Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · Arkansas
Grocery and convenience stores in the Paragould, AR area
How the Paragould, AR 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 76 out of 100: High
Ranked #34 of 538 scored small-town markets
#1 of 14 scored small-town markets based in Arkansas
- Listings
- 29
- 15 chain locations (52%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $99.3M
- On groceries · $5,519 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.4M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.1
- 14% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 47,411
- +3.4% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in the Paragould area is 76 (high), #34 of 538 scored small-town markets and #1 of 14 scored small-town markets based in Arkansas. That puts it in the top 10% of small-town markets for grocery and convenience stores.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 29 grocery and convenience stores in the Paragould area. Chain locations make up 52% of them, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 16.1, 14% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Household spending on groceries in the Paragould area comes to about $99.3M a year: $5,519 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.4M per store, in line with the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Paragould area was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 2,999 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Paragould area grew 3.4% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Paragould 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 | Paragould area | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.1 | 19.6 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $3.4M | $2.9M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,999 | 1,920 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.8% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.4% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,519 | $5,667 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $57,839 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 76 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6
- Employees, 2023
- 236
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 9Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2915 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 29The 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 Paragould 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 Paragould area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 47,411+3.4% since 2020
- Households
- 17,994
- Median age
- 39.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 577 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 80
- Median household income
- $57,839+22.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $72,756
- Median home value
- $169,300
- Jobs located here
- 21,057
- Daytime population
- 48,090Residents 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 Paragould 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 Paragould area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores76
- Grocery stores73
- Convenience stores59
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Questions
How many grocery and convenience stores are in the Paragould, AR area?
There are 29 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in the Paragould area as of September 2026. 15 of them (52%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts also show 9 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Paragould, AR area spend on groceries?
About $99.3M a year, or $5,519 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 29 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.4M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 17,994 households in the Paragould area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Paragould, AR area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
The Paragould area has 16.1 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.4M, in line with the U.S. figure of $3.4M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,999 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is the Paragould, AR area growing?
Population estimates put the Paragould area at 47,411 people in 2025, up 3.4% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,994 households. Median household income in the Paragould area is $57,839, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.9%, 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 Paragould area scores 76 for grocery and convenience stores (high), #34 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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