Groceries and convenience · County · Alabama
Grocery and convenience stores in Etowah County, AL
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in Etowah County, AL, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 39 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,645 of 2,402 scored counties
#32 of 64 scored counties in Alabama
- Listings
- 103
- 40 chain locations (39%)
- Official establishments
- 20
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $213.8M
- On groceries · $5,425 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.1M
- 39% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 26.1
- 40% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 103,886
- +0.4% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on groceries in Etowah County comes to about $213.8M a year: $5,425 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.1M per store, 39% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
Etowah County has 103 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 39% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That is 26.1 per 10,000 households, 40% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Etowah County was 20 in 2023. That is one for every 1,971 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Another 35 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Etowah County grew 0.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For grocery and convenience stores, Etowah County has a Groundwork market score of 39 (lower middle): #1,645 of 2,402 scored counties and #32 of 64 scored counties in Alabama.
How Etowah 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.
| Measure | Etowah County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 26.1 | 21.3 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2.1M | $2.7M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,971 | 1,657 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +23.1% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.4% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,425 | $5,771 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $54,563 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 39 | 36 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16 → 20
- Employees, 2023
- 611
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $15.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 35Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10340 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 63The 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 Etowah 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 Etowah County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 103,886+0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 39,411
- Median age
- 42.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 535 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 193
- Median household income
- $54,563+22.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $73,295
- Median home value
- $167,100
- Jobs located here
- 33,151
- Daytime population
- 97,399Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Alabama
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Madison County, AL | 88 | 246 | 14.9 | $4.3M | +11.0% | #67 of 2,402 |
| 2Limestone County, AL | 88 | 66 | 16.1 | $3.9M | +18.0% | #69 of 2,402 |
| 3Autauga County, AL | 82 | 35 | 15.3 | $3.9M | +5.1% | #150 of 2,402 |
| 4Shelby County, AL | 79 | 135 | 15.5 | $4.3M | +6.5% | #202 of 2,402 |
| 5Baldwin County, AL | 76 | 195 | 19.8 | $3.1M | +14.8% | #280 of 2,402 |
| 6Lee County, AL | 73 | 116 | 16.7 | $3.5M | +8.6% | #367 of 2,402 |
| 7Lawrence County, AL | 68 | 24 | 17.6 | $3.2M | +2.3% | #509 of 2,402 |
| 8St. Clair County, AL | 68 | 65 | 18.5 | $3.2M | +7.1% | #511 of 2,402 |
| 9Elmore County, AL | 65 | 76 | 23.1 | $2.6M | +4.2% | #611 of 2,402 |
| 10Coffee County, AL | 63 | 45 | 21.4 | $2.7M | +6.3% | #688 of 2,402 |
| 32Etowah County, AL | 39 | 103 | 26.1 | $2.1M | +0.4% | #1,645 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Etowah County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores39
- Grocery stores37
- Convenience stores41
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many grocery and convenience stores are in Etowah County, AL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 103 grocery and convenience stores in Etowah County. 40 of them (39%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 20 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts list 35 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Etowah County, AL spend on groceries?
About $213.8M a year, or $5,425 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 103 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.1M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 39,411 households in Etowah County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Etowah County, AL compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Etowah County has 26.1 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 40% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.1M, 39% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Etowah County would have about 63, against 103 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,971 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Etowah County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Etowah County at 103,886 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 39,411 households. The median household income in Etowah County is $54,563 a year, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.2% 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. Etowah County scores 39 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #1,645 of 2,402 scored counties.
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