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Grocery and convenience stores in Bullock County, AL

How Bullock County, AL compares with other counties and the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 13 out of 100: Low

Ranked #2,317 of 2,402 scored counties
#60 of 64 scored counties in Alabama

Listings
8
2 chain locations (25%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$17.3M
On groceries · $4,695 a household
Spending per listing
$2.2M
36% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
21.7
16% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
9,780
−4.5% 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

For grocery and convenience stores, Bullock County has a Groundwork market score of 13 (low): #2,317 of 2,402 scored counties and #60 of 64 scored counties in Alabama. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

At $4,695 per household (26% below the U.S. average), households in Bullock County spend about $17.3M a year on groceries. That is about $2.2M of household spending for each store on map listings, 36% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

Bullock County has 8 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 25%, against 42% across the U.S. That is 21.7 per 10,000 households, 16% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Bullock County was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 738 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Bullock County declined 4.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Bullock County compares

The same measures for Alabama and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all groceries by the grocery and 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.

Grocery and convenience stores in Bullock County, AL compared with Alabama and the U.S.
MeasureBullock CountyAlabamaU.S.
Listings per 10k households21.721.318.7
Spending per listing$2.2M$2.7M$3.4M
Households per official establishment7381,6571,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+23.1%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−4.5%+3.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$4,695$5,771$6,319
Median household income$31,310$63,999$80,734
Groundwork market score1336

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6 → 5
Employees, 2023
79
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
5Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
82 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The 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 grocery and convenience stores in Bullock 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 Bullock County

Population, 2025 estimate
9,780−4.5% since 2020
Households
3,688
Median age
41.6
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
623 sq. mi.
People per square mile
16
Median household income
$31,310−17.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$45,506
Median home value
$81,700
Jobs located here
2,454
Daytime population
8,815Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery and convenience stores across Alabama

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The highest-scoring counties in Alabama for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Alabama, with Bullock County marked.

Top counties in Alabama

Counties in Alabama ranked for grocery and convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Madison County, AL8824614.9$4.3M+11.0%#67 of 2,402
2Limestone County, AL886616.1$3.9M+18.0%#69 of 2,402
3Autauga County, AL823515.3$3.9M+5.1%#150 of 2,402
4Shelby County, AL7913515.5$4.3M+6.5%#202 of 2,402
5Baldwin County, AL7619519.8$3.1M+14.8%#280 of 2,402
6Lee County, AL7311616.7$3.5M+8.6%#367 of 2,402
7Lawrence County, AL682417.6$3.2M+2.3%#509 of 2,402
8St. Clair County, AL686518.5$3.2M+7.1%#511 of 2,402
9Elmore County, AL657623.1$2.6M+4.2%#611 of 2,402
10Coffee County, AL634521.4$2.7M+6.3%#688 of 2,402
60Bullock County, AL13821.7$2.2M−4.5%#2,317 of 2,402

Other business types in Bullock County

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

Questions

How many grocery and convenience stores are in Bullock County, AL?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 grocery and convenience stores in Bullock County. 2 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Another 5 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Bullock County, AL spend on groceries?

About $17.3M a year, or $4,695 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.2M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,688 households in Bullock County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Bullock County, AL compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?

Bullock County has 21.7 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 16% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.2M, 36% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Bullock County would have about 5, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 738 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

How fast is Bullock County, AL growing?

Population estimates put Bullock County at 9,780 people in 2025, down 4.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,688 households. The median household income in Bullock County is $31,310 a year, 61% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That fell 17.1% 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. Bullock County scores 13 for grocery and convenience stores (low), #2,317 of 2,402 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for grocery and convenience stores · All 56 business types in Bullock County

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