Groceries and convenience · County · Mississippi
Grocery and convenience stores in Forrest County, MS
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in Forrest County, MS, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 22 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,175 of 2,402 scored counties
#42 of 67 scored counties in Mississippi
- Listings
- 97
- 25 chain locations (26%)
- Official establishments
- 30
- +15.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $164.7M
- On groceries · $5,466 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.7M
- 50% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 32.2
- 72% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 79,034
- +1.1% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Forrest County is 22 (low), #2,175 of 2,402 scored counties and #42 of 67 scored counties in Mississippi. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 97 grocery and convenience stores in Forrest County. 25 of them (26%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 32.2, 72% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
At $5,466 per household (14% below the U.S. average), households in Forrest County spend about $164.7M a year on groceries. That is about $1.7M of household spending for each store on map listings, 50% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
In 2023, official counts showed 30 businesses with payroll in Forrest County classed as grocery and convenience stores, up 15.4% from 2019. That is one for every 1,004 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $300K has gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Forrest County. Population estimates show Forrest County grew 1.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Forrest County compares
The same measures for Mississippi 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 | Forrest County | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 32.2 | 24.5 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $1.7M | $2.3M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,004 | 1,439 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +15.4% | +23.8% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.1% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,466 | $5,547 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $53,640 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 22 | 16 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 26 → 30+15.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 756
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $14.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 27Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 9725 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
- 1
- Amount
- $300K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Forrest 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 Forrest County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 79,034+1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 30,127
- Median age
- 35.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 57%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 466 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 168
- Median household income
- $53,640+34.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,383
- Median home value
- $168,000
- Jobs located here
- 39,538
- Daytime population
- 89,930Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Mississippi
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1DeSoto County, MS | 76 | 124 | 17.5 | $3.6M | +6.3% | #277 of 2,402 |
| 2Rankin County, MS | 74 | 114 | 19.0 | $3.2M | +3.2% | #336 of 2,402 |
| 3Tate County, MS | 70 | 18 | 16.3 | $3.5M | +2.1% | #442 of 2,402 |
| 4Madison County, MS | 65 | 87 | 19.8 | $3.2M | +6.5% | #600 of 2,402 |
| 5Hancock County, MS | 64 | 39 | 19.3 | $3M | +1.6% | #644 of 2,402 |
| 6Jackson County, MS | 63 | 119 | 20.6 | $2.8M | +3.0% | #686 of 2,402 |
| 7Stone County, MS | 58 | 15 | 22.4 | $2.5M | +7.2% | #881 of 2,402 |
| 8Oktibbeha County, MS | 56 | 32 | 14.7 | $3.7M | +0.4% | #925 of 2,402 |
| 9Harrison County, MS | 55 | 180 | 21.6 | $2.6M | +4.0% | #993 of 2,402 |
| 10Lafayette County, MS | 55 | 49 | 25.7 | $2.3M | +6.6% | #1,000 of 2,402 |
| 42Forrest County, MS | 22 | 97 | 32.2 | $1.7M | +1.1% | #2,175 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Forrest County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores22
- Grocery stores30
- Convenience stores22
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 Forrest County, MS?
There are 97 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Forrest County as of September 2026. 25 of them (26%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 30 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, up 15.4% from 2019. Official counts list 27 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Forrest County, MS spend on groceries?
About $164.7M a year, or $5,466 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 97 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.7M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 30,127 households in Forrest County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Forrest County, MS compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Forrest County has 32.2 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 72% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $1.7M, 50% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Forrest County would have about 49, against 97 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,004 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 15.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Forrest County, MS growing?
Population estimates put Forrest County at 79,034 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 30,127 households. Median household income in Forrest County is $53,640, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.6%, 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. Forrest County scores 22 for grocery and convenience stores (low), #2,175 of 2,402 scored counties.
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