Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · Louisiana
Grocery and convenience stores in the Opelousas, LA area
The grocery and convenience stores in the Opelousas, LA area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 9 out of 100: Very low
Ranked #531 of 538 scored small-town markets
#7 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Louisiana
- Listings
- 111
- 39 chain locations (35%)
- Official establishments
- 36
- −20.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $166.2M
- On groceries · $5,163 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 56% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 34.5
- 84% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 80,765
- −1.9% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in the Opelousas area is 9 (very low), #531 of 538 scored small-town markets and #7 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
As of September 2026, map listings count 111 grocery and convenience stores in the Opelousas area. 39 of them (35%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 34.5, 84% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Household spending on groceries in the Opelousas area comes to about $166.2M a year: $5,163 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. Spread across 111 grocery and convenience stores, that is $1.5M per store, 56% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Opelousas area was 36 in 2023, down 20.0% from 2019. That is one for every 894 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Opelousas area from 2020 to 2025 at −1.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Opelousas area 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 | Opelousas area | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 34.5 | 25.1 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $2.3M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 894 | 1,210 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −20.0% | +8.6% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.9% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,163 | $5,704 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $44,462 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 9 | 12 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 36−20.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 787
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $18.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 32Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 11139 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 49The 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 the Opelousas 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 Opelousas area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 80,765−1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 32,183
- Median age
- 37.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 923 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 88
- Median household income
- $44,462+22.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $63,015
- Median home value
- $142,500
- Jobs located here
- 22,929
- Daytime population
- 72,446Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Louisiana market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Louisiana for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Louisiana (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Opelousas area marked.
Top small-town markets in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1DeRidder, LA | 58 | 34 | 24.7 | $2.4M | +0.2% | #206 of 538 |
| 2Ruston, LA | 40 | 46 | 24.9 | $2.1M | +0.1% | #381 of 538 |
| 3Natchitoches, LA | 26 | 39 | 26.9 | $2M | −3.5% | #473 of 538 |
| Natchez, MS-LA | 19 | 68 | 32.8 | $1.6M | −0.9% | #499 of 538 |
| 4Bogalusa, LA | 16 | 47 | 26.5 | $2M | −0.9% | #510 of 538 |
| 5New Iberia, LA | 16 | 75 | 28.0 | $2M | −4.6% | #511 of 538 |
| 6Morgan City, LA | 10 | 56 | 30.3 | $1.8M | −5.3% | #528 of 538 |
| 7Opelousas, LA | 9 | 111 | 34.5 | $1.5M | −1.9% | #531 of 538 |
| 8Minden, LA | 9 | 53 | 37.0 | $1.4M | −5.2% | #532 of 538 |
Other business types in the Opelousas area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores9
- Grocery stores11
- Convenience stores16
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Health care
Child care
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Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many grocery and convenience stores are in the Opelousas, LA area?
The Opelousas area has 111 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 39 of them (35%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 36 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, down 20.0% from 2019. Official counts list 32 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Opelousas, LA area spend on groceries?
About $166.2M a year, or $5,163 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 111 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 32,183 households in the Opelousas area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Opelousas, LA area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
The Opelousas area has 34.5 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 84% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $1.5M, 56% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, the Opelousas area would have about 49, against 111 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 894 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count fell 20.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Opelousas, LA area growing?
Population estimates put the Opelousas area at 80,765 people in 2025, down 1.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 32,183 households. Median household income in the Opelousas area is $44,462, 45% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.1%, 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. 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 Opelousas area scores 9 for grocery and convenience stores (very low), #531 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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