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Grocery and convenience stores in Bleckley County, GA
The grocery and convenience stores in Bleckley County, GA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 30 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,967 of 2,402 scored counties
#85 of 124 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 16
- 8 chain locations (50%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $25.2M
- On groceries · $5,651 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- 53% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 35.8
- 91% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 12,866
- +2.8% since 2020
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What this means
For grocery and convenience stores, Bleckley County has a Groundwork market score of 30 (lower middle): #1,967 of 2,402 scored counties and #85 of 124 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $5,651 per household (11% below the U.S. average), households in Bleckley County spend about $25.2M a year on groceries. That is about $1.6M of household spending for each store on map listings, 53% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
Bleckley County has 16 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 50% of them, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 35.8, 91% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for grocery and convenience stores in Bleckley County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates show Bleckley County grew 2.8% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Bleckley 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 | Bleckley County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 35.8 | 20.3 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $3M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,111 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +14.0% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.8% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,651 | $6,137 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $62,008 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 30 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 168 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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 Bleckley 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 Bleckley County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 12,866+2.8% since 2020
- Households
- 4,465
- Median age
- 40.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 216 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 58
- Median household income
- $62,008+28.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,806
- Median home value
- $149,600
- Jobs located here
- 2,486
- Daytime population
- 10,808Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 85Bleckley County, GA | 30 | 16 | 35.8 | $1.6M | +2.8% | #1,967 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Bleckley County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores30
- Grocery stores
- Convenience stores28
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 Bleckley County, GA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 16 grocery and convenience stores in Bleckley County. 8 of them (50%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. No official count is published for grocery and convenience stores in Bleckley County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Bleckley County, GA spend on groceries?
About $25.2M a year, or $5,651 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.6M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,465 households in Bleckley County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Bleckley County, GA compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Bleckley County has 35.8 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 91% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $1.6M, 53% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Bleckley County would have about 7, against 16 on map listings.
How fast is Bleckley County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Bleckley County at 12,866 people in 2025, up 2.8% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,465 households. The median household income in Bleckley County is $62,008 a year, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.7% 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. Bleckley County scores 30 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #1,967 of 2,402 scored counties.
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