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Grocery and convenience stores in Franklin County, GA

How Franklin 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 34 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,837 of 2,402 scored counties
#73 of 124 scored counties in Georgia

Listings
30
13 chain locations (43%)
Official establishments
7
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$48.8M
On groceries · $5,423 a household
Spending per listing
$1.6M
52% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
33.4
79% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
25,948
+10.5% 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

The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Franklin County is 34 (lower middle), #1,837 of 2,402 scored counties and #73 of 124 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on groceries in Franklin County comes to about $48.8M a year: $5,423 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. Spread across 30 grocery and convenience stores, that is $1.6M per store, 52% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

There are 30 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Franklin County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 43% of them, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 33.4, 79% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Franklin County was 7 in 2023. That is one for every 1,285 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Franklin County from 2020 to 2025 at +10.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Franklin 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 Franklin County, GA compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureFranklin CountyGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households33.420.318.7
Spending per listing$1.6M$3M$3.4M
Households per official establishment1,2851,1111,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+14.0%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+10.5%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,423$6,137$6,319
Median household income$53,046$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market score3444

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6 → 7
Employees, 2023
182
Annual payroll, 2023
$4.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
5Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
3013 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
14The 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 Franklin 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 Franklin County

Population, 2025 estimate
25,948+10.5% since 2020
Households
8,994
Median age
40.0
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
262 sq. mi.
People per square mile
93
Median household income
$53,046+24.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$74,204
Median home value
$179,000
Jobs located here
8,199
Daytime population
21,341Residents 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 Franklin 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
73Franklin County, GA343033.4$1.6M+10.5%#1,837 of 2,402

Other business types in Franklin County

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

Questions

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

As of September 2026, map listings count 30 grocery and convenience stores in Franklin County. 13 of them (43%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts also show 5 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $48.8M a year, or $5,423 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 30 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.6M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,994 households in Franklin County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Franklin County has 33.4 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 79% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $1.6M, 52% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Franklin County would have about 14, against 30 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,285 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

How fast is Franklin County, GA growing?

Population estimates put Franklin County at 25,948 people in 2025, up 10.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,994 households. The median household income in Franklin County is $53,046 a year, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.9% 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. Franklin County scores 34 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #1,837 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 Franklin County

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