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Grocery stores in Dawson County, GA
The grocery stores in Dawson County, GA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 57 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #791 of 2,070 scored counties
#40 of 96 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 10
- 5 chain locations (50%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $75.2M
- On groceries · $6,497 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.5M
- 19% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.6
- 26% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 35,365
- +30.7% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Dawson County spend about $75.2M a year on groceries, or $6,497 per household, 3% above the U.S. average. That is about $7.5M of household spending for each store on map listings, 19% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.
Dawson County has 10 grocery stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 50% of them, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 8.6 for every 10,000 households, 26% above the U.S. rate of 6.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 7 businesses with payroll in Dawson County classed as supermarkets and grocery stores. That is one for every 1,653 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Dawson County grew 30.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For grocery stores, Dawson County has a Groundwork market score of 57 (upper middle): #791 of 2,070 scored counties and #40 of 96 scored counties in Georgia.
How Dawson 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.
| Measure | Dawson County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.6 | 6.4 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $7.5M | $9.5M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,653 | 2,303 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.3% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +30.7% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,497 | $6,137 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $92,991 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 57 | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 578
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $15.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 105 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Dawson 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 Dawson County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 35,365+30.7% since 2020
- Households
- 11,573
- Median age
- 42.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 211 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 143
- Median household income
- $92,991+40.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $116,762
- Median home value
- $406,700
- Jobs located here
- 9,727
- Daytime population
- 25,801Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Paulding County, GA | 95 | 17 | 2.8 | $23.2M | +12.7% | #10 of 2,070 |
| 2Effingham County, GA | 94 | 8 | 3.3 | $19.3M | +14.1% | #22 of 2,070 |
| 3Walton County, GA | 84 | 14 | 3.9 | $15.8M | +16.0% | #117 of 2,070 |
| 4Cherokee County, GA | 84 | 46 | 4.5 | $15M | +11.6% | #118 of 2,070 |
| 5Henry County, GA | 84 | 37 | 4.3 | $14.7M | +9.5% | #119 of 2,070 |
| 6Harris County, GA | 84 | 8 | 6.1 | $10.7M | +6.8% | #127 of 2,070 |
| 7Columbia County, GA | 83 | 24 | 4.4 | $15.1M | +7.9% | #131 of 2,070 |
| 8Fayette County, GA | 82 | 18 | 4.0 | $17.1M | +4.7% | #147 of 2,070 |
| 9Forsyth County, GA | 82 | 45 | 5.1 | $14.8M | +11.8% | #151 of 2,070 |
| 10Jackson County, GA | 81 | 19 | 6.7 | $9.6M | +29.3% | #180 of 2,070 |
| 40Dawson County, GA | 57 | 10 | 8.6 | $7.5M | +30.7% | #791 of 2,070 |
Other business types in Dawson County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores68
- Grocery stores57
- Convenience stores70
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 Dawson County, GA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 grocery stores in Dawson County. 5 of them (50%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023.
How much do households in Dawson County, GA spend on groceries?
About $75.2M a year, or $6,497 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $7.5M 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 11,573 households in Dawson County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Dawson County, GA compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
Dawson County has 8.6 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 26% above the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $7.5M, 19% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Dawson County would have about 8, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,653 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
How fast is Dawson County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Dawson County at 35,365 people in 2025, up 30.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,573 households. The median household income in Dawson County is $92,991 a year, 15% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 40.3% 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. Dawson County scores 57 for grocery stores (upper middle), #791 of 2,070 scored counties.
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