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Grocery stores in Grant County, AR

How Grant County, AR compares with other counties and the U.S. for grocery stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.

Listings
4
1 chain location (25%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$40.8M
On groceries · $5,844 a household
Spending per listing
$10.2M
10% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.7
16% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
18,756
+4.1% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Household spending on groceries in Grant County comes to about $40.8M a year: $5,844 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That works out to $10.2M per store, 10% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.

There are 4 grocery stores on map listings in Grant County as of September 2026. That is 5.7 per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 6.8.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for supermarkets and grocery stores in Grant County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates put the population change in Grant County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 grocery stores on map listings, Grant County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Grant 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.

Grocery stores in Grant County, AR compared with Arkansas and the U.S.
MeasureGrant CountyArkansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.76.96.8
Spending per listing$10.2M$8.3M$9.3M
Households per official establishmentn/a2,6272,053
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−3.8%0.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.1%+3.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,844$5,667$6,319
Median household income$71,549$60,773$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored43

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
41 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
4The 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 Grant 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 Grant County

Population, 2025 estimate
18,756+4.1% since 2020
Households
6,978
Median age
40.2
Homes lived in by their owners
81%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
632 sq. mi.
People per square mile
29
Median household income
$71,549+29.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$90,620
Median home value
$161,700
Jobs located here
4,120
Daytime population
14,646Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery stores across Arkansas

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The highest-scoring counties in Arkansas for grocery stores, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with Grant County marked.

Top counties in Arkansas

Counties in Arkansas ranked for grocery stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Saline County, AR88193.8$16M+7.6%#68 of 2,070
2Lonoke County, AR81124.2$14.1M+3.5%#164 of 2,070
3Faulkner County, AR80255.1$11.5M+8.2%#201 of 2,070
4Benton County, AR69797.1$9.3M+16.0%#445 of 2,070
5Greene County, AR6795.0$11M+3.4%#481 of 2,070
6Washington County, AR66626.4$9.3M+9.9%#524 of 2,070
7Pulaski County, AR64935.4$10.7M+1.3%#569 of 2,070
8Crawford County, AR64156.4$8.8M+4.1%#578 of 2,070
9Garland County, AR60194.4$12.7M−0.6%#667 of 2,070
10Pope County, AR60156.2$9.1M+2.5%#684 of 2,070
Grant County, ARNot scored45.7$10.2M+4.1%

Other business types in Grant County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many grocery stores are in Grant County, AR?

As of September 2026, map listings count 4 grocery stores in Grant County. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. No official count is published for supermarkets and grocery stores in Grant County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Grant County, AR spend on groceries?

About $40.8M a year, or $5,844 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $10.2M 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 6,978 households in Grant County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Grant County, AR compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?

Grant County has 5.7 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $10.2M, 10% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending.

How fast is Grant County, AR growing?

Population estimates put Grant County at 18,756 people in 2025, up 4.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,978 households. The median household income in Grant County is $71,549 a year, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.2% 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. Grant County has no market score for grocery stores: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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