Groceries and convenience · County · Louisiana
Grocery and convenience stores in East Baton Rouge Parish, LA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 33 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,859 of 2,402 scored counties
#23 of 56 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 454
- 204 chain locations (45%)
- Official establishments
- 201
- +4.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1B
- On groceries · $5,829 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.3M
- 33% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 25.6
- 37% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 456,180
- +0.1% since 2020
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What this means
For grocery and convenience stores, East Baton Rouge Parish has a Groundwork market score of 33 (lower middle): #1,859 of 2,402 scored counties and #23 of 56 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 454 grocery and convenience stores in East Baton Rouge Parish. Chain locations make up 45% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That is 25.6 per 10,000 households, 37% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Households in East Baton Rouge Parish spend about $1B a year on groceries, or $5,829 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.3M per store, 33% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in East Baton Rouge Parish was 201 in 2023, up 4.7% from 2019. That is one for every 882 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of East Baton Rouge Parish grew 0.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How East Baton Rouge Parish compares
The same measures for Louisiana 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 | East Baton Rouge Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 25.6 | 25.1 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2.3M | $2.3M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 882 | 1,210 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +4.7% | +8.6% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.1% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,829 | $5,704 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $63,071 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 33 | 12 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 192 → 201+4.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 4,129
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $117M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 109Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 454204 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 305The 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 East Baton Rouge Parish, 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 East Baton Rouge Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 456,180+0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 177,295
- Median age
- 36.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 59%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 456 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 994
- Median household income
- $63,071+14.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $95,663
- Median home value
- $248,800
- Jobs located here
- 276,235
- Daytime population
- 543,191Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Louisiana market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Louisiana for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with East Baton Rouge Parish marked.
Top counties in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1St. Tammany Parish, LA | 73 | 189 | 18.0 | $3.5M | +5.3% | #366 of 2,402 |
| 2Livingston Parish, LA | 67 | 125 | 23.3 | $2.6M | +8.5% | #546 of 2,402 |
| 3Bossier Parish, LA | 65 | 86 | 16.9 | $3.5M | +2.5% | #591 of 2,402 |
| 4Ascension Parish, LA | 64 | 103 | 21.6 | $3M | +6.4% | #645 of 2,402 |
| 5De Soto Parish, LA | 54 | 21 | 20.0 | $2.7M | +2.0% | #1,039 of 2,402 |
| 6East Feliciana Parish, LA | 52 | 10 | 15.6 | $3.8M | −2.8% | #1,102 of 2,402 |
| 7Beauregard Parish, LA | 52 | 34 | 24.7 | $2.4M | +0.2% | #1,141 of 2,402 |
| 8West Baton Rouge Parish, LA | 50 | 30 | 27.3 | $2.3M | +5.5% | #1,221 of 2,402 |
| 9Lafourche Parish, LA | 47 | 82 | 21.7 | $2.6M | −2.0% | #1,324 of 2,402 |
| 10Tangipahoa Parish, LA | 45 | 140 | 26.9 | $2.1M | +5.8% | #1,408 of 2,402 |
| 23East Baton Rouge Parish, LA | 33 | 454 | 25.6 | $2.3M | +0.1% | #1,859 of 2,402 |
Other business types in East Baton Rouge Parish
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores33
- Grocery stores32
- Convenience stores35
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 East Baton Rouge Parish, LA?
There are 454 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in East Baton Rouge Parish as of September 2026. 204 of them (45%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 201 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, up 4.7% from 2019. Another 109 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in East Baton Rouge Parish, LA spend on groceries?
About $1B a year, or $5,829 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 454 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.3M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 177,295 households in East Baton Rouge Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does East Baton Rouge Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
East Baton Rouge Parish has 25.6 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 37% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.3M, 33% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, East Baton Rouge Parish would have about 305, against 454 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 882 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 4.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is East Baton Rouge Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put East Baton Rouge Parish at 456,180 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 177,295 households. Median household income in East Baton Rouge Parish is $63,071, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 14.8%, 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. East Baton Rouge Parish scores 33 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #1,859 of 2,402 scored counties.
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