Groceries and convenience · County · Georgia
Grocery and convenience stores in DeKalb County, GA
The grocery and convenience stores in DeKalb County, GA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #857 of 2,402 scored counties
#38 of 124 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 477
- 190 chain locations (40%)
- Official establishments
- 307
- +16.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.8B
- On groceries · $6,319 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.8M
- 12% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.6
- 11% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 774,394
- +1.3% since 2020
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What this means
At $6,319 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in DeKalb County spend about $1.8B a year on groceries. Spread across 477 grocery and convenience stores, that is $3.8M per store, 12% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
DeKalb County has 477 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 190 are chain locations, or 40%, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 16.6, 11% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
In 2023, official counts showed 307 businesses with payroll in DeKalb County classed as grocery and convenience stores, up 16.7% from 2019. That is one for every 936 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts list 243 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 13 SBA-backed loans worth $13.2M have gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in DeKalb County.
Population estimates put the population change in DeKalb County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in DeKalb County is 58 (upper middle), #857 of 2,402 scored counties and #38 of 124 scored counties in Georgia.
How DeKalb 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 | DeKalb County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.6 | 20.3 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $3.8M | $3M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 936 | 1,111 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +16.7% | +14.0% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.3% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,319 | $6,137 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $80,644 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 58 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 263 → 307+16.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 7,024
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $211.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 243Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 477190 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 536The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 13
- Amount
- $13.2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in DeKalb 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 DeKalb County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 774,394+1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 287,239
- Median age
- 37.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 59%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 268 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2,860
- Median household income
- $80,644+29.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $119,811
- Median home value
- $357,800
- Jobs located here
- 346,946
- Daytime population
- 767,907Residents 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 |
| 38DeKalb County, GA | 58 | 477 | 16.6 | $3.8M | +1.3% | #857 of 2,402 |
Other business types in DeKalb County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores58
- Grocery stores51
- Convenience stores63
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 DeKalb County, GA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 477 grocery and convenience stores in DeKalb County. 190 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 307 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, up 16.7% from 2019. Official counts also show 243 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in DeKalb County, GA spend on groceries?
About $1.8B a year, or $6,319 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 477 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.8M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 287,239 households in DeKalb County and national spending patterns by income.
How does DeKalb County, GA compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
DeKalb County has 16.6 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.8M, 12% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, DeKalb County would have about 536, against 477 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 936 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 16.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is DeKalb County, GA growing?
Population estimates put DeKalb County at 774,394 people in 2025, up 1.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 287,239 households. The median household income in DeKalb County is $80,644 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.2% 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. DeKalb County scores 58 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #857 of 2,402 scored counties.
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