Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · Alabama
Grocery and convenience stores in the Ozark, AL area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in the Ozark, AL area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 45 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #331 of 538 scored small-town markets
#4 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Alabama
- Listings
- 42
- 13 chain locations (31%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $107.3M
- On groceries · $5,440 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.6M
- 25% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 21.3
- 14% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 49,912
- +1.3% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 42 grocery and convenience stores in the Ozark area. Of those, 13 are chain locations, or 31%, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 21.3 for every 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
At $5,440 per household (14% below the U.S. average), households in the Ozark area spend about $107.3M a year on groceries. That is about $2.6M of household spending for each store on map listings, 25% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Ozark area was 13 in 2023. That is one for every 1,517 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts also show 9 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Ozark area grew 1.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in the Ozark area is 45 (lower middle), #331 of 538 scored small-town markets and #4 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Alabama.
How the Ozark 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 | Ozark area | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 21.3 | 21.3 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2.6M | $2.7M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,517 | 1,657 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +23.1% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.3% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,440 | $5,771 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $54,963 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 45 | 36 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13
- Employees, 2023
- 157
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 9Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4213 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
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Ozark 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 Ozark area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 49,912+1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 19,727
- Median age
- 40.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 561 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 88
- Median household income
- $54,963+16.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,266
- Median home value
- $143,500
- Jobs located here
- 15,272
- Daytime population
- 47,928Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Alabama market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Alabama for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Alabama (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Ozark area marked.
Top small-town markets in Alabama
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Enterprise, AL | 70 | 45 | 21.4 | $2.7M | +6.3% | #84 of 538 |
| 2Cullman, AL | 63 | 86 | 24.3 | $2.3M | +6.7% | #153 of 538 |
| 3Talladega-Sylacauga, AL | 53 | 76 | 20.0 | $2.7M | 0.0% | #256 of 538 |
| 4Ozark, AL | 45 | 42 | 21.3 | $2.6M | +1.3% | #331 of 538 |
| 5Troy, AL | 45 | 34 | 27.2 | $2M | +2.4% | #335 of 538 |
| 6Albertville, AL | 44 | 100 | 27.4 | $2.1M | +6.0% | #344 of 538 |
| LaGrange, GA-AL | 37 | 95 | 23.6 | $2.3M | +3.0% | #403 of 538 |
| 7Scottsboro, AL | 36 | 65 | 29.8 | $1.8M | +3.3% | #414 of 538 |
| 8Alexander City, AL | 32 | 51 | 29.9 | $1.9M | −0.8% | #442 of 538 |
| 9Russellville, AL | 26 | 31 | 25.9 | $2.1M | +1.1% | #472 of 538 |
Other business types in the Ozark area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores45
- Grocery stores44
- Convenience stores49
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 the Ozark, AL area?
The Ozark area has 42 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 13 of them (31%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Another 9 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Ozark, AL area spend on groceries?
About $107.3M a year, or $5,440 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 42 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.6M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 19,727 households in the Ozark area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Ozark, AL area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
The Ozark area has 21.3 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.6M, 25% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, the Ozark area would have about 32, against 42 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,517 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is the Ozark, AL area growing?
Population estimates put the Ozark area at 49,912 people in 2025, up 1.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,727 households. Median household income in the Ozark area is $54,963, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.4%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Ozark area scores 45 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #331 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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