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Grocery and convenience stores in Bay County, FL
How Bay 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 62 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #728 of 2,402 scored counties
#32 of 65 scored counties in Florida
- Listings
- 163
- 78 chain locations (48%)
- Official establishments
- 60
- +9.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $473.5M
- On groceries · $6,011 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.9M
- 14% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.7
- 11% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 204,479
- +17.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 163 grocery and convenience stores in Bay County. Chain locations make up 48% of them, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 20.7, 11% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Household spending on groceries in Bay County comes to about $473.5M a year: $6,011 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.9M of household spending for each store on map listings, 14% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
In 2023, official counts showed 60 businesses with payroll in Bay County classed as grocery and convenience stores, up 9.1% from 2019. That is one for every 1,313 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts list 39 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Bay County from 2020 to 2025 at +17.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Bay County is 62 (upper middle), #728 of 2,402 scored counties and #32 of 65 scored counties in Florida.
How Bay 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 | Bay County | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.7 | 17.4 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2.9M | $3.5M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,313 | 1,240 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +9.1% | +9.7% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +17.2% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,011 | $6,077 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $73,533 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 62 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 55 → 60+9.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,795
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $52.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 39Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 16378 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 140The 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 Bay 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 Bay County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 204,479+17.2% since 2020
- Households
- 78,778
- Median age
- 41.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 759 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 246
- Median household income
- $73,533+35.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $96,618
- Median home value
- $310,500
- Jobs located here
- 79,343
- Daytime population
- 189,844Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 32Bay County, FL | 62 | 163 | 20.7 | $2.9M | +17.2% | #728 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Bay County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores62
- Grocery stores68
- Convenience stores60
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 Bay County, FL?
There are 163 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Bay County as of September 2026. 78 of them (48%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 60 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, up 9.1% from 2019. Official counts also show 39 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Bay County, FL spend on groceries?
About $473.5M a year, or $6,011 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 163 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.9M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 78,778 households in Bay County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Bay County, FL compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Bay 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 $2.9M, 14% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Bay County would have about 140, against 163 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,313 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 9.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Bay County, FL growing?
Population estimates put Bay County at 204,479 people in 2025, up 17.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 78,778 households. Median household income in Bay County is $73,533, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 35.4%, 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. Bay County scores 62 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #728 of 2,402 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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