Groceries and convenience · County · Arkansas
Grocery stores in Carroll County, AR
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery stores in Carroll County, AR, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 22 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,852 of 2,070 scored counties
#37 of 50 scored counties in Arkansas
- Listings
- 15
- 2 chain locations (13%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $62.1M
- On groceries · $5,472 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.1M
- 55% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.2
- 94% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 29,263
- +3.6% since 2020
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What this means
For grocery stores, Carroll County has a Groundwork market score of 22 (low): #1,852 of 2,070 scored counties and #37 of 50 scored counties in Arkansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on groceries in Carroll County comes to about $62.1M a year: $5,472 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $4.1M of household spending for each store on map listings, 55% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.
Carroll County has 15 grocery stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 13% of them, against 37% across the U.S. That is 13.2 per 10,000 households, 94% above the U.S. rate of 6.8.
Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Carroll County in 2023. That is one for every 1,261 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Carroll County grew 3.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Carroll 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 | Carroll County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.2 | 6.9 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $4.1M | $8.3M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,261 | 2,627 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −3.8% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.6% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,472 | $5,667 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $54,230 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 22 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 198
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 152 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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 Carroll 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 Carroll County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 29,263+3.6% since 2020
- Households
- 11,347
- Median age
- 44.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 630 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 45
- Median household income
- $54,230+17.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,165
- Median home value
- $210,400
- Jobs located here
- 11,469
- Daytime population
- 28,358Residents 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 Carroll 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 |
| 37Carroll County, AR | 22 | 15 | 13.2 | $4.1M | +3.6% | #1,852 of 2,070 |
Other business types in Carroll County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores31
- Grocery stores22
- Convenience stores44
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 Carroll County, AR?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 15 grocery stores in Carroll County. 2 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023.
How much do households in Carroll County, AR spend on groceries?
About $62.1M a year, or $5,472 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $4.1M per store. That spending covers all groceries, which grocery stores share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,347 households in Carroll County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Carroll County, AR compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
Carroll County has 13.2 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 94% above the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $4.1M, 55% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Carroll County would have about 7, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,261 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
How fast is Carroll County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Carroll County at 29,263 people in 2025, up 3.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,347 households. The median household income in Carroll County is $54,230 a year, 33% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 17.6% 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. Carroll County scores 22 for grocery stores (low), #1,852 of 2,070 scored counties.
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