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Grocery and convenience stores in Carter County, OK
How Carter County, OK compares with other counties and the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 28 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #2,020 of 2,402 scored counties
#45 of 57 scored counties in Oklahoma
- Listings
- 61
- 16 chain locations (26%)
- Official establishments
- 18
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $107.4M
- On groceries · $5,640 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 48% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 32.0
- 71% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 48,910
- +1.8% since 2020
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What this means
Carter County scores 28 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #2,020 of 2,402 scored counties and #45 of 57 scored counties in Oklahoma. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 61 grocery and convenience stores in Carter County. 16 of them (26%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 32.0 for every 10,000 households, 71% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Household spending on groceries in Carter County comes to about $107.4M a year: $5,640 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.8M of household spending for each store on map listings, 48% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Carter County was 18 in 2023. That is one for every 1,058 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $2.8M has gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Carter County. Population estimates show Carter County grew 1.8% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Carter County compares
The same measures for Oklahoma 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 | Carter County | Oklahoma | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 32.0 | 20.6 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $2.8M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,058 | 2,288 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.4% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.8% | +4.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,640 | $5,787 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $60,723 | $65,039 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 28 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 18 → 18
- Employees, 2023
- 230
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 12Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 6116 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 32The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $2.8M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Carter 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 Carter County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 48,910+1.8% since 2020
- Households
- 19,046
- Median age
- 38.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 822 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 59
- Median household income
- $60,723+18.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $83,415
- Median home value
- $168,500
- Jobs located here
- 23,303
- Daytime population
- 50,671Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Oklahoma
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wagoner County, OK | 94 | 34 | 10.8 | $5.7M | +14.6% | #18 of 2,402 |
| 2Canadian County, OK | 93 | 85 | 14.6 | $4.3M | +20.4% | #28 of 2,402 |
| 3Logan County, OK | 91 | 27 | 15.1 | $4.1M | +11.5% | #46 of 2,402 |
| 4Rogers County, OK | 89 | 42 | 11.5 | $5.4M | +7.1% | #53 of 2,402 |
| 5Cleveland County, OK | 83 | 145 | 12.4 | $4.9M | +2.6% | #124 of 2,402 |
| 6McClain County, OK | 82 | 33 | 20.1 | $3.1M | +18.4% | #154 of 2,402 |
| 7Creek County, OK | 76 | 44 | 15.6 | $3.7M | +4.4% | #275 of 2,402 |
| 8Pottawatomie County, OK | 73 | 40 | 14.9 | $3.8M | +3.5% | #359 of 2,402 |
| 9Tulsa County, OK | 73 | 452 | 16.6 | $3.6M | +4.2% | #361 of 2,402 |
| 10Washington County, OK | 68 | 36 | 17.2 | $3.3M | +2.7% | #508 of 2,402 |
| 45Carter County, OK | 28 | 61 | 32.0 | $1.8M | +1.8% | #2,020 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Carter County
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 stores49
- Convenience stores23
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 Carter County, OK?
There are 61 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Carter County as of September 2026. 16 of them (26%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Another 12 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Carter County, OK spend on groceries?
About $107.4M a year, or $5,640 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 61 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 19,046 households in Carter County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Carter County, OK compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Carter County has 32.0 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 71% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $1.8M, 48% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Carter County would have about 32, against 61 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,058 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Carter County, OK growing?
Population estimates put Carter County at 48,910 people in 2025, up 1.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,046 households. Median household income in Carter County is $60,723, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 18.1%, 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. 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. Carter County scores 28 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #2,020 of 2,402 scored counties.
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