Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · Alabama
Grocery and convenience stores in the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL area
How the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #256 of 538 scored small-town markets
#3 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Alabama
- Listings
- 76
- 33 chain locations (43%)
- Official establishments
- 19
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $207.7M
- On groceries · $5,456 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.7M
- 19% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.0
- 7% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 91,764
- 0.0% since 2020
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What this means
At $5,456 per household (14% below the U.S. average), households in the Talladega-Sylacauga area spend about $207.7M a year on groceries. Spread across 76 grocery and convenience stores, that is $2.7M per store, 19% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
There are 76 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in the Talladega-Sylacauga area as of September 2026. 33 of them (43%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That is 20.0 per 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
In 2023, official counts showed 19 businesses with payroll in the Talladega-Sylacauga area classed as grocery and convenience stores. That is one for every 2,003 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Another 26 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates show the Talladega-Sylacauga area held about level from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Talladega-Sylacauga area scores 53 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #256 of 538 scored small-town markets and #3 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Alabama.
How the Talladega-Sylacauga 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 | Talladega-Sylacauga area | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.0 | 21.3 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2.7M | $2.7M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,003 | 1,657 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +23.1% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | 0.0% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,456 | $5,771 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $57,722 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 36 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 19
- Employees, 2023
- 512
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $9.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 26Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 7633 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 61The 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 Talladega-Sylacauga 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 Talladega-Sylacauga area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 91,7640.0% since 2020
- Households
- 38,062
- Median age
- 43.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,388 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 66
- Median household income
- $57,722
- Average household income
- $72,187
- Median home value
- $144,400
- Jobs located here
- 28,443
- Daytime population
- 80,946Residents 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 Talladega-Sylacauga 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 Talladega-Sylacauga area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores53
- Grocery stores69
- Convenience stores38
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 Talladega-Sylacauga, AL area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 76 grocery and convenience stores in the Talladega-Sylacauga area. 33 of them (43%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts list 26 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL area spend on groceries?
About $207.7M a year, or $5,456 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 76 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.7M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 38,062 households in the Talladega-Sylacauga area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
The Talladega-Sylacauga area has 20.0 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.7M, 19% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, the Talladega-Sylacauga area would have about 61, against 76 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,003 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL area growing?
Population estimates put the Talladega-Sylacauga area at 91,764 people in 2025, unchanged since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 38,062 households. The median household income in the Talladega-Sylacauga area is $57,722 a year, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Talladega-Sylacauga area scores 53 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #256 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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