Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · Arkansas
Grocery and convenience stores in the Batesville, AR area
The grocery and convenience stores in the Batesville, AR area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #195 of 538 scored small-town markets
#4 of 14 scored small-town markets based in Arkansas
- Listings
- 23
- 6 chain locations (26%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $80.5M
- On groceries · $5,502 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.5M
- 3% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.7
- 16% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 38,785
- +2.2% since 2020
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What this means
At $5,502 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in the Batesville area spend about $80.5M a year on groceries. Spread across 23 grocery and convenience stores, that is $3.5M per store, 3% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
There are 23 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in the Batesville area as of September 2026. Of those, 6 are chain locations, or 26%, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 15.7 for every 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Batesville area was 11 in 2023. That is one for every 1,331 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts list 6 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in the Batesville area from 2020 to 2025 at +2.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For grocery and convenience stores, the Batesville area has a Groundwork market score of 58 (upper middle): #195 of 538 scored small-town markets and #4 of 14 scored small-town markets based in Arkansas.
How the Batesville area compares
The same measures for Arkansas 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 | Batesville area | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.7 | 19.6 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $3.5M | $2.9M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,331 | 1,920 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.8% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.2% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,502 | $5,667 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $56,609 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 58 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11
- Employees, 2023
- 194
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 6Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 236 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 24The 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 Batesville 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 Batesville area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 38,785+2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 14,638
- Median age
- 39.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 764 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 50
- Median household income
- $56,609
- Average household income
- $78,952
- Median home value
- $142,600
- Jobs located here
- 18,686
- Daytime population
- 41,118Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arkansas market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Arkansas for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with the Batesville area marked.
Top small-town markets in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Paragould, AR | 76 | 29 | 16.1 | $3.4M | +3.4% | #34 of 538 |
| 2Russellville, AR | 69 | 50 | 15.3 | $3.6M | +1.6% | #87 of 538 |
| 3Harrison, AR | 63 | 33 | 17.8 | $3.1M | +2.4% | #147 of 538 |
| 4Batesville, AR | 58 | 23 | 15.7 | $3.5M | +2.2% | #195 of 538 |
| 5Mountain Home, AR | 58 | 40 | 20.7 | $2.6M | +3.1% | #202 of 538 |
| 6Searcy, AR | 55 | 63 | 21.3 | $2.6M | +4.2% | #240 of 538 |
| 7Arkadelphia, AR | 47 | 16 | 19.7 | $2.7M | −2.2% | #312 of 538 |
| 8Malvern, AR | 47 | 30 | 24.4 | $2.2M | +1.1% | #315 of 538 |
| 9Blytheville, AR | 32 | 33 | 21.4 | $2.5M | −6.7% | #438 of 538 |
| 10El Dorado, AR | 23 | 47 | 31.3 | $1.7M | −5.2% | #483 of 538 |
Other business types in the Batesville area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores58
- Grocery stores55
- Convenience stores64
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 Batesville, AR area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 23 grocery and convenience stores in the Batesville area. 6 of them (26%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts also show 6 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Batesville, AR area spend on groceries?
About $80.5M a year, or $5,502 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 23 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.5M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 14,638 households in the Batesville area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Batesville, AR area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
The Batesville area has 15.7 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.5M, 3% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, the Batesville area would have about 24, against 23 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,331 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is the Batesville, AR area growing?
Population estimates put the Batesville area at 38,785 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 14,638 households. The median household income in the Batesville area is $56,609 a year, 30% 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 Batesville area scores 58 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #195 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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