Groceries and convenience · County · Kentucky
Convenience stores in Hardin County, KY
How Hardin 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 68 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #498 of 2,261 scored counties
#17 of 89 scored counties in Kentucky
- Listings
- 40
- 25 chain locations (63%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $262M
- On groceries · $5,871 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.5M
- 17% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.0
- 13% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 113,482
- +2.4% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Hardin County spend about $262M a year on groceries, or $5,871 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That works out to $6.5M per store, 17% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
Hardin County has 40 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 63% of them, against 60% across the U.S. That is 9.0 per 10,000 households, 13% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in Hardin County in 2023. That is one for every 14,874 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Hardin County grew 2.4% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Hardin County scores 68 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for convenience stores, ranking #498 of 2,261 scored counties and #17 of 89 scored counties in Kentucky. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Hardin 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 | Hardin County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.0 | 8.5 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $6.5M | $6.8M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 14,874 | 5,515 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +44.9% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.4% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,871 | $5,746 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $67,647 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 68 | 38 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 4
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $222K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4025 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 Hardin 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 Hardin County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 113,482+2.4% since 2020
- Households
- 44,622
- Median age
- 38.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 624 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 179
- Median household income
- $67,647+24.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,596
- Median home value
- $225,800
- Jobs located here
- 42,829
- Daytime population
- 107,983Residents 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 |
| 17Hardin County, KY | 68 | 40 | 9.0 | $6.5M | +2.4% | #498 of 2,261 |
Other business types in Hardin County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores68
- Grocery stores60
- Convenience stores68
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 Hardin County, KY?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 40 convenience stores in Hardin County. 25 of them (63%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in Hardin County, KY spend on groceries?
About $262M a year, or $5,871 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 40 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $6.5M 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 44,622 households in Hardin County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hardin County, KY compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Hardin County has 9.0 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 13% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $6.5M, 17% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Hardin County would have about 33, against 40 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 14,874 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
How fast is Hardin County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Hardin County at 113,482 people in 2025, up 2.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 44,622 households. The median household income in Hardin County is $67,647 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.4% 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. Hardin County scores 68 for convenience stores (upper middle), #498 of 2,261 scored counties.
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