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Grocery and convenience stores in Mobile County, AL
How Mobile 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 40 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,593 of 2,402 scored counties
#30 of 64 scored counties in Alabama
- Listings
- 368
- 169 chain locations (46%)
- Official establishments
- 103
- +22.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $910.6M
- On groceries · $5,633 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.5M
- 27% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 22.8
- 22% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 411,658
- −0.7% since 2020
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What this means
At $5,633 per household (11% below the U.S. average), households in Mobile County spend about $910.6M a year on groceries. Spread across 368 grocery and convenience stores, that is $2.5M per store, 27% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
There are 368 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Mobile County as of September 2026. Of those, 169 are chain locations, or 46%, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 22.8, 22% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Mobile County was 103 in 2023, up 22.6% from 2019. That is one for every 1,570 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts also show 117 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Mobile County declined 0.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For grocery and convenience stores, Mobile County has a Groundwork market score of 40 (lower middle): #1,593 of 2,402 scored counties and #30 of 64 scored counties in Alabama.
How Mobile 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 | Mobile County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 22.8 | 21.3 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2.5M | $2.7M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,570 | 1,657 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +22.6% | +23.1% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.7% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,633 | $5,771 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $58,880 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 40 | 36 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 84 → 103+22.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 3,146
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $89.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 117Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 368169 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 269The 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 Mobile 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 Mobile County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 411,658−0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 161,665
- Median age
- 39.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,229 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 336
- Median household income
- $58,880+23.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $81,726
- Median home value
- $190,700
- Jobs located here
- 181,672
- Daytime population
- 421,837Residents 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 |
| 30Mobile County, AL | 40 | 368 | 22.8 | $2.5M | −0.7% | #1,593 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Mobile County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores40
- Grocery stores39
- 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 Mobile County, AL?
As of September 2026, map listings count 368 grocery and convenience stores in Mobile County. 169 of them (46%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 103 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, up 22.6% from 2019. Another 117 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Mobile County, AL spend on groceries?
About $910.6M a year, or $5,633 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 368 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.5M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 161,665 households in Mobile County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Mobile County, AL compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Mobile County has 22.8 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 22% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.5M, 27% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Mobile County would have about 269, against 368 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,570 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 22.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Mobile County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Mobile County at 411,658 people in 2025, down 0.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 161,665 households. The median household income in Mobile County is $58,880 a year, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.7% 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. Mobile County scores 40 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #1,593 of 2,402 scored counties.
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