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Grocery stores in Lamar County, GA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery stores in Lamar County, GA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 1 chain location (33%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $42.2M
- On groceries · $5,912 a household
- Spending per listing
- $14.1M
- 51% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.2
- 38% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 20,941
- +12.9% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on groceries in Lamar County comes to about $42.2M a year: $5,912 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. Spread across 3 grocery stores, that is $14.1M per store, 51% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.
Lamar County has 3 grocery stores on map listings as of September 2026. That is 4.2 per 10,000 households, 38% below the U.S. rate of 6.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Lamar County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 2,378 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Lamar County from 2020 to 2025 at +12.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 grocery stores on map listings, Lamar County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Lamar 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 | Lamar County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.2 | 6.4 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $14.1M | $9.5M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,378 | 2,303 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.3% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +12.9% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,912 | $6,137 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $67,062 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 312
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 31 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 Lamar 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 Lamar County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 20,941+12.9% since 2020
- Households
- 7,133
- Median age
- 40.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 184 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 107
- Median household income
- $67,062+49.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,227
- Median home value
- $216,500
- Jobs located here
- 4,366
- Daytime population
- 15,409Residents 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 |
| Lamar County, GA | Not scored | 3 | 4.2 | $14.1M | +12.9% |
Other business types in Lamar County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores79
- Grocery stores
- Convenience stores62
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 Lamar County, GA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 grocery stores in Lamar County. 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 Lamar County, GA spend on groceries?
About $42.2M a year, or $5,912 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $14.1M 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 7,133 households in Lamar County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lamar County, GA compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
Lamar County has 4.2 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 38% below the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $14.1M, 51% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Lamar County would have about 5, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,378 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
How fast is Lamar County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Lamar County at 20,941 people in 2025, up 12.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,133 households. The median household income in Lamar County is $67,062 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 49.5% 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. Lamar County has no market score for grocery stores: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
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