Groceries and convenience · County · Arkansas
Grocery stores in Baxter County, AR
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery stores in Baxter County, AR, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #906 of 2,070 scored counties
#13 of 50 scored counties in Arkansas
- Listings
- 11
- 5 chain locations (45%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $103M
- On groceries · $5,321 a household
- Spending per listing
- $9.4M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.7
- 16% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 42,982
- +3.1% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 11 grocery stores in Baxter County. Of those, 5 are chain locations, or 45%, against 37% across the U.S. That is 5.7 per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 6.8.
Households in Baxter County spend about $103M a year on groceries, or $5,321 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That is about $9.4M of household spending for each store on map listings, in line with the U.S. figure of $9.3M. That spending covers all groceries, which grocery stores share with other businesses in the trade.
Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Baxter County in 2023. That is one for every 2,764 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Baxter County grew 3.1%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For grocery stores, Baxter County has a Groundwork market score of 53 (upper middle): #906 of 2,070 scored counties and #13 of 50 scored counties in Arkansas.
How Baxter County compares
The same measures for Arkansas and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all groceries by the grocery 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 | Baxter County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.7 | 6.9 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $9.4M | $8.3M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,764 | 2,627 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −3.8% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.1% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,321 | $5,667 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $48,452 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 350
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 115 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The 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 supermarkets and grocery stores in Baxter 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 Baxter County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 42,982+3.1% since 2020
- Households
- 19,348
- Median age
- 51.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 554 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 77
- Median household income
- $48,452+14.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $71,486
- Median home value
- $174,600
- Jobs located here
- 16,323
- Daytime population
- 43,148Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arkansas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Arkansas for grocery stores, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with Baxter County marked.
Top counties in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Saline County, AR | 88 | 19 | 3.8 | $16M | +7.6% | #68 of 2,070 |
| 2Lonoke County, AR | 81 | 12 | 4.2 | $14.1M | +3.5% | #164 of 2,070 |
| 3Faulkner County, AR | 80 | 25 | 5.1 | $11.5M | +8.2% | #201 of 2,070 |
| 4Benton County, AR | 69 | 79 | 7.1 | $9.3M | +16.0% | #445 of 2,070 |
| 5Greene County, AR | 67 | 9 | 5.0 | $11M | +3.4% | #481 of 2,070 |
| 6Washington County, AR | 66 | 62 | 6.4 | $9.3M | +9.9% | #524 of 2,070 |
| 7Pulaski County, AR | 64 | 93 | 5.4 | $10.7M | +1.3% | #569 of 2,070 |
| 8Crawford County, AR | 64 | 15 | 6.4 | $8.8M | +4.1% | #578 of 2,070 |
| 9Garland County, AR | 60 | 19 | 4.4 | $12.7M | −0.6% | #667 of 2,070 |
| 10Pope County, AR | 60 | 15 | 6.2 | $9.1M | +2.5% | #684 of 2,070 |
| 13Baxter County, AR | 53 | 11 | 5.7 | $9.4M | +3.1% | #906 of 2,070 |
Other business types in Baxter County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores52
- Grocery stores53
- Convenience stores34
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 stores are in Baxter County, AR?
Baxter County has 11 grocery stores on map listings as of September 2026. 5 of them (45%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023.
How much do households in Baxter County, AR spend on groceries?
About $103M a year, or $5,321 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $9.4M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 19,348 households in Baxter County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Baxter County, AR compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
Baxter County has 5.7 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $9.4M, in line with the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,764 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
How fast is Baxter County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Baxter County at 42,982 people in 2025, up 3.1% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,348 households. Median household income in Baxter County is $48,452, 40% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 14.7%, 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. Baxter County scores 53 for grocery stores (upper middle), #906 of 2,070 scored counties.
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