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Grocery and convenience stores in Dougherty County, GA
The grocery and convenience stores in Dougherty County, GA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 10 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,359 of 2,402 scored counties
#117 of 124 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 99
- 50 chain locations (51%)
- Official establishments
- 51
- +50.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $179.2M
- On groceries · $5,226 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 47% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 28.9
- 55% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 82,616
- −3.0% since 2020
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What this means
For grocery and convenience stores, Dougherty County has a Groundwork market score of 10 (low): #2,359 of 2,402 scored counties and #117 of 124 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 99 grocery and convenience stores in Dougherty County. Chain locations make up 51% of them, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 28.9, 55% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Households in Dougherty County spend about $179.2M a year on groceries, or $5,226 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.8M per store, 47% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
In 2023, official counts showed 51 businesses with payroll in Dougherty County classed as grocery and convenience stores, up 50.0% from 2019. That is one for every 672 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Dougherty County from 2020 to 2025 at −3.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Dougherty 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 | Dougherty County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 28.9 | 20.3 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $3M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 672 | 1,111 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +50.0% | +14.0% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.0% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,226 | $6,137 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $49,044 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 10 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 34 → 51+50.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 931
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $20.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 21Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 9950 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 53The 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 Dougherty 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 Dougherty County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 82,616−3.0% since 2020
- Households
- 34,280
- Median age
- 38.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 45%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 329 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 253
- Median household income
- $49,044+23.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $64,820
- Median home value
- $134,400
- Jobs located here
- 43,701
- Daytime population
- 96,519Residents 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 |
| 117Dougherty County, GA | 10 | 99 | 28.9 | $1.8M | −3.0% | #2,359 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Dougherty County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores10
- Grocery stores23
- Convenience stores8
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 Dougherty County, GA?
There are 99 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Dougherty County as of September 2026. 50 of them (51%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 51 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, up 50.0% from 2019. Another 21 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Dougherty County, GA spend on groceries?
About $179.2M a year, or $5,226 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 99 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 34,280 households in Dougherty County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Dougherty County, GA compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Dougherty County has 28.9 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 55% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $1.8M, 47% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Dougherty County would have about 53, against 99 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 672 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 50.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Dougherty County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Dougherty County at 82,616 people in 2025, down 3.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 34,280 households. Median household income in Dougherty County is $49,044, 39% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.9%, 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. Dougherty County scores 10 for grocery and convenience stores (low), #2,359 of 2,402 scored counties.
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