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Grocery and convenience stores in Rapides Parish, LA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in Rapides Parish, LA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 28 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #2,009 of 2,402 scored counties
#30 of 56 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 134
- 48 chain locations (36%)
- Official establishments
- 34
- +30.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $272.9M
- On groceries · $5,575 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- 40% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 27.4
- 47% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 125,877
- −2.9% since 2020
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What this means
For grocery and convenience stores, Rapides Parish has a Groundwork market score of 28 (lower middle): #2,009 of 2,402 scored counties and #30 of 56 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 134 grocery and convenience stores in Rapides Parish. 48 of them (36%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 27.4 for every 10,000 households, 47% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
At $5,575 per household (12% below the U.S. average), households in Rapides Parish spend about $272.9M a year on groceries. Spread across 134 grocery and convenience stores, that is $2M per store, 40% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
In 2023, official counts showed 34 businesses with payroll in Rapides Parish classed as grocery and convenience stores, up 30.8% from 2019. That is one for every 1,440 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Rapides Parish declined 2.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Rapides 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 | Rapides Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 27.4 | 25.1 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $2.3M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,440 | 1,210 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +30.8% | +8.6% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.9% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,575 | $5,704 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $54,967 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 28 | 12 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 26 → 34+30.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 975
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $25.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 29Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 13448 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 81The 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 Rapides 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 Rapides Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 125,877−2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 48,954
- Median age
- 39.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,324 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 96
- Median household income
- $54,967+16.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,854
- Median home value
- $181,100
- Jobs located here
- 54,365
- Daytime population
- 133,944Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 30Rapides Parish, LA | 28 | 134 | 27.4 | $2M | −2.9% | #2,009 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Rapides Parish
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores28
- Grocery stores38
- Convenience stores24
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 Rapides Parish, LA?
Rapides Parish has 134 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 48 of them (36%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 34 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, up 30.8% from 2019. Official counts also show 29 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Rapides Parish, LA spend on groceries?
About $272.9M a year, or $5,575 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 134 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 48,954 households in Rapides Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does Rapides Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Rapides Parish has 27.4 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 47% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2M, 40% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Rapides Parish would have about 81, against 134 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,440 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 30.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Rapides Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put Rapides Parish at 125,877 people in 2025, down 2.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 48,954 households. Median household income in Rapides Parish is $54,967, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.3%, 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. Rapides Parish scores 28 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #2,009 of 2,402 scored counties.
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