Groceries and convenience · County · Arkansas
Grocery stores in Greene County, AR
How Greene County, AR compares with other counties and the U.S. for grocery stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 67 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #481 of 2,070 scored counties
#5 of 50 scored counties in Arkansas
- Listings
- 9
- 4 chain locations (44%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $99.3M
- On groceries · $5,519 a household
- Spending per listing
- $11M
- 19% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.0
- 26% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 47,411
- +3.4% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on groceries in Greene County comes to about $99.3M a year: $5,519 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That works out to $11M per store, 19% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.
Greene County has 9 grocery stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 44% of them, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 5.0 for every 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 6.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Greene County was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 3,599 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Greene County grew 3.4% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for grocery stores in Greene County is 67 (upper middle), #481 of 2,070 scored counties and #5 of 50 scored counties in Arkansas. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Greene 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 | Greene County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.0 | 6.9 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $11M | $8.3M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,599 | 2,627 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −3.8% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.4% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,519 | $5,667 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $57,839 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 67 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 232
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 94 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 Greene 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 Greene County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 47,411+3.4% since 2020
- Households
- 17,994
- Median age
- 39.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 577 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 80
- Median household income
- $57,839+22.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $72,756
- Median home value
- $169,300
- Jobs located here
- 21,057
- Daytime population
- 48,090Residents 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 Greene 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 |
Other business types in Greene County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores67
- Grocery stores67
- Convenience stores51
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 Greene County, AR?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 grocery stores in Greene County. 4 of them (44%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023.
How much do households in Greene County, AR spend on groceries?
About $99.3M a year, or $5,519 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $11M 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 17,994 households in Greene County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Greene County, AR compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
Greene County has 5.0 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $11M, 19% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Greene County would have about 11, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,599 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
How fast is Greene County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Greene County at 47,411 people in 2025, up 3.4% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,994 households. The median household income in Greene County is $57,839 a year, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.9% 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. Greene County scores 67 for grocery stores (upper middle), #481 of 2,070 scored counties.
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