Groceries and convenience · County · Oklahoma
Convenience stores in Carter County, OK
How Carter County, OK 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 23 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,981 of 2,261 scored counties
#41 of 57 scored counties in Oklahoma
- Listings
- 40
- 10 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $107.4M
- On groceries · $5,640 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.7M
- 66% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 21.0
- 2.6 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 48,910
- +1.8% since 2020
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What this means
For convenience stores, Carter County has a Groundwork market score of 23 (low): #1,981 of 2,261 scored counties and #41 of 57 scored counties in Oklahoma. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 40 convenience stores in Carter County. Chain locations make up 25% of them, against 60% across the U.S. That comes to 21.0 for every 10,000 households, 2.6 times the U.S. rate of 8.0.
At $5,640 per household (11% below the U.S. average), households in Carter County spend about $107.4M a year on groceries. That works out to $2.7M per store, 66% 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 Carter County was 11 in 2023. That is one for every 1,731 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $2.8M has gone to businesses classed as convenience stores in Carter County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Carter County grew 1.8%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Carter County compares
The same measures for Oklahoma 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 | Carter County | Oklahoma | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 21.0 | 11.5 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $2.7M | $5M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,731 | 8,491 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +35.3% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.8% | +4.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,640 | $5,787 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $60,723 | $65,039 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 23 | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9 → 11
- Employees, 2023
- 67
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $978K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4010 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 14The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $2.8M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as convenience stores in Carter 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 Carter County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 48,910+1.8% since 2020
- Households
- 19,046
- Median age
- 38.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 822 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 59
- Median household income
- $60,723+18.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $83,415
- Median home value
- $168,500
- Jobs located here
- 23,303
- Daytime population
- 50,671Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Oklahoma
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wagoner County, OK | 89 | 19 | 6.1 | $10.1M | +14.6% | #47 of 2,261 |
| 2Rogers County, OK | 86 | 19 | 5.2 | $11.9M | +7.1% | #81 of 2,261 |
| 3Canadian County, OK | 83 | 54 | 9.3 | $6.8M | +20.4% | #124 of 2,261 |
| 4Logan County, OK | 80 | 15 | 8.4 | $7.4M | +11.5% | #176 of 2,261 |
| 5Cleveland County, OK | 79 | 81 | 6.9 | $8.7M | +2.6% | #196 of 2,261 |
| 6Tulsa County, OK | 76 | 213 | 7.8 | $7.6M | +4.2% | #282 of 2,261 |
| 7McClain County, OK | 71 | 19 | 11.6 | $5.4M | +18.4% | #418 of 2,261 |
| 8Oklahoma County, OK | 66 | 327 | 10.0 | $5.9M | +3.0% | #566 of 2,261 |
| 9Washington County, OK | 65 | 14 | 6.7 | $8.6M | +2.7% | #577 of 2,261 |
| 10Osage County, OK | 63 | 12 | 6.9 | $8.3M | +2.2% | #648 of 2,261 |
| 41Carter County, OK | 23 | 40 | 21.0 | $2.7M | +1.8% | #1,981 of 2,261 |
Other business types in Carter County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores28
- Grocery stores49
- Convenience stores23
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 Carter County, OK?
Carter County has 40 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 10 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in Carter County, OK spend on groceries?
About $107.4M a year, or $5,640 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 40 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.7M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 19,046 households in Carter County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Carter County, OK compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Carter County has 21.0 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 2.6 times the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $2.7M, 66% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the national ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Carter County would have about 14, against 40 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,731 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
How fast is Carter County, OK growing?
Population estimates put Carter County at 48,910 people in 2025, up 1.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,046 households. Median household income in Carter County is $60,723, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 18.1%, 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. Carter County scores 23 for convenience stores (low), #1,981 of 2,261 scored counties.
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