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Grocery and convenience stores in Green County, KY
How Green 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 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,243 of 2,402 scored counties
#39 of 99 scored counties in Kentucky
- Listings
- 8
- 3 chain locations (38%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $23.4M
- On groceries · $5,282 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.9M
- 14% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.1
- 3% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 11,644
- +4.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 grocery and convenience stores in Green County. 3 of them (38%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That is 18.1 per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Households in Green County spend about $23.4M a year on groceries, or $5,282 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.9M per store, 14% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Green County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Green County grew 4.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For grocery and convenience stores, Green County has a Groundwork market score of 49 (lower middle): #1,243 of 2,402 scored counties and #39 of 99 scored counties in Kentucky.
How Green 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 | Green County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.1 | 19.4 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2.9M | $3M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,728 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +11.4% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.6% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,282 | $5,746 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $46,798 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 37 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 83 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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 Green 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 Green County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 11,644+4.6% since 2020
- Households
- 4,421
- Median age
- 44.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 286 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 40
- Median household income
- $46,798+30.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $64,277
- Median home value
- $125,000
- Jobs located here
- 1,681
- Daytime population
- 9,114Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 39Green County, KY | 49 | 8 | 18.1 | $2.9M | +4.6% | #1,243 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Green County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores49
- Grocery stores
- Convenience stores
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 Green County, KY?
There are 8 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Green County as of September 2026. 3 of them (38%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. No official count is published for grocery and convenience stores in Green County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Green County, KY spend on groceries?
About $23.4M a year, or $5,282 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.9M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,421 households in Green County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Green County, KY compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Green County has 18.1 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.9M, 14% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Green County would have about 7, against 8 on map listings.
How fast is Green County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Green County at 11,644 people in 2025, up 4.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,421 households. Median household income in Green County is $46,798, 42% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.4%, 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. Green County scores 49 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #1,243 of 2,402 scored counties.
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