Groceries and convenience · County · Mississippi
Convenience stores in Forrest County, MS
How Forrest County, MS 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 22 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,992 of 2,261 scored counties
#34 of 62 scored counties in Mississippi
- Listings
- 49
- 17 chain locations (35%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $164.7M
- On groceries · $5,466 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.4M
- 57% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.3
- Twice the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 79,034
- +1.1% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for convenience stores in Forrest County is 22 (low), #1,992 of 2,261 scored counties and #34 of 62 scored counties in Mississippi. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 49 convenience stores in Forrest County. Chain locations make up 35% of them, against 60% across the U.S. That comes to 16.3 for every 10,000 households, twice the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Household spending on groceries in Forrest County comes to about $164.7M a year: $5,466 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.4M of household spending for each store on map listings, 57% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in Forrest County was 17 in 2023. That is one for every 1,772 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Forrest County grew 1.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Forrest County compares
The same measures for Mississippi 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 | Forrest County | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.3 | 12.6 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3.4M | $4.4M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,772 | 2,929 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +60.9% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.1% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,466 | $5,547 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $53,640 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 22 | 10 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14 → 17
- Employees, 2023
- 65
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4917 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 Forrest County, 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 Forrest County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 79,034+1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 30,127
- Median age
- 35.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 57%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 466 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 168
- Median household income
- $53,640+34.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,383
- Median home value
- $168,000
- Jobs located here
- 39,538
- Daytime population
- 89,930Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Mississippi
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Madison County, MS | 70 | 35 | 8.0 | $7.9M | +6.5% | #437 of 2,261 |
| 2DeSoto County, MS | 67 | 72 | 10.1 | $6.1M | +6.3% | #537 of 2,261 |
| 3Rankin County, MS | 63 | 72 | 12.0 | $5.1M | +3.2% | #664 of 2,261 |
| 4Jackson County, MS | 58 | 63 | 10.9 | $5.3M | +3.0% | #842 of 2,261 |
| 5Lamar County, MS | 57 | 23 | 9.1 | $6.6M | +4.7% | #872 of 2,261 |
| 6Hancock County, MS | 57 | 19 | 9.4 | $6.2M | +1.6% | #874 of 2,261 |
| 7Lafayette County, MS | 55 | 19 | 10.0 | $5.9M | +6.6% | #945 of 2,261 |
| 8Oktibbeha County, MS | 54 | 12 | 5.5 | $9.8M | +0.4% | #966 of 2,261 |
| 9Alcorn County, MS | 52 | 10 | 6.9 | $7.7M | −0.5% | #1,047 of 2,261 |
| 10Tate County, MS | 49 | 11 | 10.0 | $5.7M | +2.1% | #1,159 of 2,261 |
| 34Forrest County, MS | 22 | 49 | 16.3 | $3.4M | +1.1% | #1,992 of 2,261 |
Other business types in Forrest County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores22
- Grocery stores30
- Convenience stores22
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 Forrest County, MS?
Forrest County has 49 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 17 of them (35%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in Forrest County, MS spend on groceries?
About $164.7M a year, or $5,466 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, 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 30,127 households in Forrest County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Forrest County, MS compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Forrest County has 16.3 convenience stores per 10,000 households, twice 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, Forrest County would have about 21, against 49 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,772 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
How fast is Forrest County, MS growing?
Population estimates put Forrest County at 79,034 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 30,127 households. Median household income in Forrest County is $53,640, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.6%, 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. Forrest County scores 22 for convenience stores (low), #1,992 of 2,261 scored counties.
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