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Gas stations in the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA metro area

How the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for gas stations: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 31 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #322 of 387 scored metro areas
#10 of 14 scored metro areas based in Georgia

Listings
87
66 chain locations (76%)
Official establishments
72
+7.5% since 2019
Household spending a year
$133.3M
On gasoline and other fuels · $2,823 a household
Spending per listing
$1.5M
36% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
18.4
69% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
118,524
+4.4% 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

The Groundwork market score for gas stations in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area is 31 (lower middle), #322 of 387 scored metro areas and #10 of 14 scored metro areas based in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

As of September 2026, map listings count 87 gas stations in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area. Chain locations make up 76% of them, against 84% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 18.4, 69% above the U.S. rate of 10.9.

At $2,823 per household (9% above the U.S. average), households in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area spend about $133.3M a year on gasoline and other fuels. That works out to $1.5M per station, 36% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area was 72 in 2023, up 7.5% from 2019. That is one for every 656 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +4.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area compares

The same measures for Georgia and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all gasoline and other fuels by the gas stations counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Gas stations in Brunswick-St. Simons, GA metro area compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureBrunswick-St. Simons metro areaGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households18.415.510.9
Spending per listing$1.5M$1.9M$2.4M
Households per official establishment6567991,184
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+7.5%+1.5%−3.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.4%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on gasoline and other fuels$2,823$2,928$2,595
Median household income$66,623$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market score3143

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
72+7.5% over the period
Employees, 2023
524
Annual payroll, 2023
$15.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
3Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
8766 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
56The 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 gasoline stations in the Brunswick-St. Simons 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 Brunswick-St. Simons metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
118,524+4.4% since 2020
Households
47,209
Median age
44.0
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,294 sq. mi.
People per square mile
89
Median household income
$66,623+31.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$94,637
Median home value
$242,500
Jobs located here
42,696
Daytime population
112,115Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Gas stations across Georgia

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Georgia for gas stations, numbered among those based in Georgia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Georgia

Metro areas in Georgia ranked for gas stations by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Hinesville, GA62299.6$3M+12.6%#112 of 387
2Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA543,10613.4$2.2M+5.9%#169 of 387
3Athens-Clarke County, GA5212013.9$2.2M+3.9%#185 of 387
4Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC5029212.6$2.3M+4.7%#198 of 387
Chattanooga, TN-GA4931813.7$2.2M+5.3%#204 of 387
5Gainesville, GA4813918.9$1.7M+11.4%#215 of 387
6Warner Robins, GA4413818.5$1.7M+8.2%#242 of 387
7Savannah, GA4223814.8$1.9M+8.1%#254 of 387
8Dalton, GA418917.1$1.8M+3.5%#261 of 387
9Valdosta, GA359015.8$1.8M+3.3%#294 of 387
10Brunswick-St. Simons, GA318718.4$1.5M+4.4%#322 of 387

Other business types in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area

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

Questions

How many gas stations are in the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA metro area?

The Brunswick-St. Simons metro area has 87 gas stations on map listings as of September 2026. 66 of them (76%) are chain locations. The listings count gas stations. Official counts show 72 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in 2023, up 7.5% from 2019. Another 3 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA metro area spend on gasoline and other fuels?

About $133.3M a year, or $2,823 per household. That is 9% above the U.S. average (an index of 109, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 87 gas stations on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per station. It is estimated from the incomes of the 47,209 households in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA metro area compare with the U.S. for gas stations?

The Brunswick-St. Simons metro area has 18.4 gas stations per 10,000 households, 69% above the U.S. rate of 10.9. Spending per station is $1.5M, 36% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of gas stations to household spending, the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area would have about 56, against 87 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 656 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. The official count rose 7.5% from 2019 to 2023, against −3.1% for the U.S.

How fast is the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area at 118,524 people in 2025, up 4.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 47,209 households. The median household income in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area is $66,623 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.5% 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. The Brunswick-St. Simons metro area scores 31 for gas stations (lower middle), #322 of 387 scored metro areas.

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