Groceries and convenience · Metro area · Alabama
Grocery and convenience stores in the Gadsden, AL metro area
How the Gadsden, AL metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 25 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #347 of 387 scored metro areas
#10 of 12 scored metro areas based 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
For grocery and convenience stores, the Gadsden metro area has a Groundwork market score of 25 (lower middle): #347 of 387 scored metro areas and #10 of 12 scored metro areas based in Alabama. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
As of September 2026, map listings count 103 grocery and convenience stores in the Gadsden metro area. Of those, 40 are chain locations, or 39%, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 26.1, 40% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Household spending on groceries in the Gadsden metro area 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 20 businesses with payroll in the Gadsden metro area classed as grocery and convenience stores. That is one for every 1,971 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Gadsden metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Gadsden metro area 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 | Gadsden metro area | 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 | 25 | 36 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 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 the Gadsden 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 Gadsden metro area
- 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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Every Alabama market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Alabama for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Alabama, with the Gadsden metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Alabama
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Huntsville, AL | 85 | 312 | 15.1 | $4.2M | +12.5% | #10 of 387 |
| 2Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL | 65 | 195 | 19.8 | $3.1M | +14.8% | #96 of 387 |
| 3Auburn-Opelika, AL | 56 | 132 | 17.2 | $3.3M | +7.1% | #161 of 387 |
| 4Birmingham, AL | 44 | 871 | 18.7 | $3.2M | +1.4% | #239 of 387 |
| 5Decatur, AL | 41 | 125 | 19.9 | $2.9M | +2.5% | #261 of 387 |
| 6Tuscaloosa, AL | 39 | 213 | 20.2 | $2.8M | +2.9% | #273 of 387 |
| 7Montgomery, AL | 38 | 304 | 20.1 | $2.9M | +0.9% | #282 of 387 |
| 8Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL | 38 | 149 | 23.4 | $2.4M | +3.5% | #284 of 387 |
| 9Dothan, AL | 25 | 158 | 25.9 | $2.1M | +3.4% | #345 of 387 |
| 10Gadsden, AL | 25 | 103 | 26.1 | $2.1M | +0.4% | #347 of 387 |
Other business types in the Gadsden metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores25
- Grocery stores24
- Convenience stores26
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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 the Gadsden, AL metro area?
The Gadsden metro area has 103 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 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 also show 35 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Gadsden, AL metro area 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 the Gadsden metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Gadsden, AL metro area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
The Gadsden metro area 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 national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, the Gadsden metro area 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 the Gadsden, AL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Gadsden metro area at 103,886 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 39,411 households. Median household income in the Gadsden metro area is $54,563, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.2%, 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 Gadsden metro area scores 25 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #347 of 387 scored metro areas.
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