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Grocery and convenience stores in Livingston County, KY

How Livingston 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

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
10
2 chain locations (20%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$20.1M
On groceries · $5,574 a household
Spending per listing
$2M
41% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
27.8
49% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
8,863
−0.1% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

As of September 2026, map listings count 10 grocery and convenience stores in Livingston County. Chain locations make up 20% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 27.8 for every 10,000 households, 49% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.

Household spending on groceries in Livingston County comes to about $20.1M a year: $5,574 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. Spread across 10 grocery and convenience stores, that is $2M per store, 41% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Livingston County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates show Livingston County declined 0.1% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Livingston 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.

Grocery and convenience stores in Livingston County, KY compared with Kentucky and the U.S.
MeasureLivingston CountyKentuckyU.S.
Listings per 10k households27.819.418.7
Spending per listing$2M$3M$3.4M
Households per official establishmentn/a1,7281,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+11.4%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.1%+2.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,574$5,746$6,319
Median household income$58,984$63,726$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored37

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
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
102 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
6The 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 Livingston 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 Livingston County

Population, 2025 estimate
8,863−0.1% since 2020
Households
3,603
Median age
44.6
Homes lived in by their owners
81%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
313 sq. mi.
People per square mile
28
Median household income
$58,984
Average household income
$75,697
Median home value
$125,600
Jobs located here
2,977
Daytime population
8,099Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery and convenience stores across Kentucky

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The highest-scoring counties in Kentucky for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Kentucky, with Livingston County marked.

Top counties in Kentucky

Counties in Kentucky ranked for grocery and convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Oldham County, KY942510.9$6.5M+4.9%#15 of 2,402
2Scott County, KY873615.9$4M+8.2%#83 of 2,402
3Bullitt County, KY864413.9$4.4M+5.0%#91 of 2,402
4Spencer County, KY851317.8$3.7M+7.7%#104 of 2,402
5Meade County, KY84109.1$6.7M+2.2%#106 of 2,402
6Madison County, KY844211.3$5.1M+9.4%#111 of 2,402
7Boone County, KY848817.3$3.8M+6.5%#117 of 2,402
8Anderson County, KY831414.5$4.1M+5.5%#134 of 2,402
9Jessamine County, KY833216.1$3.8M+7.8%#137 of 2,402
10Kenton County, KY798512.6$4.9M+3.9%#196 of 2,402
Livingston County, KYNot scored1027.8$2M−0.1%

Other business types in Livingston County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many grocery and convenience stores are in Livingston County, KY?

Livingston County has 10 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. No official count is published for grocery and convenience stores in Livingston County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Livingston County, KY spend on groceries?

About $20.1M a year, or $5,574 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,603 households in Livingston County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Livingston County, KY compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?

Livingston County has 27.8 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 49% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2M, 41% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Livingston County would have about 6, against 10 on map listings.

How fast is Livingston County, KY growing?

Population estimates put Livingston County at 8,863 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,603 households. Median household income in Livingston County is $58,984, 27% 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. 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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for grocery and convenience stores · All 56 business types in Livingston County

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