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Convenience stores in Franklin Parish, LA

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for convenience stores in Franklin Parish, LA, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 13 out of 100: Low

Ranked #2,154 of 2,261 scored counties
#46 of 53 scored counties in Louisiana

Listings
12
2 chain locations (17%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$39.9M
On groceries · $5,308 a household
Spending per listing
$3.3M
58% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
15.9
99% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
19,002
−3.6% 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

For convenience stores, Franklin Parish has a Groundwork market score of 13 (low): #2,154 of 2,261 scored counties and #46 of 53 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on groceries in Franklin Parish comes to about $39.9M a year: $5,308 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. Spread across 12 convenience stores, that is $3.3M per store, 58% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.

Franklin Parish has 12 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (17%) are chain locations, against 60% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 15.9, 99% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.

In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Franklin Parish classed as convenience stores. That is one for every 1,881 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. Population estimates show Franklin Parish declined 3.6% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Franklin 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 Franklin Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureFranklin ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households15.911.68.0
Spending per listing$3.3M$4.9M$7.9M
Households per official establishment1,8812,9783,493
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+25.7%+22.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.6%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,308$5,704$6,319
Median household income$47,020$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score1312

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4
Employees, 2023
12
Annual payroll, 2023
$304K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
122 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The 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 Franklin 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 Franklin Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
19,002−3.6% since 2020
Households
7,525
Median age
41.1
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
624 sq. mi.
People per square mile
31
Median household income
$47,020+33.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$69,255
Median home value
$113,000
Jobs located here
4,479
Daytime population
16,909Residents 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 Franklin 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
46Franklin Parish, LA131215.9$3.3M−3.6%#2,154 of 2,261

Other business types in Franklin Parish

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

Questions

How many convenience stores are in Franklin Parish, LA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 convenience stores in Franklin Parish. 2 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.

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

About $39.9M a year, or $5,308 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.3M 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 7,525 households in Franklin Parish and national spending patterns by income.

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

Franklin Parish has 15.9 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 99% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $3.3M, 58% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Franklin Parish would have about 5, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,881 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.

How fast is Franklin Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put Franklin Parish at 19,002 people in 2025, down 3.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,525 households. The median household income in Franklin Parish is $47,020 a year, 42% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.3% 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. Franklin Parish scores 13 for convenience stores (low), #2,154 of 2,261 scored counties.

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

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