Groceries and convenience · County · Mississippi
Grocery and convenience stores in Grenada County, MS
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in Grenada County, MS, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 25 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #2,116 of 2,402 scored counties
#38 of 67 scored counties in Mississippi
- Listings
- 33
- 11 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $45.2M
- On groceries · $5,344 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.4M
- 60% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 39.0
- 2.1 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 20,868
- −3.3% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Grenada County is 25 (lower middle), #2,116 of 2,402 scored counties and #38 of 67 scored counties in Mississippi. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Grenada County spend about $45.2M a year on groceries, or $5,344 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.4M of household spending for each store on map listings, 60% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
Grenada County has 33 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 11 of them (33%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 39.0 for every 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 18.7.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Grenada County was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 2,116 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Grenada County from 2020 to 2025 at −3.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Grenada 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 | Grenada County | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 39.0 | 24.5 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $1.4M | $2.3M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,116 | 1,439 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +23.8% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.3% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,344 | $5,547 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $48,804 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 25 | 16 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 93
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 5Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3311 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The 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 Grenada 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 Grenada County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 20,868−3.3% since 2020
- Households
- 8,464
- Median age
- 41.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 422 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 50
- Median household income
- $48,804+21.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $72,152
- Median home value
- $132,200
- Jobs located here
- 9,312
- Daytime population
- 21,725Residents 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 |
| 38Grenada County, MS | 25 | 33 | 39.0 | $1.4M | −3.3% | #2,116 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Grenada County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores25
- Grocery stores8
- Convenience stores8
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 Grenada County, MS?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 33 grocery and convenience stores in Grenada County. 11 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Another 5 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Grenada County, MS spend on groceries?
About $45.2M a year, or $5,344 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 33 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.4M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,464 households in Grenada County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Grenada County, MS compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Grenada County has 39.0 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $1.4M, 60% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Grenada County would have about 13, against 33 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,116 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Grenada County, MS growing?
Population estimates put Grenada County at 20,868 people in 2025, down 3.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,464 households. The median household income in Grenada County is $48,804 a year, 40% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.6% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Grenada County scores 25 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #2,116 of 2,402 scored counties.
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