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Convenience stores in Ascension Parish, LA

How Ascension Parish, LA 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 78 out of 100: High

Ranked #231 of 2,261 scored counties
#1 of 53 scored counties in Louisiana

Listings
38
20 chain locations (53%)
Official establishments
11
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$307.7M
On groceries · $6,457 a household
Spending per listing
$8.1M
3% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.0
In line with the U.S.
Population, 2025
135,105
+6.4% 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

At $6,457 per household (2% above the U.S. average), households in Ascension Parish spend about $307.7M a year on groceries. Spread across 38 convenience stores, that is $8.1M per store, 3% above the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.

Ascension Parish has 38 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 20 of them (53%) are chain locations, against 60% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.0, in line with the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in Ascension Parish in 2023. That is one for every 4,332 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Ascension Parish grew 6.4% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Ascension Parish scores 78 (high) on the Groundwork market score for convenience stores, ranking #231 of 2,261 scored counties and #1 of 53 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Ascension Parish compares

The same measures for Louisiana 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 Ascension Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureAscension ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.011.68.0
Spending per listing$8.1M$4.9M$7.9M
Households per official establishment4,3322,9783,493
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+25.7%+22.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.4%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$6,457$5,704$6,319
Median household income$91,549$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score7812

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7 → 11
Employees, 2023
63
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
3820 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
39The 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 Ascension Parish, 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 Ascension Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
135,105+6.4% since 2020
Households
47,656
Median age
37.7
Homes lived in by their owners
81%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
290 sq. mi.
People per square mile
449
Median household income
$91,549+13.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$113,485
Median home value
$279,600
Jobs located here
51,055
Daytime population
119,780Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Convenience stores across Louisiana

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The highest-scoring counties in Louisiana for convenience stores, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with Ascension Parish marked.

Top counties in Louisiana

Counties in Louisiana ranked for convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Ascension Parish, LA78388.0$8.1M+6.4%#231 of 2,261
2St. Tammany Parish, LA76888.4$7.5M+5.3%#283 of 2,261
3Bossier Parish, LA63438.5$6.9M+2.5%#657 of 2,261
4Livingston Parish, LA636912.9$4.7M+8.5%#666 of 2,261
5West Baton Rouge Parish, LA571210.9$5.6M+5.5%#877 of 2,261
6Jefferson Parish, LA551206.8$8.6M−1.9%#921 of 2,261
7De Soto Parish, LA5187.6$7.1M+2.0%#1,077 of 2,261
8St. Bernard Parish, LA51148.6$6.5M+4.1%#1,081 of 2,261
9St. Charles Parish, LA492312.4$5M−3.7%#1,167 of 2,261
10Lafourche Parish, LA483910.3$5.6M−2.0%#1,199 of 2,261

Other business types in Ascension Parish

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

Questions

How many convenience stores are in Ascension Parish, LA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 38 convenience stores in Ascension Parish. 20 of them (53%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.

How much do households in Ascension Parish, LA spend on groceries?

About $307.7M a year, or $6,457 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 38 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $8.1M 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 47,656 households in Ascension Parish and national spending patterns by income.

How does Ascension Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?

Ascension Parish has 8.0 convenience stores per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $8.1M, 3% above the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Ascension Parish would have about 39, against 38 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,332 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.

How fast is Ascension Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put Ascension Parish at 135,105 people in 2025, up 6.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 47,656 households. The median household income in Ascension Parish is $91,549 a year, 13% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 13.7% 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. Ascension Parish scores 78 for convenience stores (high), #231 of 2,261 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for convenience stores · All 56 business types in Ascension Parish

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