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Grocery and convenience stores in Ware County, GA
How Ware 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 12 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,342 of 2,402 scored counties
#113 of 124 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 56
- 38 chain locations (68%)
- Official establishments
- 20
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $66.3M
- On groceries · $5,120 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 65% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 43.2
- 2.3 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 36,906
- +1.9% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Ware County is 12 (low), #2,342 of 2,402 scored counties and #113 of 124 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 56 grocery and convenience stores in Ware County. Of those, 38 are chain locations, or 68%, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 43.2, 2.3 times the U.S. rate of 18.7.
At $5,120 per household (19% below the U.S. average), households in Ware County spend about $66.3M a year on groceries. Spread across 56 grocery and convenience stores, that is $1.2M per store, 65% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
Official counts show 20 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Ware County in 2023. That is one for every 648 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Ware County grew 1.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Ware 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 | Ware County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 43.2 | 20.3 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $3M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 648 | 1,111 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +14.0% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.9% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,120 | $6,137 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $47,448 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 12 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17 → 20
- Employees, 2023
- 308
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $10.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 6Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5638 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 20The 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 Ware 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 Ware County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 36,906+1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 12,957
- Median age
- 38.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.5
- Land area
- 899 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 40
- Median household income
- $47,448+28.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $59,518
- Median home value
- $109,500
- Jobs located here
- 14,807
- Daytime population
- 37,003Residents 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 |
| 113Ware County, GA | 12 | 56 | 43.2 | $1.2M | +1.9% | #2,342 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Ware County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores12
- Grocery stores48
- Convenience stores11
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 Ware County, GA?
Ware County has 56 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 38 of them (68%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 20 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts also show 6 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Ware County, GA spend on groceries?
About $66.3M a year, or $5,120 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 56 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,957 households in Ware County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ware County, GA compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Ware County has 43.2 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 2.3 times the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $1.2M, 65% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Ware County would have about 20, against 56 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 648 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Ware County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Ware County at 36,906 people in 2025, up 1.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,957 households. Median household income in Ware County is $47,448, 41% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.7%, 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. Ware County scores 12 for grocery and convenience stores (low), #2,342 of 2,402 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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