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Grocery and convenience stores in Upson County, GA
How Upson 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 22 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,177 of 2,402 scored counties
#97 of 124 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 35
- 12 chain locations (34%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $58M
- On groceries · $5,475 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.7M
- 51% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 33.0
- 76% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 28,500
- +2.7% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Upson County is 22 (low), #2,177 of 2,402 scored counties and #97 of 124 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 35 grocery and convenience stores in Upson County. Chain locations make up 34% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 33.0 for every 10,000 households, 76% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Household spending on groceries in Upson County comes to about $58M a year: $5,475 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. Spread across 35 grocery and convenience stores, that is $1.7M per store, 51% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Upson County was 15 in 2023. That is one for every 706 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Population estimates show Upson County grew 2.7% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Upson 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 | Upson County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 33.0 | 20.3 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $1.7M | $3M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 706 | 1,111 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +14.0% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.7% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,475 | $6,137 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $55,429 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 22 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 15 → 15
- Employees, 2023
- 255
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3512 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 Upson 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 Upson County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 28,500+2.7% since 2020
- Households
- 10,595
- Median age
- 40.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 324 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 87
- Median household income
- $55,429+47.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,039
- Median home value
- $168,700
- Jobs located here
- 7,450
- Daytime population
- 23,235Residents 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 |
| 97Upson County, GA | 22 | 35 | 33.0 | $1.7M | +2.7% | #2,177 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Upson County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores22
- Grocery stores54
- Convenience stores18
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 Upson County, GA?
There are 35 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Upson County as of September 2026. 12 of them (34%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts also show 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Upson County, GA spend on groceries?
About $58M a year, or $5,475 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 35 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.7M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,595 households in Upson County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Upson County, GA compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Upson County has 33.0 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 76% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $1.7M, 51% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Upson County would have about 17, against 35 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 706 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Upson County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Upson County at 28,500 people in 2025, up 2.7% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 10,595 households. Median household income in Upson County is $55,429, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 47.3%, 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. Upson County scores 22 for grocery and convenience stores (low), #2,177 of 2,402 scored counties.
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