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Grocery and convenience stores in Crisp County, GA

How Crisp 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 3 out of 100: Very low

Ranked #2,400 of 2,402 scored counties
#123 of 124 scored counties in Georgia

Listings
39
12 chain locations (31%)
Official establishments
16
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$41.8M
On groceries · $5,290 a household
Spending per listing
$1.1M
68% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
49.3
2.6 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
19,237
−4.1% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Crisp County scores 3 (very low) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #2,400 of 2,402 scored counties and #123 of 124 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Households in Crisp County spend about $41.8M a year on groceries, or $5,290 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.1M per store, 68% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

Crisp County has 39 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 12 of them (31%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That is 49.3 per 10,000 households, 2.6 times the U.S. rate of 18.7.

Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Crisp County in 2023. That is one for every 494 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Crisp County declined 4.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Crisp 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.

Grocery and convenience stores in Crisp County, GA compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureCrisp CountyGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households49.320.318.7
Spending per listing$1.1M$3M$3.4M
Households per official establishment4941,1111,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+14.0%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−4.1%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,290$6,137$6,319
Median household income$45,105$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market score344

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
17 → 16
Employees, 2023
180
Annual payroll, 2023
$5.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
5Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
3912 chain locations
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 Crisp 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 Crisp County

Population, 2025 estimate
19,237−4.1% since 2020
Households
7,908
Median age
40.7
Homes lived in by their owners
56%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
273 sq. mi.
People per square mile
73
Median household income
$45,105+25.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$68,845
Median home value
$140,200
Jobs located here
8,405
Daytime population
20,304Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery and convenience stores across Georgia

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The highest-scoring counties in Georgia for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Georgia, with Crisp County marked.

Top counties in Georgia

Counties in Georgia ranked for grocery and convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Paulding County, GA946110.2$6.5M+12.7%#16 of 2,402
2Effingham County, GA913614.8$4.3M+14.1%#41 of 2,402
3Columbia County, GA877714.0$4.7M+7.9%#78 of 2,402
4Forsyth County, GA8511112.5$6M+11.8%#97 of 2,402
5Cherokee County, GA8413012.8$5.3M+11.6%#108 of 2,402
6Oconee County, GA832013.3$5.3M+6.9%#122 of 2,402
7Fayette County, GA836013.5$5.1M+4.7%#123 of 2,402
8Henry County, GA8011413.1$4.8M+9.5%#178 of 2,402
9Coweta County, GA797212.8$5.1M+9.2%#194 of 2,402
10Banks County, GA79811.7$5M+17.3%#195 of 2,402
123Crisp County, GA33949.3$1.1M−4.1%#2,400 of 2,402

Other business types in Crisp County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many grocery and convenience stores are in Crisp County, GA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 39 grocery and convenience stores in Crisp County. 12 of them (31%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Another 5 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Crisp County, GA spend on groceries?

About $41.8M a year, or $5,290 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 39 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.1M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,908 households in Crisp County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Crisp County, GA compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?

Crisp County has 49.3 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 2.6 times the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $1.1M, 68% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Crisp County would have about 12, against 39 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 494 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

How fast is Crisp County, GA growing?

Population estimates put Crisp County at 19,237 people in 2025, down 4.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,908 households. The median household income in Crisp County is $45,105 a year, 44% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.2% 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. Crisp County scores 3 for grocery and convenience stores (very low), #2,400 of 2,402 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for grocery and convenience stores · All 56 business types in Crisp County

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