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Grocery stores in Bulloch County, GA

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery stores in Bulloch County, GA, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 66 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #529 of 2,070 scored counties
#29 of 96 scored counties in Georgia

Listings
19
9 chain locations (47%)
Official establishments
9
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$172.5M
On groceries · $5,589 a household
Spending per listing
$9.1M
2% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.2
9% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
86,949
+8.8% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 19 grocery stores in Bulloch County. Chain locations make up 47% of them, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 6.2 for every 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 6.8.

Household spending on groceries in Bulloch County comes to about $172.5M a year: $5,589 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That is about $9.1M of household spending for each store on map listings, 2% 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 9 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Bulloch County in 2023. That is one for every 3,428 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Bulloch County grew 8.8% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for grocery stores in Bulloch County is 66 (upper middle), #529 of 2,070 scored counties and #29 of 96 scored counties in Georgia.

How Bulloch County 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.

Grocery stores in Bulloch County, GA compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureBulloch CountyGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.26.46.8
Spending per listing$9.1M$9.5M$9.3M
Households per official establishment3,4282,3032,053
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+6.3%0.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+8.8%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,589$6,137$6,319
Median household income$58,810$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market score6659

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
11 → 9
Employees, 2023
831
Annual payroll, 2023
$16M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
199 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
19The 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 Bulloch 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 Bulloch County

Population, 2025 estimate
86,949+8.8% since 2020
Households
30,856
Median age
34.5
Homes lived in by their owners
53%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
676 sq. mi.
People per square mile
122
Median household income
$58,810+29.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$81,460
Median home value
$222,500
Jobs located here
27,528
Daytime population
78,673Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery stores across Georgia

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

Top counties in Georgia

Counties in Georgia ranked for grocery stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Paulding County, GA95172.8$23.2M+12.7%#10 of 2,070
2Effingham County, GA9483.3$19.3M+14.1%#22 of 2,070
3Walton County, GA84143.9$15.8M+16.0%#117 of 2,070
4Cherokee County, GA84464.5$15M+11.6%#118 of 2,070
5Henry County, GA84374.3$14.7M+9.5%#119 of 2,070
6Harris County, GA8486.1$10.7M+6.8%#127 of 2,070
7Columbia County, GA83244.4$15.1M+7.9%#131 of 2,070
8Fayette County, GA82184.0$17.1M+4.7%#147 of 2,070
9Forsyth County, GA82455.1$14.8M+11.8%#151 of 2,070
10Jackson County, GA81196.7$9.6M+29.3%#180 of 2,070
29Bulloch County, GA66196.2$9.1M+8.8%#529 of 2,070

Other business types in Bulloch County

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

Questions

How many grocery stores are in Bulloch County, GA?

There are 19 grocery stores on map listings in Bulloch County as of September 2026. 9 of them (47%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023.

How much do households in Bulloch County, GA spend on groceries?

About $172.5M a year, or $5,589 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $9.1M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 30,856 households in Bulloch County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Bulloch County, GA compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?

Bulloch County has 6.2 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $9.1M, 2% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,428 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.

How fast is Bulloch County, GA growing?

Population estimates put Bulloch County at 86,949 people in 2025, up 8.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 30,856 households. Median household income in Bulloch County is $58,810, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.1%, 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. Bulloch County scores 66 for grocery stores (upper middle), #529 of 2,070 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for grocery stores · All 56 business types in Bulloch County

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