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Grocery stores in Franklin County, FL
The grocery stores in Franklin County, FL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 24 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,810 of 2,070 scored counties
#56 of 59 scored counties in Florida
- Listings
- 9
- 2 chain locations (22%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $28.4M
- On groceries · $5,742 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.2M
- 66% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.2
- 2.7 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 13,029
- +4.5% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for grocery stores in Franklin County is 24 (low), #1,810 of 2,070 scored counties and #56 of 59 scored counties in Florida. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on groceries in Franklin County comes to about $28.4M a year: $5,742 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.2M of household spending for each store on map listings, 66% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.
Franklin County has 9 grocery stores on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (22%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 18.2 for every 10,000 households, 2.7 times the U.S. rate of 6.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 6 businesses with payroll in Franklin County classed as supermarkets and grocery stores. That is one for every 825 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Franklin County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Franklin County compares
The same measures for Florida 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 | Franklin County | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.2 | 6.5 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $3.2M | $9.4M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 825 | 2,273 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.5% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.5% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,742 | $6,077 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $64,105 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 24 | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 119
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 92 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
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Franklin 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 Franklin County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 13,029+4.5% since 2020
- Households
- 4,949
- Median age
- 47.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 545 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 23
- Median household income
- $64,105+37.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,720
- Median home value
- $273,300
- Jobs located here
- 3,579
- Daytime population
- 11,650Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1St. Johns County, FL | 91 | 56 | 4.8 | $14.3M | +25.0% | #48 of 2,070 |
| 2Santa Rosa County, FL | 90 | 32 | 4.4 | $14.5M | +11.7% | #53 of 2,070 |
| 3Nassau County, FL | 89 | 12 | 3.1 | $20.9M | +17.4% | #57 of 2,070 |
| 4Clay County, FL | 88 | 36 | 4.3 | $14.6M | +9.4% | #71 of 2,070 |
| 5Pasco County, FL | 86 | 92 | 3.9 | $15.4M | +19.1% | #100 of 2,070 |
| 6Sumter County, FL | 86 | 29 | 4.1 | $14.6M | +21.1% | #101 of 2,070 |
| 7Lake County, FL | 85 | 77 | 4.7 | $12.8M | +18.1% | #112 of 2,070 |
| 8Charlotte County, FL | 83 | 41 | 4.5 | $13M | +15.5% | #137 of 2,070 |
| 9Flagler County, FL | 82 | 26 | 4.9 | $12.4M | +21.0% | #157 of 2,070 |
| 10Brevard County, FL | 80 | 129 | 5.0 | $12.3M | +9.1% | #198 of 2,070 |
| 56Franklin County, FL | 24 | 9 | 18.2 | $3.2M | +4.5% | #1,810 of 2,070 |
Other business types in Franklin County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores25
- Grocery stores24
- Convenience stores39
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 Franklin County, FL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 grocery stores in Franklin County. 2 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023.
How much do households in Franklin County, FL spend on groceries?
About $28.4M a year, or $5,742 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $3.2M 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 4,949 households in Franklin County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Franklin County, FL compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
Franklin County has 18.2 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 2.7 times the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $3.2M, 66% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Franklin County would have about 3, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 825 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
How fast is Franklin County, FL growing?
Population estimates put Franklin County at 13,029 people in 2025, up 4.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,949 households. The median household income in Franklin County is $64,105 a year, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 37.4% 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. Franklin County scores 24 for grocery stores (low), #1,810 of 2,070 scored counties.
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