Groceries and convenience · Metro area · Georgia
Grocery stores in the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA metro area
The grocery stores in the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 28 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #333 of 387 scored metro areas
#11 of 14 scored metro areas based in Georgia
- Listings
- 36
- 15 chain locations (42%)
- Official establishments
- 28
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $275.5M
- On groceries · $5,835 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.7M
- 18% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.6
- 12% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 118,524
- +4.4% since 2020
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What this means
The Brunswick-St. Simons metro area scores 28 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery stores, ranking #333 of 387 scored metro areas and #11 of 14 scored metro areas based in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
At $5,835 per household (8% below the U.S. average), households in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area spend about $275.5M a year on groceries. That is about $7.7M of household spending for each store on map listings, 18% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.
There are 36 grocery stores on map listings in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area as of September 2026. 15 of them (42%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 7.6 for every 10,000 households, 12% above the U.S. rate of 6.8.
Official counts show 28 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area in 2023. That is one for every 1,686 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $984K have gone to businesses classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area. Population estimates put the population change in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +4.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area compares
The same measures for Georgia 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 | Brunswick-St. Simons metro area | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.6 | 6.4 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $7.7M | $9.5M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,686 | 2,303 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.3% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.4% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,835 | $6,137 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $66,623 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 28 | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 28
- Employees, 2023
- 1,011
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $28.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3615 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 30The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $984K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area, 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 the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 118,524+4.4% since 2020
- Households
- 47,209
- Median age
- 44.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,294 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 89
- Median household income
- $66,623+31.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,637
- Median home value
- $242,500
- Jobs located here
- 42,696
- Daytime population
- 112,115Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Georgia market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Georgia for grocery stores, numbered among those based in Georgia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Warner Robins, GA | 73 | 36 | 4.8 | $12.6M | +8.2% | #44 of 387 |
| 2Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | 66 | 1,339 | 5.8 | $11.1M | +5.9% | #82 of 387 |
| 3Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 62 | 133 | 5.7 | $10.3M | +4.7% | #107 of 387 |
| 4Rome, GA | 57 | 19 | 5.2 | $11.2M | +2.8% | #143 of 387 |
| 5Hinesville, GA | 56 | 19 | 6.3 | $8.8M | +12.6% | #158 of 387 |
| 6Savannah, GA | 54 | 102 | 6.3 | $9.6M | +8.1% | #176 of 387 |
| 7Athens-Clarke County, GA | 48 | 48 | 5.6 | $10.5M | +3.9% | #211 of 387 |
| 8Gainesville, GA | 48 | 52 | 7.1 | $8.8M | +11.4% | #214 of 387 |
| Chattanooga, TN-GA | 43 | 174 | 7.5 | $8M | +5.3% | #247 of 387 |
| 9Macon-Bibb County, GA | 36 | 59 | 6.7 | $8.5M | +2.1% | #288 of 387 |
| 11Brunswick-St. Simons, GA | 28 | 36 | 7.6 | $7.7M | +4.4% | #333 of 387 |
Other business types in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores23
- Grocery stores28
- Convenience stores25
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 the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 36 grocery stores in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area. 15 of them (42%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 28 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023.
How much do households in the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA metro area spend on groceries?
About $275.5M a year, or $5,835 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 36 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $7.7M 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 47,209 households in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA metro area compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
The Brunswick-St. Simons metro area has 7.6 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 12% above the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $7.7M, 18% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area would have about 30, against 36 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,686 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
How fast is the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area at 118,524 people in 2025, up 4.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 47,209 households. The median household income in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area is $66,623 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.5% 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. The Brunswick-St. Simons metro area scores 28 for grocery stores (lower middle), #333 of 387 scored metro areas.
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