Groceries and convenience · County · Kentucky
Grocery and convenience stores in Fayette County, KY
How Fayette County, KY 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 67 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #520 of 2,402 scored counties
#18 of 99 scored counties in Kentucky
- Listings
- 206
- 88 chain locations (43%)
- Official establishments
- 90
- +25.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $837.1M
- On groceries · $5,991 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.1M
- 20% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.7
- 21% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 329,751
- +2.2% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 206 grocery and convenience stores in Fayette County. Chain locations make up 43% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That is 14.7 per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
At $5,991 per household (5% below the U.S. average), households in Fayette County spend about $837.1M a year on groceries. That is about $4.1M of household spending for each store on map listings, 20% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Fayette County was 90 in 2023, up 25.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,552 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts list 74 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $350K has gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Fayette County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Fayette County grew 2.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Fayette County is 67 (upper middle), #520 of 2,402 scored counties and #18 of 99 scored counties in Kentucky. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Fayette County 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 | Fayette County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.7 | 19.4 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $4.1M | $3M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,552 | 1,728 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +25.0% | +11.4% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.2% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,991 | $5,746 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $69,479 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 67 | 37 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 72 → 90+25.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,888
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $87.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 74Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 20688 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 247The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $350K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Fayette 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 Fayette County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 329,751+2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 139,715
- Median age
- 37.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 54%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 284 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,140
- Median household income
- $69,479+21.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $101,616
- Median home value
- $293,500
- Jobs located here
- 208,353
- Daytime population
- 386,586Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Kentucky market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Kentucky for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Kentucky, with Fayette County marked.
Top counties in Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Oldham County, KY | 94 | 25 | 10.9 | $6.5M | +4.9% | #15 of 2,402 |
| 2Scott County, KY | 87 | 36 | 15.9 | $4M | +8.2% | #83 of 2,402 |
| 3Bullitt County, KY | 86 | 44 | 13.9 | $4.4M | +5.0% | #91 of 2,402 |
| 4Spencer County, KY | 85 | 13 | 17.8 | $3.7M | +7.7% | #104 of 2,402 |
| 5Meade County, KY | 84 | 10 | 9.1 | $6.7M | +2.2% | #106 of 2,402 |
| 6Madison County, KY | 84 | 42 | 11.3 | $5.1M | +9.4% | #111 of 2,402 |
| 7Boone County, KY | 84 | 88 | 17.3 | $3.8M | +6.5% | #117 of 2,402 |
| 8Anderson County, KY | 83 | 14 | 14.5 | $4.1M | +5.5% | #134 of 2,402 |
| 9Jessamine County, KY | 83 | 32 | 16.1 | $3.8M | +7.8% | #137 of 2,402 |
| 10Kenton County, KY | 79 | 85 | 12.6 | $4.9M | +3.9% | #196 of 2,402 |
| 18Fayette County, KY | 67 | 206 | 14.7 | $4.1M | +2.2% | #520 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Fayette County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores67
- Grocery stores49
- Convenience stores79
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 Fayette County, KY?
Fayette County has 206 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 88 of them (43%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 90 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, up 25.0% from 2019. Official counts also show 74 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Fayette County, KY spend on groceries?
About $837.1M a year, or $5,991 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 206 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $4.1M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 139,715 households in Fayette County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Fayette County, KY compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Fayette County has 14.7 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $4.1M, 20% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Fayette County would have about 247, against 206 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,552 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 25.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Fayette County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Fayette County at 329,751 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 139,715 households. Median household income in Fayette County is $69,479, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.3%, 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. Fayette County scores 67 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #520 of 2,402 scored counties.
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