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Grocery and convenience stores in Madison County, GA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in Madison County, GA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,097 of 2,402 scored counties
#43 of 124 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 30
- 9 chain locations (30%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $63.6M
- On groceries · $5,659 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.1M
- 37% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 26.7
- 43% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 32,919
- +8.8% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Madison County spend about $63.6M a year on groceries, or $5,659 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. Spread across 30 grocery and convenience stores, that is $2.1M per store, 37% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
There are 30 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Madison County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 30% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 26.7 for every 10,000 households, 43% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Madison County was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 1,874 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Madison County grew 8.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Madison County is 53 (upper middle), #1,097 of 2,402 scored counties and #43 of 124 scored counties in Georgia.
How Madison 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 | Madison County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 26.7 | 20.3 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2.1M | $3M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,874 | 1,111 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +14.0% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +8.8% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,659 | $6,137 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $61,963 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 229
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 309 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 19The 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 Madison 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 Madison County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 32,919+8.8% since 2020
- Households
- 11,242
- Median age
- 39.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 282 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 112
- Median household income
- $61,963+18.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $77,437
- Median home value
- $219,700
- Jobs located here
- 4,304
- Daytime population
- 22,042Residents 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 |
| 43Madison County, GA | 53 | 30 | 26.7 | $2.1M | +8.8% | #1,097 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Madison County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores53
- Grocery stores55
- Convenience stores42
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 Madison County, GA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 30 grocery and convenience stores in Madison County. 9 of them (30%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in Madison County, GA spend on groceries?
About $63.6M a year, or $5,659 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 30 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.1M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,242 households in Madison County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Madison County, GA compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Madison County has 26.7 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 43% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.1M, 37% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Madison County would have about 19, against 30 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,874 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Madison County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Madison County at 32,919 people in 2025, up 8.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,242 households. The median household income in Madison County is $61,963 a year, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 18.0% 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. Madison County scores 53 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #1,097 of 2,402 scored counties.
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