Groceries and convenience · Metro area · Louisiana
Convenience stores in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for convenience stores in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 33 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #303 of 387 scored metro areas
#2 of 10 scored metro areas based in Louisiana
- Listings
- 303
- 118 chain locations (39%)
- Official establishments
- 133
- +19.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $2.3B
- On groceries · $5,774 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.6M
- 4% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.6
- 5% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 970,849
- −3.4% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for convenience stores in the New Orleans-Metairie metro area is 33 (lower middle), #303 of 387 scored metro areas and #2 of 10 scored metro areas based in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
As of September 2026, map listings count 303 convenience stores in the New Orleans-Metairie metro area. Chain locations make up 39% of them, against 60% across the U.S. That is 7.6 per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Household spending on groceries in the New Orleans-Metairie metro area comes to about $2.3B a year: $5,774 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That is about $7.6M of household spending for each store on map listings, 4% 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 133 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in the New Orleans-Metairie metro area in 2023, up 19.1% from 2019. That is one for every 2,997 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the New Orleans-Metairie metro area declined 3.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the New Orleans-Metairie metro area 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.
| Measure | New Orleans-Metairie metro area | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.6 | 11.6 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $7.6M | $4.9M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,997 | 2,978 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +19.1% | +25.7% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.4% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,774 | $5,704 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $62,655 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 33 | 12 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 133+19.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 381
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $10M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 303118 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 292The 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 the New Orleans-Metairie metro area, 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 the New Orleans-Metairie metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 970,849−3.4% since 2020
- Households
- 398,564
- Median age
- 40.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.5
- Land area
- 2,359 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 416
- Median household income
- $62,655
- Average household income
- $91,916
- Median home value
- $260,200
- Jobs located here
- 463,433
- Daytime population
- 1,032,273Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Louisiana market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Louisiana for convenience stores, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with the New Orleans-Metairie metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA | 63 | 88 | 8.4 | $7.5M | +5.3% | #109 of 387 |
| 2New Orleans-Metairie, LA | 33 | 303 | 7.6 | $7.6M | −3.4% | #303 of 387 |
| 3Hammond, LA | 31 | 77 | 14.8 | $3.8M | +5.8% | #315 of 387 |
| 4Baton Rouge, LA | 27 | 394 | 11.8 | $5M | +2.1% | #334 of 387 |
| 5Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA | 26 | 83 | 10.4 | $5.5M | −3.5% | #339 of 387 |
| 6Lafayette, LA | 26 | 210 | 12.8 | $4.5M | +3.8% | #341 of 387 |
| 7Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | 20 | 157 | 10.0 | $5.6M | −2.3% | #365 of 387 |
| 8Lake Charles, LA | 14 | 135 | 14.7 | $4M | −3.8% | #378 of 387 |
| 9Monroe, LA | 9 | 119 | 13.7 | $4M | −1.9% | #384 of 387 |
| 10Alexandria, LA | 9 | 84 | 14.9 | $3.8M | −2.5% | #385 of 387 |
Other business types in the New Orleans-Metairie metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores17
- Grocery stores10
- Convenience stores33
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 the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area?
The New Orleans-Metairie metro area has 303 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 118 of them (39%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 133 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023, up 19.1% from 2019.
How much do households in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area spend on groceries?
About $2.3B a year, or $5,774 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 303 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $7.6M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 398,564 households in the New Orleans-Metairie metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
The New Orleans-Metairie metro area has 7.6 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $7.6M, 4% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the national ratio of convenience stores to household spending, the New Orleans-Metairie metro area would have about 292, against 303 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,997 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. The official count rose 19.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +22.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the New Orleans-Metairie metro area at 970,849 people in 2025, down 3.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 398,564 households. Median household income in the New Orleans-Metairie metro area is $62,655, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The New Orleans-Metairie metro area scores 33 for convenience stores (lower middle), #303 of 387 scored metro areas.
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