Groceries and convenience · County · Georgia
Grocery and convenience stores in McIntosh County, GA
How McIntosh 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 28 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #2,031 of 2,402 scored counties
#89 of 124 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 20
- 6 chain locations (30%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $27.9M
- On groceries · $5,506 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.4M
- 59% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 39.5
- 2.1 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 11,989
- +9.2% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in McIntosh County is 28 (lower middle), #2,031 of 2,402 scored counties and #89 of 124 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on groceries in McIntosh County comes to about $27.9M a year: $5,506 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.4M of household spending for each store on map listings, 59% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
There are 20 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in McIntosh County as of September 2026. Of those, 6 are chain locations, or 30%, against 42% across the U.S. That is 39.5 per 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 18.7.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in McIntosh County was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 1,013 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $695K has gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in McIntosh County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of McIntosh County grew 9.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How McIntosh 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 | McIntosh County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 39.5 | 20.3 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $1.4M | $3M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,013 | 1,111 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +14.0% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.2% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,506 | $6,137 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $50,273 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 28 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 73
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 206 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $695K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in McIntosh 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 McIntosh County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 11,989+9.2% since 2020
- Households
- 5,067
- Median age
- 49.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 431 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 26
- Median household income
- $50,273+1.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $75,739
- Median home value
- $182,700
- Jobs located here
- 1,922
- Daytime population
- 8,515Residents 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 |
| 89McIntosh County, GA | 28 | 20 | 39.5 | $1.4M | +9.2% | #2,031 of 2,402 |
Other business types in McIntosh County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores28
- Grocery stores
- Convenience stores35
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 McIntosh County, GA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 20 grocery and convenience stores in McIntosh County. 6 of them (30%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in McIntosh County, GA spend on groceries?
About $27.9M a year, or $5,506 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.4M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,067 households in McIntosh County and national spending patterns by income.
How does McIntosh County, GA compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
McIntosh County has 39.5 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $1.4M, 59% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, McIntosh County would have about 8, against 20 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,013 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is McIntosh County, GA growing?
Population estimates put McIntosh County at 11,989 people in 2025, up 9.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,067 households. The median household income in McIntosh County is $50,273 a year, 38% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 1.6% 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. McIntosh County scores 28 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #2,031 of 2,402 scored counties.
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