Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · Kentucky
Grocery and convenience stores in the Corbin, KY area
The grocery and convenience stores in the Corbin, KY area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 18 out of 100: Low
Ranked #503 of 538 scored small-town markets
#13 of 15 scored small-town markets based in Kentucky
- Listings
- 164
- 53 chain locations (32%)
- Official establishments
- 57
- +58.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $293.6M
- On groceries · $5,193 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 47% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 29.0
- 55% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 150,040
- +0.1% since 2020
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What this means
For grocery and convenience stores, the Corbin area has a Groundwork market score of 18 (low): #503 of 538 scored small-town markets and #13 of 15 scored small-town markets based in Kentucky. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Household spending on groceries in the Corbin area comes to about $293.6M a year: $5,193 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.8M of household spending for each store on map listings, 47% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
There are 164 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in the Corbin area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 32% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That is 29.0 per 10,000 households, 55% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Official counts show 57 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Corbin area in 2023, up 58.3% from 2019. That is one for every 992 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $320K has gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Corbin area. Population estimates put the population change in the Corbin area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Corbin area compares
The same measures for Kentucky 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 | Corbin area | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 29.0 | 19.4 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $3M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 992 | 1,728 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +58.3% | +11.4% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.1% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,193 | $5,746 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $46,363 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 18 | 37 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 57+58.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 890
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $22.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 49Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 16453 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 87The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $320K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Corbin 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 Corbin area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 150,040+0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 56,536
- Median age
- 39.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,727 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 87
- Median household income
- $46,363
- Average household income
- $63,136
- Median home value
- $134,600
- Jobs located here
- 54,326
- Daytime population
- 151,690Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Kentucky market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Kentucky for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Kentucky, with the Corbin area marked.
Top small-town markets in Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Frankfort, KY | 88 | 39 | 12.0 | $4.9M | +3.1% | #3 of 538 |
| 2Richmond-Berea, KY | 84 | 69 | 13.9 | $4M | +7.0% | #11 of 538 |
| 3Franklin, KY | 69 | 13 | 16.2 | $3.5M | +5.9% | #88 of 538 |
| 4Murray, KY | 67 | 25 | 16.4 | $3.3M | +4.9% | #108 of 538 |
| 5Danville, KY | 64 | 40 | 18.4 | $3M | +3.6% | #132 of 538 |
| 6Campbellsville, KY | 62 | 30 | 20.4 | $2.7M | +3.4% | #162 of 538 |
| 7Mayfield, KY | 49 | 30 | 21.2 | $2.5M | +1.4% | #290 of 538 |
| 8Glasgow, KY | 48 | 54 | 24.4 | $2.2M | +2.6% | #306 of 538 |
| 9Henderson, KY | 46 | 51 | 21.8 | $2.6M | −0.9% | #319 of 538 |
| 10Madisonville, KY | 44 | 43 | 23.4 | $2.3M | −0.5% | #339 of 538 |
| 13Corbin, KY | 18 | 164 | 29.0 | $1.8M | +0.1% | #503 of 538 |
Other business types in the Corbin 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 stores23
- Convenience stores19
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 the Corbin, KY area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 164 grocery and convenience stores in the Corbin area. 53 of them (32%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 57 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, up 58.3% from 2019. Another 49 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Corbin, KY area spend on groceries?
About $293.6M a year, or $5,193 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 164 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 56,536 households in the Corbin area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Corbin, KY area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
The Corbin area has 29.0 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 55% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $1.8M, 47% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, the Corbin area would have about 87, against 164 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 992 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 58.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Corbin, KY area growing?
Population estimates put the Corbin area at 150,040 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 56,536 households. The median household income in the Corbin area is $46,363 a year, 43% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Corbin area scores 18 for grocery and convenience stores (low), #503 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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