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Gas stations in Spalding County, GA

How Spalding County, GA compares with other counties and the U.S. for gas stations: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 35 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,807 of 2,358 scored counties
#89 of 122 scored counties in Georgia

Listings
66
62 chain locations (94%)
Official establishments
40
+17.7% since 2019
Household spending a year
$75.3M
On gasoline and other fuels · $2,845 a household
Spending per listing
$1.1M
52% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
24.9
2.3 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
70,775
+4.9% 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

Spalding County scores 35 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for gas stations, ranking #1,807 of 2,358 scored counties and #89 of 122 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

At $2,845 per household (10% above the U.S. average), households in Spalding County spend about $75.3M a year on gasoline and other fuels. Spread across 66 gas stations, that is $1.1M per station, 52% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

There are 66 gas stations on map listings in Spalding County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 94% of them, against 84% across the U.S. That comes to 24.9 for every 10,000 households, 2.3 times the U.S. rate of 10.9.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in Spalding County was 40 in 2023, up 17.7% from 2019. That is one for every 662 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $449K has gone to businesses classed as gasoline stations in Spalding County. Population estimates put the population change in Spalding County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Spalding County 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 Spalding County, GA compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureSpalding CountyGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households24.915.510.9
Spending per listing$1.1M$1.9M$2.4M
Households per official establishment6627991,184
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+17.7%+1.5%−3.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.9%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on gasoline and other fuels$2,845$2,928$2,595
Median household income$62,071$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market score3543

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
34 → 40+17.7% over the period
Employees, 2023
168
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
4Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
6662 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
32The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$449K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as gasoline stations in Spalding 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 Spalding County

Population, 2025 estimate
70,775+4.9% since 2020
Households
26,471
Median age
41.1
Homes lived in by their owners
63%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
196 sq. mi.
People per square mile
352
Median household income
$62,071+31.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$95,451
Median home value
$228,700
Jobs located here
23,824
Daytime population
63,060Residents 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 counties in Georgia for gas stations, numbered among those based in Georgia, with Spalding County marked.

Top counties in Georgia

Counties in Georgia ranked for gas stations by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Forsyth County, GA90788.8$3.7M+11.8%#28 of 2,358
2Oconee County, GA891610.7$3.7M+6.9%#35 of 2,358
3Paulding County, GA896611.0$3.2M+12.7%#41 of 2,358
4Columbia County, GA87458.2$3.9M+7.9%#55 of 2,358
5Cherokee County, GA8711911.7$2.8M+11.6%#58 of 2,358
6Fayette County, GA834810.8$3.1M+4.7%#97 of 2,358
7Oglethorpe County, GA83814.8$2.2M+10.4%#104 of 2,358
8Banks County, GA7868.8$4.2M+17.3%#186 of 2,358
9Lee County, GA771512.2$2.8M+2.9%#220 of 2,358
10Harris County, GA772015.4$2.4M+6.8%#226 of 2,358
89Spalding County, GA356624.9$1.1M+4.9%#1,807 of 2,358

Other business types in Spalding County

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

Questions

How many gas stations are in Spalding County, GA?

As of September 2026, map listings count 66 gas stations in Spalding County. 62 of them (94%) are chain locations. The listings count gas stations. Official counts show 40 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in 2023, up 17.7% from 2019. Official counts list 4 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Spalding County, GA spend on gasoline and other fuels?

About $75.3M a year, or $2,845 per household. That is 10% above the U.S. average (an index of 110, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 66 gas stations on map listings, it comes to $1.1M per station. It is estimated from the incomes of the 26,471 households in Spalding County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Spalding County, GA compare with the U.S. for gas stations?

Spalding County has 24.9 gas stations per 10,000 households, 2.3 times the U.S. rate of 10.9. Spending per station is $1.1M, 52% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of gas stations to household spending, Spalding County would have about 32, against 66 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 662 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. The official count rose 17.7% from 2019 to 2023, against −3.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Spalding County, GA growing?

Population estimates put Spalding County at 70,775 people in 2025, up 4.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 26,471 households. Median household income in Spalding County is $62,071, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.8%, 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. Spalding County scores 35 for gas stations (lower middle), #1,807 of 2,358 scored counties.

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