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Grocery and convenience stores in Liberty County, GA

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in Liberty County, GA, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 57 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #907 of 2,402 scored counties
#40 of 124 scored counties in Georgia

Listings
50
28 chain locations (56%)
Official establishments
13
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$133.6M
On groceries · $5,567 a household
Spending per listing
$2.7M
21% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
20.8
11% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
70,313
+7.6% 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

Households in Liberty County spend about $133.6M a year on groceries, or $5,567 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.7M per store, 21% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

Liberty County has 50 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 28 of them (56%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 20.8 for every 10,000 households, 11% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.

Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Liberty County in 2023. That is one for every 1,846 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Another 14 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates put the population change in Liberty County from 2020 to 2025 at +7.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Liberty County scores 57 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #907 of 2,402 scored counties and #40 of 124 scored counties in Georgia.

How Liberty 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 Liberty County, GA compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureLiberty CountyGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households20.820.318.7
Spending per listing$2.7M$3M$3.4M
Households per official establishment1,8461,1111,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+14.0%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+7.6%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,567$6,137$6,319
Median household income$60,456$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market score5744

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
17 → 13
Employees, 2023
471
Annual payroll, 2023
$13.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
14Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
5028 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
39The 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 Liberty 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 Liberty County

Population, 2025 estimate
70,313+7.6% since 2020
Households
23,998
Median age
30.7
Homes lived in by their owners
51%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
517 sq. mi.
People per square mile
130
Median household income
$60,456+25.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$74,082
Median home value
$201,500
Jobs located here
15,728
Daytime population
61,774Residents 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 Liberty 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
40Liberty County, GA575020.8$2.7M+7.6%#907 of 2,402

Other business types in Liberty County

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

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 50 grocery and convenience stores in Liberty County. 28 of them (56%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts list 14 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $133.6M a year, or $5,567 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 50 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.7M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 23,998 households in Liberty County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Liberty County has 20.8 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 11% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.7M, 21% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Liberty County would have about 39, against 50 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,846 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

How fast is Liberty County, GA growing?

Population estimates put Liberty County at 70,313 people in 2025, up 7.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 23,998 households. The median household income in Liberty County is $60,456 a year, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.9% 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. Liberty County scores 57 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #907 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 Liberty County

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