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Convenience stores in St. Landry Parish, LA

How St. Landry 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 16 out of 100: Low

Ranked #2,104 of 2,261 scored counties
#39 of 53 scored counties in Louisiana

Listings
49
26 chain locations (53%)
Official establishments
14
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$166.2M
On groceries · $5,163 a household
Spending per listing
$3.4M
57% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
15.2
90% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
80,765
−1.9% 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

St. Landry Parish scores 16 (low) on the Groundwork market score for convenience stores, ranking #2,104 of 2,261 scored counties and #39 of 53 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 49 convenience stores in St. Landry Parish. 26 of them (53%) are chain locations, against 60% across the U.S. That is 15.2 per 10,000 households, 90% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.

At $5,163 per household (18% below the U.S. average), households in St. Landry Parish spend about $166.2M a year on groceries. That works out to $3.4M per store, 57% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade.

In 2023, official counts showed 14 businesses with payroll in St. Landry Parish classed as convenience stores. That is one for every 2,299 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of St. Landry Parish declined 1.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How St. Landry 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 St. Landry Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureSt. Landry ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households15.211.68.0
Spending per listing$3.4M$4.9M$7.9M
Households per official establishment2,2992,9783,493
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+25.7%+22.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.9%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,163$5,704$6,319
Median household income$44,462$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score1612

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
17 → 14
Employees, 2023
54
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
4926 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
21The 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 St. Landry 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 St. Landry Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
80,765−1.9% since 2020
Households
32,183
Median age
37.5
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
923 sq. mi.
People per square mile
88
Median household income
$44,462+22.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$63,015
Median home value
$142,500
Jobs located here
22,929
Daytime population
72,446Residents 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 St. Landry 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
39St. Landry Parish, LA164915.2$3.4M−1.9%#2,104 of 2,261

Other business types in St. Landry Parish

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

Questions

How many convenience stores are in St. Landry Parish, LA?

There are 49 convenience stores on map listings in St. Landry Parish as of September 2026. 26 of them (53%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.

How much do households in St. Landry Parish, LA spend on groceries?

About $166.2M a year, or $5,163 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 49 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.4M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 32,183 households in St. Landry Parish and national spending patterns by income.

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

St. Landry Parish has 15.2 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 90% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $3.4M, 57% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the national ratio of convenience stores to household spending, St. Landry Parish would have about 21, against 49 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,299 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.

How fast is St. Landry Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put St. Landry Parish at 80,765 people in 2025, down 1.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 32,183 households. Median household income in St. Landry Parish is $44,462, 45% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.1%, 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. St. Landry Parish scores 16 for convenience stores (low), #2,104 of 2,261 scored counties.

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