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Convenience stores in Sabine Parish, LA

How Sabine 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 11 out of 100: Low

Ranked #2,183 of 2,261 scored counties
#51 of 53 scored counties in Louisiana

Listings
18
7 chain locations (39%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$47.3M
On groceries · $5,379 a household
Spending per listing
$2.6M
67% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
20.5
2.6 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
21,834
−1.2% 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

Sabine Parish scores 11 (low) on the Groundwork market score for convenience stores, ranking #2,183 of 2,261 scored counties and #51 of 53 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on groceries in Sabine Parish comes to about $47.3M a year: $5,379 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.6M of household spending for each store on map listings, 67% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.

Sabine Parish has 18 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 39% of them, against 60% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 20.5, 2.6 times the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for convenience stores in Sabine Parish, since they leave out counts under 3. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Sabine Parish declined 1.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Sabine 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 Sabine Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureSabine ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households20.511.68.0
Spending per listing$2.6M$4.9M$7.9M
Households per official establishmentn/a2,9783,493
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+25.7%+22.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.2%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,379$5,704$6,319
Median household income$50,329$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score1112

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
187 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
6The 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 Sabine 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 Sabine Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
21,834−1.2% since 2020
Households
8,785
Median age
42.2
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
867 sq. mi.
People per square mile
25
Median household income
$50,329+24.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$70,912
Median home value
$123,100
Jobs located here
5,730
Daytime population
19,413Residents 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 Sabine 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
51Sabine Parish, LA111820.5$2.6M−1.2%#2,183 of 2,261

Other business types in Sabine Parish

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

Questions

How many convenience stores are in Sabine Parish, LA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 18 convenience stores in Sabine Parish. 7 of them (39%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in Sabine Parish: counts under 3 are left out.

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

About $47.3M a year, or $5,379 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.6M 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 8,785 households in Sabine Parish and national spending patterns by income.

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

Sabine Parish has 20.5 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 2.6 times the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $2.6M, 67% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Sabine Parish would have about 6, against 18 on map listings.

How fast is Sabine Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put Sabine Parish at 21,834 people in 2025, down 1.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,785 households. The median household income in Sabine Parish is $50,329 a year, 38% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.8% 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. Sabine Parish scores 11 for convenience stores (low), #2,183 of 2,261 scored counties.

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

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