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Grocery and convenience stores in Banks County, GA
How Banks County, GA 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 79 out of 100: High
Ranked #195 of 2,402 scored counties
#10 of 124 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 8
- 1 chain location (13%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $40.2M
- On groceries · $5,869 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5M
- 48% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.7
- 37% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 21,273
- +17.3% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Banks County is 79 (high), #195 of 2,402 scored counties and #10 of 124 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for grocery and convenience stores.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 grocery and convenience stores in Banks County. One of them (13%) is a chain location, against 42% across the U.S. That is 11.7 per 10,000 households, 37% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Households in Banks County spend about $40.2M a year on groceries, or $5,869 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That is about $5M of household spending for each store on map listings, 48% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Banks County in 2023. That is one for every 1,714 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Banks County from 2020 to 2025 at +17.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Banks County compares
The same measures for Georgia 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 | Banks County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.7 | 20.3 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $5M | $3M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,714 | 1,111 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +14.0% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +17.3% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,869 | $6,137 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $77,063 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 79 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 7
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $180K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 81 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The 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 Banks 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 Banks County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 21,273+17.3% since 2020
- Households
- 6,856
- Median age
- 42.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.4
- Land area
- 232 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 83
- Median household income
- $77,063+61.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,242
- Median home value
- $278,100
- Jobs located here
- 4,934
- Daytime population
- 15,146Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Banks County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the grocery and convenience stores on map listings by name and distance.
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Every Georgia market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Georgia for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Georgia, with Banks County marked.
Top counties in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Paulding County, GA | 94 | 61 | 10.2 | $6.5M | +12.7% | #16 of 2,402 |
| 2Effingham County, GA | 91 | 36 | 14.8 | $4.3M | +14.1% | #41 of 2,402 |
| 3Columbia County, GA | 87 | 77 | 14.0 | $4.7M | +7.9% | #78 of 2,402 |
| 4Forsyth County, GA | 85 | 111 | 12.5 | $6M | +11.8% | #97 of 2,402 |
| 5Cherokee County, GA | 84 | 130 | 12.8 | $5.3M | +11.6% | #108 of 2,402 |
| 6Oconee County, GA | 83 | 20 | 13.3 | $5.3M | +6.9% | #122 of 2,402 |
| 7Fayette County, GA | 83 | 60 | 13.5 | $5.1M | +4.7% | #123 of 2,402 |
| 8Henry County, GA | 80 | 114 | 13.1 | $4.8M | +9.5% | #178 of 2,402 |
| 9Coweta County, GA | 79 | 72 | 12.8 | $5.1M | +9.2% | #194 of 2,402 |
| 10Banks County, GA | 79 | 8 | 11.7 | $5M | +17.3% | #195 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Banks County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores79
- Grocery stores
- Convenience stores64
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 Banks County, GA?
There are 8 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Banks County as of September 2026. One of them (13%) is a chain location. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in Banks County, GA spend on groceries?
About $40.2M a year, or $5,869 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $5M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,856 households in Banks County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Banks County, GA compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Banks County has 11.7 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 37% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $5M, 48% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Banks County would have about 12, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,714 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Banks County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Banks County at 21,273 people in 2025, up 17.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,856 households. Median household income in Banks County is $77,063, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 61.2%, 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. Banks County scores 79 for grocery and convenience stores (high), #195 of 2,402 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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