Groceries and convenience · County · Florida
Grocery and convenience stores in Alachua County, FL
How Alachua County, FL 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 61 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #764 of 2,402 scored counties
#33 of 65 scored counties in Florida
- Listings
- 210
- 108 chain locations (51%)
- Official establishments
- 74
- +12.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $676.1M
- On groceries · $5,789 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.2M
- 5% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.0
- 4% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 290,028
- +3.7% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 210 grocery and convenience stores in Alachua County. 108 of them (51%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 18.0, 4% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Household spending on groceries in Alachua County comes to about $676.1M a year: $5,789 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.2M of household spending for each store on map listings, 5% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Alachua County was 74 in 2023, up 12.1% from 2019. That is one for every 1,578 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts also show 32 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $590K has gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Alachua County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Alachua County grew 3.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Alachua County is 61 (upper middle), #764 of 2,402 scored counties and #33 of 65 scored counties in Florida.
How Alachua County compares
The same measures for Florida 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 | Alachua County | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.0 | 17.4 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $3.2M | $3.5M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,578 | 1,240 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +12.1% | +9.7% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.7% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,789 | $6,077 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $61,949 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 61 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 66 → 74+12.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 3,716
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $91.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 32Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 210108 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 200The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $590K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Alachua 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 Alachua County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 290,028+3.7% since 2020
- Households
- 116,786
- Median age
- 36.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 54%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 876 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 326
- Median household income
- $61,949+24.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,386
- Median home value
- $288,800
- Jobs located here
- 139,721
- Daytime population
- 316,161Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Florida market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Florida for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Florida, with Alachua County marked.
Top counties in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1St. Johns County, FL | 90 | 188 | 16.2 | $4.3M | +25.0% | #50 of 2,402 |
| 2Santa Rosa County, FL | 89 | 108 | 14.9 | $4.3M | +11.7% | #58 of 2,402 |
| 3Sumter County, FL | 88 | 84 | 11.9 | $5.1M | +21.1% | #64 of 2,402 |
| 4Flagler County, FL | 88 | 74 | 14.1 | $4.3M | +21.0% | #66 of 2,402 |
| 5Clay County, FL | 87 | 110 | 13.1 | $4.8M | +9.4% | #77 of 2,402 |
| 6Charlotte County, FL | 81 | 127 | 14.0 | $4.2M | +15.5% | #165 of 2,402 |
| 7Pasco County, FL | 79 | 313 | 13.3 | $4.5M | +19.1% | #200 of 2,402 |
| 8Sarasota County, FL | 79 | 302 | 14.2 | $4.4M | +10.0% | #201 of 2,402 |
| 9Lake County, FL | 79 | 267 | 16.2 | $3.7M | +18.1% | #209 of 2,402 |
| 10Walton County, FL | 78 | 72 | 21.0 | $3M | +22.9% | #232 of 2,402 |
| 33Alachua County, FL | 61 | 210 | 18.0 | $3.2M | +3.7% | #764 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Alachua County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores61
- Grocery stores62
- Convenience stores59
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 Alachua County, FL?
There are 210 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Alachua County as of September 2026. 108 of them (51%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 74 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, up 12.1% from 2019. Another 32 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Alachua County, FL spend on groceries?
About $676.1M a year, or $5,789 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 210 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.2M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 116,786 households in Alachua County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Alachua County, FL compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Alachua County has 18.0 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.2M, 5% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Alachua County would have about 200, against 210 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,578 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 12.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Alachua County, FL growing?
Population estimates put Alachua County at 290,028 people in 2025, up 3.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 116,786 households. Median household income in Alachua County is $61,949, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.7%, 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. Alachua County scores 61 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #764 of 2,402 scored counties.
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