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Convenience stores in East Baton Rouge Parish, LA

How East Baton Rouge 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 35 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,645 of 2,261 scored counties
#21 of 53 scored counties in Louisiana

Listings
220
135 chain locations (61%)
Official establishments
92
+15.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$1B
On groceries · $5,829 a household
Spending per listing
$4.7M
40% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
12.4
55% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
456,180
+0.1% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 220 convenience stores in East Baton Rouge Parish. Chain locations make up 61% of them, against 60% across the U.S. That is 12.4 per 10,000 households, 55% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.

At $5,829 per household (8% below the U.S. average), households in East Baton Rouge Parish spend about $1B a year on groceries. That works out to $4.7M per store, 40% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade.

Official counts show 92 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in East Baton Rouge Parish in 2023, up 15.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,927 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of East Baton Rouge Parish grew 0.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for convenience stores in East Baton Rouge Parish is 35 (lower middle), #1,645 of 2,261 scored counties and #21 of 53 scored counties in Louisiana.

How East Baton Rouge 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 East Baton Rouge Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureEast Baton Rouge ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households12.411.68.0
Spending per listing$4.7M$4.9M$7.9M
Households per official establishment1,9272,9783,493
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+15.0%+25.7%+22.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.1%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,829$5,704$6,319
Median household income$63,071$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score3512

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
80 → 92+15.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
253
Annual payroll, 2023
$5.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
220135 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
131The 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 East Baton Rouge 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 East Baton Rouge Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
456,180+0.1% since 2020
Households
177,295
Median age
36.2
Homes lived in by their owners
59%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
456 sq. mi.
People per square mile
994
Median household income
$63,071+14.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$95,663
Median home value
$248,800
Jobs located here
276,235
Daytime population
543,191Residents 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 East Baton Rouge 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
21East Baton Rouge Parish, LA3522012.4$4.7M+0.1%#1,645 of 2,261

Other business types in East Baton Rouge Parish

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

Questions

How many convenience stores are in East Baton Rouge Parish, LA?

East Baton Rouge Parish has 220 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 135 of them (61%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 92 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023, up 15.0% from 2019.

How much do households in East Baton Rouge Parish, LA spend on groceries?

About $1B a year, or $5,829 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 220 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $4.7M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 177,295 households in East Baton Rouge Parish and national spending patterns by income.

How does East Baton Rouge Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?

East Baton Rouge Parish has 12.4 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 55% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $4.7M, 40% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the national ratio of convenience stores to household spending, East Baton Rouge Parish would have about 131, against 220 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,927 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. The official count rose 15.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +22.0% for the U.S.

How fast is East Baton Rouge Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put East Baton Rouge Parish at 456,180 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 177,295 households. Median household income in East Baton Rouge Parish is $63,071, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 14.8%, 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. East Baton Rouge Parish scores 35 for convenience stores (lower middle), #1,645 of 2,261 scored counties.

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