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Grocery stores in Izard County, AR

How Izard 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 30 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,647 of 2,070 scored counties
#32 of 50 scored counties in Arkansas

Listings
5
2 chain locations (40%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$27M
On groceries · $5,151 a household
Spending per listing
$5.4M
42% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.6
41% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
14,405
+5.9% 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

Izard County scores 30 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery stores, ranking #1,647 of 2,070 scored counties and #32 of 50 scored counties in Arkansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 grocery stores in Izard County. Chain locations make up 40% of them, against 37% across the U.S. That is 9.6 per 10,000 households, 41% above the U.S. rate of 6.8.

Households in Izard County spend about $27M a year on groceries, or $5,151 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. Spread across 5 grocery stores, that is $5.4M per store, 42% below 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 3 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Izard County in 2023. That is one for every 1,744 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $250K has gone to businesses classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Izard County. Population estimates show Izard County grew 5.9% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Izard 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 Izard County, AR compared with Arkansas and the U.S.
MeasureIzard CountyArkansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.66.96.8
Spending per listing$5.4M$8.3M$9.3M
Households per official establishment1,7442,6272,053
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−3.8%0.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.9%+3.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,151$5,667$6,319
Median household income$49,405$60,773$80,734
Groundwork market score3043

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 3
Employees, 2023
84
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
52 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$250K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Izard 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 Izard County

Population, 2025 estimate
14,405+5.9% since 2020
Households
5,232
Median age
46.5
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
580 sq. mi.
People per square mile
24
Median household income
$49,405+15.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$59,540
Median home value
$129,100
Jobs located here
2,494
Daytime population
12,534Residents 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 Izard 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
32Izard County, AR3059.6$5.4M+5.9%#1,647 of 2,070

Other business types in Izard County

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

Questions

How many grocery stores are in Izard County, AR?

There are 5 grocery stores on map listings in Izard County as of September 2026. 2 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023.

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

About $27M a year, or $5,151 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $5.4M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,232 households in Izard County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Izard County has 9.6 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 41% above the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $5.4M, 42% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the national ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Izard County would have about 3, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,744 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.

How fast is Izard County, AR growing?

Population estimates put Izard County at 14,405 people in 2025, up 5.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,232 households. Median household income in Izard County is $49,405, 39% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 15.2%, 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. Izard County scores 30 for grocery stores (lower middle), #1,647 of 2,070 scored counties.

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