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Grocery and convenience stores in Sevier County, AR

How Sevier 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 36 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,750 of 2,402 scored counties
#36 of 61 scored counties in Arkansas

Listings
14
4 chain locations (29%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$29.9M
On groceries · $5,314 a household
Spending per listing
$2.1M
37% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
24.9
33% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
15,758
−0.1% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

As of September 2026, map listings count 14 grocery and convenience stores in Sevier County. 4 of them (29%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 24.9, 33% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.

Households in Sevier County spend about $29.9M a year on groceries, or $5,314 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. Spread across 14 grocery and convenience stores, that is $2.1M per store, 37% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Sevier County classed as grocery and convenience stores. That is one for every 1,874 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts list 5 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $246K has gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Sevier County.

Population estimates put the population change in Sevier County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For grocery and convenience stores, Sevier County has a Groundwork market score of 36 (lower middle): #1,750 of 2,402 scored counties and #36 of 61 scored counties in Arkansas.

How Sevier 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.

Grocery and convenience stores in Sevier County, AR compared with Arkansas and the U.S.
MeasureSevier CountyArkansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households24.919.618.7
Spending per listing$2.1M$2.9M$3.4M
Households per official establishment1,8741,9201,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+6.8%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.1%+3.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,314$5,667$6,319
Median household income$53,527$60,773$80,734
Groundwork market score3642

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 3
Employees, 2023
54
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
5Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
144 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
9The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$246K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Sevier 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 Sevier County

Population, 2025 estimate
15,758−0.1% since 2020
Households
5,622
Median age
34.2
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
564 sq. mi.
People per square mile
28
Median household income
$53,527+12.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$65,434
Median home value
$117,600
Jobs located here
5,255
Daytime population
14,735Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery and convenience stores across Arkansas

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The highest-scoring counties in Arkansas for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with Sevier County marked.

Top counties in Arkansas

Counties in Arkansas ranked for grocery and convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Benton County, AR8915714.0$4.7M+16.0%#57 of 2,402
2Saline County, AR857715.3$4M+7.6%#102 of 2,402
3Faulkner County, AR837314.8$3.9M+8.2%#136 of 2,402
4Washington County, AR8214314.7$4M+9.9%#148 of 2,402
5Grant County, AR741115.8$3.7M+4.1%#326 of 2,402
6Lonoke County, AR735017.5$3.4M+3.5%#368 of 2,402
7Pope County, AR683614.8$3.8M+2.5%#496 of 2,402
8Greene County, AR672916.1$3.4M+3.4%#533 of 2,402
9Pulaski County, AR6428416.5$3.5M+1.3%#632 of 2,402
10Craighead County, AR647617.1$3.3M+4.8%#637 of 2,402
36Sevier County, AR361424.9$2.1M−0.1%#1,750 of 2,402

Other business types in Sevier County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many grocery and convenience stores are in Sevier County, AR?

Sevier County has 14 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts also show 5 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Sevier County, AR spend on groceries?

About $29.9M a year, or $5,314 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.1M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,622 households in Sevier County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Sevier County, AR compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?

Sevier County has 24.9 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 33% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.1M, 37% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Sevier County would have about 9, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,874 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

How fast is Sevier County, AR growing?

Population estimates put Sevier County at 15,758 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,622 households. Median household income in Sevier County is $53,527, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 12.2%, 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. Sevier County scores 36 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #1,750 of 2,402 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for grocery and convenience stores · All 56 business types in Sevier County

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