Groceries and convenience · County · Florida
Grocery and convenience stores in Hardee County, FL
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in Hardee County, FL, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 24 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,130 of 2,402 scored counties
#62 of 65 scored counties in Florida
- Listings
- 25
- 6 chain locations (24%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $45.7M
- On groceries · $5,566 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 46% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 30.4
- 63% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 25,932
- +2.4% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Hardee County is 24 (low), #2,130 of 2,402 scored counties and #62 of 65 scored counties in Florida. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 25 grocery and convenience stores in Hardee County. Of those, 6 are chain locations, or 24%, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 30.4 for every 10,000 households, 63% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
At $5,566 per household (12% below the U.S. average), households in Hardee County spend about $45.7M a year on groceries. That is about $1.8M of household spending for each store on map listings, 46% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Hardee County in 2023. That is one for every 685 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Hardee County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Hardee 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 | Hardee County | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 30.4 | 17.4 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $3.5M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 685 | 1,240 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.7% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.4% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,566 | $6,077 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $60,489 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 24 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14 → 12
- Employees, 2023
- 106
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 7Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 256 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 14The 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 Hardee 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 Hardee County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 25,932+2.4% since 2020
- Households
- 8,219
- Median age
- 35.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 638 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 40
- Median household income
- $60,489+56.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,981
- Median home value
- $153,600
- Jobs located here
- 6,991
- Daytime population
- 22,490Residents 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 |
| 62Hardee County, FL | 24 | 25 | 30.4 | $1.8M | +2.4% | #2,130 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Hardee County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores24
- Grocery stores33
- Convenience stores20
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 Hardee County, FL?
There are 25 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Hardee County as of September 2026. 6 of them (24%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts list 7 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Hardee County, FL spend on groceries?
About $45.7M a year, or $5,566 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 25 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,219 households in Hardee County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hardee County, FL compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Hardee County has 30.4 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 63% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $1.8M, 46% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Hardee County would have about 14, against 25 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 685 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Hardee County, FL growing?
Population estimates put Hardee County at 25,932 people in 2025, up 2.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,219 households. Median household income in Hardee County is $60,489, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 56.4%, 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. Hardee County scores 24 for grocery and convenience stores (low), #2,130 of 2,402 scored counties.
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