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Grocery and convenience stores in Sumter County, GA
The grocery and convenience stores in Sumter County, GA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 9 out of 100: Very low
Ranked #2,364 of 2,402 scored counties
#119 of 124 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 33
- 16 chain locations (48%)
- Official establishments
- 21
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $57.2M
- On groceries · $5,205 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.7M
- 49% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 30.0
- 60% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 28,801
- −2.4% since 2020
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What this means
For grocery and convenience stores, Sumter County has a Groundwork market score of 9 (very low): #2,364 of 2,402 scored counties and #119 of 124 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $5,205 per household (18% below the U.S. average), households in Sumter County spend about $57.2M a year on groceries. That works out to $1.7M per store, 49% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
Sumter County has 33 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 16 of them (48%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That is 30.0 per 10,000 households, 60% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Sumter County was 21 in 2023. That is one for every 523 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Sumter County declined 2.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Sumter 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 | Sumter County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 30.0 | 20.3 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $1.7M | $3M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 523 | 1,111 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +14.0% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.4% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,205 | $6,137 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $42,653 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 9 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 18 → 21
- Employees, 2023
- 171
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3316 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 17The 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 Sumter 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 Sumter County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 28,801−2.4% since 2020
- Households
- 10,986
- Median age
- 39.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 57%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 483 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 60
- Median household income
- $42,653+16.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $68,394
- Median home value
- $120,200
- Jobs located here
- 9,753
- Daytime population
- 27,951Residents 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 |
| 119Sumter County, GA | 9 | 33 | 30.0 | $1.7M | −2.4% | #2,364 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Sumter County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores9
- Grocery stores24
- Convenience stores7
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 Sumter County, GA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 33 grocery and convenience stores in Sumter County. 16 of them (48%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Another 4 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Sumter County, GA spend on groceries?
About $57.2M a year, or $5,205 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 33 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.7M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,986 households in Sumter County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Sumter County, GA compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Sumter County has 30.0 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 60% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $1.7M, 49% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Sumter County would have about 17, against 33 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 523 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Sumter County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Sumter County at 28,801 people in 2025, down 2.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 10,986 households. The median household income in Sumter County is $42,653 a year, 47% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 16.3% 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. Sumter County scores 9 for grocery and convenience stores (very low), #2,364 of 2,402 scored counties.
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