County, KY compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?

Grant County has 10.8 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 35% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $5.3M, 33% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the national ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Grant County would have about 7, against 10 on map listings.

How fast is Grant County, KY growing?

Population estimates put Grant County at 26,181 people in 2025, up 4.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,224 households. Median household income in Grant County is $69,178, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 42.0%, 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. Grant County scores 52 for convenience stores (upper middle), #1,065 of 2,261 scored counties.

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