Groceries and convenience · County · Georgia
Grocery and convenience stores in Long County, GA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in Long County, GA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 62 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #730 of 2,402 scored counties
#34 of 124 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 12
- 6 chain locations (50%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $34.5M
- On groceries · $5,600 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.9M
- 15% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.5
- 4% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 21,557
- +32.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 grocery and convenience stores in Long County. 6 of them (50%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 19.5, 4% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Household spending on groceries in Long County comes to about $34.5M a year: $5,600 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.9M of household spending for each store on map listings, 15% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Long County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Long County from 2020 to 2025 at +32.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For grocery and convenience stores, Long County has a Groundwork market score of 62 (upper middle): #730 of 2,402 scored counties and #34 of 124 scored counties in Georgia.
How Long 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 | Long County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.5 | 20.3 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2.9M | $3M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,111 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +14.0% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +32.6% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,600 | $6,137 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $68,808 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 62 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 126 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The 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 Long 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 Long County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 21,557+32.6% since 2020
- Households
- 6,162
- Median age
- 35.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 400 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 46
- Median household income
- $68,808+26.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $75,592
- Median home value
- $218,300
- Jobs located here
- 1,400
- Daytime population
- 13,737Residents 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 |
| 34Long County, GA | 62 | 12 | 19.5 | $2.9M | +32.6% | #730 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Long County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores62
- Grocery stores
- Convenience stores53
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 Long County, GA?
There are 12 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Long County as of September 2026. 6 of them (50%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. No official count is published for grocery and convenience stores in Long County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Long County, GA spend on groceries?
About $34.5M a year, or $5,600 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.9M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,162 households in Long County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Long County, GA compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Long County has 19.5 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.9M, 15% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Long County would have about 10, against 12 on map listings.
How fast is Long County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Long County at 21,557 people in 2025, up 32.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,162 households. Median household income in Long County is $68,808, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.0%, 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. Long County scores 62 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #730 of 2,402 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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