Groceries and convenience · County · Florida
Grocery and convenience stores in Suwannee County, FL
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in Suwannee County, FL, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,027 of 2,402 scored counties
#42 of 65 scored counties in Florida
- Listings
- 31
- 12 chain locations (39%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $88.4M
- On groceries · $5,485 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.9M
- 16% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.2
- 3% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 48,149
- +10.6% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on groceries in Suwannee County comes to about $88.4M a year: $5,485 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.9M of household spending for each store on map listings, 16% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
Suwannee County has 31 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 39% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 19.2 for every 10,000 households, 3% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Suwannee County was 11 in 2023. That is one for every 1,465 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts list 5 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Suwannee County grew 10.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Suwannee County scores 54 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #1,027 of 2,402 scored counties and #42 of 65 scored counties in Florida.
How Suwannee 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 | Suwannee County | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.2 | 17.4 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2.9M | $3.5M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,465 | 1,240 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.7% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +10.6% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,485 | $6,077 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $56,658 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10 → 11
- Employees, 2023
- 307
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $8.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 5Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3112 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 26The 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 Suwannee 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 Suwannee County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 48,149+10.6% since 2020
- Households
- 16,112
- Median age
- 43.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 689 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 66
- Median household income
- $56,658+18.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $73,048
- Median home value
- $171,600
- Jobs located here
- 11,204
- Daytime population
- 40,506Residents 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 |
| 42Suwannee County, FL | 54 | 31 | 19.2 | $2.9M | +10.6% | #1,027 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Suwannee County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores54
- Grocery stores62
- Convenience stores55
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 Suwannee County, FL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 31 grocery and convenience stores in Suwannee County. 12 of them (39%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 11 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 Suwannee County, FL spend on groceries?
About $88.4M a year, or $5,485 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 31 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.9M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,112 households in Suwannee County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Suwannee County, FL compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Suwannee County has 19.2 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 3% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.9M, 16% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Suwannee County would have about 26, against 31 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,465 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Suwannee County, FL growing?
Population estimates put Suwannee County at 48,149 people in 2025, up 10.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,112 households. The median household income in Suwannee County is $56,658 a year, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 18.4% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Suwannee County scores 54 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #1,027 of 2,402 scored counties.
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