Groceries and convenience · County · Arkansas
Grocery and convenience stores in Baxter County, AR
How Baxter County, AR 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 52 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,132 of 2,402 scored counties
#18 of 61 scored counties in Arkansas
- Listings
- 40
- 21 chain locations (53%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $103M
- On groceries · $5,321 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.6M
- 24% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.7
- 11% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 42,982
- +3.1% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 40 grocery and convenience stores in Baxter County. Of those, 21 are chain locations, or 53%, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 20.7, 11% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
At $5,321 per household (16% below the U.S. average), households in Baxter County spend about $103M a year on groceries. Spread across 40 grocery and convenience stores, that is $2.6M per store, 24% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Baxter County was 8 in 2023. That is one for every 2,419 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts also show 13 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Baxter County grew 3.1%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). Baxter County scores 52 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #1,132 of 2,402 scored counties and #18 of 61 scored counties in Arkansas.
How Baxter County 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 | Baxter County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.7 | 19.6 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2.6M | $2.9M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,419 | 1,920 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.8% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.1% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,321 | $5,667 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $48,452 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 52 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9 → 8
- Employees, 2023
- 357
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 13Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4021 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 30The 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 Baxter 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 Baxter County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 42,982+3.1% since 2020
- Households
- 19,348
- Median age
- 51.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 554 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 77
- Median household income
- $48,452+14.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $71,486
- Median home value
- $174,600
- Jobs located here
- 16,323
- Daytime population
- 43,148Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arkansas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Arkansas for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with Baxter County marked.
Top counties in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Benton County, AR | 89 | 157 | 14.0 | $4.7M | +16.0% | #57 of 2,402 |
| 2Saline County, AR | 85 | 77 | 15.3 | $4M | +7.6% | #102 of 2,402 |
| 3Faulkner County, AR | 83 | 73 | 14.8 | $3.9M | +8.2% | #136 of 2,402 |
| 4Washington County, AR | 82 | 143 | 14.7 | $4M | +9.9% | #148 of 2,402 |
| 5Grant County, AR | 74 | 11 | 15.8 | $3.7M | +4.1% | #326 of 2,402 |
| 6Lonoke County, AR | 73 | 50 | 17.5 | $3.4M | +3.5% | #368 of 2,402 |
| 7Pope County, AR | 68 | 36 | 14.8 | $3.8M | +2.5% | #496 of 2,402 |
| 8Greene County, AR | 67 | 29 | 16.1 | $3.4M | +3.4% | #533 of 2,402 |
| 9Pulaski County, AR | 64 | 284 | 16.5 | $3.5M | +1.3% | #632 of 2,402 |
| 10Craighead County, AR | 64 | 76 | 17.1 | $3.3M | +4.8% | #637 of 2,402 |
| 18Baxter County, AR | 52 | 40 | 20.7 | $2.6M | +3.1% | #1,132 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Baxter County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores52
- Grocery stores53
- Convenience stores34
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 Baxter County, AR?
There are 40 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Baxter County as of September 2026. 21 of them (53%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Another 13 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Baxter County, AR spend on groceries?
About $103M a year, or $5,321 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 40 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.6M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 19,348 households in Baxter County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Baxter County, AR compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Baxter County has 20.7 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 11% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.6M, 24% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Baxter County would have about 30, against 40 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,419 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Baxter County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Baxter County at 42,982 people in 2025, up 3.1% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,348 households. Median household income in Baxter County is $48,452, 40% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 14.7%, 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. Baxter County scores 52 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #1,132 of 2,402 scored counties.
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