Groceries and convenience · Metro area · Georgia
Grocery and convenience stores in the Valdosta, GA metro area
The grocery and convenience stores in the Valdosta, GA metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 18 out of 100: Low
Ranked #368 of 387 scored metro areas
#9 of 14 scored metro areas based in Georgia
- Listings
- 142
- 65 chain locations (46%)
- Official establishments
- 59
- +16.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $312.1M
- On groceries · $5,495 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.2M
- 35% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 25.0
- 34% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 153,276
- +3.3% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in the Valdosta metro area is 18 (low), #368 of 387 scored metro areas and #9 of 14 scored metro areas based in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Household spending on groceries in the Valdosta metro area comes to about $312.1M a year: $5,495 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. Spread across 142 grocery and convenience stores, that is $2.2M per store, 35% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
There are 142 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in the Valdosta metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 46% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That is 25.0 per 10,000 households, 34% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Official counts show 59 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Valdosta metro area in 2023, up 16.3% from 2019. That is one for every 962 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Valdosta metro area grew 3.3%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Valdosta metro area 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 | Valdosta metro area | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 25.0 | 20.3 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2.2M | $3M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 962 | 1,111 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +16.3% | +14.0% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.3% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,495 | $6,137 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $57,085 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 18 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 59+16.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,164
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $29.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 33Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 14265 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 92The 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 the Valdosta metro area, 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 the Valdosta metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 153,276+3.3% since 2020
- Households
- 56,786
- Median age
- 35.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 60%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,607 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 93
- Median household income
- $57,085+37.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $77,159
- Median home value
- $201,300
- Jobs located here
- 52,940
- Daytime population
- 150,077Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Georgia market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Georgia for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Georgia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Valdosta metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | 68 | 3,617 | 15.6 | $4.1M | +5.9% | #69 of 387 |
| 2Gainesville, GA | 50 | 153 | 20.8 | $3M | +11.4% | #202 of 387 |
| 3Hinesville, GA | 48 | 62 | 20.6 | $2.7M | +12.6% | #215 of 387 |
| 4Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 47 | 464 | 20.0 | $2.9M | +4.7% | #221 of 387 |
| 5Warner Robins, GA | 44 | 152 | 20.4 | $3M | +8.2% | #240 of 387 |
| 6Savannah, GA | 44 | 352 | 21.8 | $2.8M | +8.1% | #242 of 387 |
| 7Athens-Clarke County, GA | 40 | 171 | 19.9 | $2.9M | +3.9% | #263 of 387 |
| Chattanooga, TN-GA | 37 | 590 | 25.5 | $2.3M | +5.3% | #291 of 387 |
| 8Brunswick-St. Simons, GA | 23 | 135 | 28.6 | $2M | +4.4% | #356 of 387 |
| 9Valdosta, GA | 18 | 142 | 25.0 | $2.2M | +3.3% | #368 of 387 |
Other business types in the Valdosta metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores18
- Grocery stores30
- Convenience stores16
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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 the Valdosta, GA metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 142 grocery and convenience stores in the Valdosta metro area. 65 of them (46%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 59 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, up 16.3% from 2019. Official counts list 33 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Valdosta, GA metro area spend on groceries?
About $312.1M a year, or $5,495 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 142 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.2M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 56,786 households in the Valdosta metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Valdosta, GA metro area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
The Valdosta metro area has 25.0 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 34% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.2M, 35% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, the Valdosta metro area would have about 92, against 142 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 962 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 16.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Valdosta, GA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Valdosta metro area at 153,276 people in 2025, up 3.3% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 56,786 households. The median household income in the Valdosta metro area is $57,085 a year, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 37.1% 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. The Valdosta metro area scores 18 for grocery and convenience stores (low), #368 of 387 scored metro areas.
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