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Grocery stores in Lee County, KY
How Lee County, KY compares with other counties and the U.S. for grocery stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 5
- 2 chain locations (40%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $12.7M
- On groceries · $4,901 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.5M
- 73% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.3
- 2.8 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 7,297
- −0.9% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on groceries in Lee County comes to about $12.7M a year: $4,901 per household, 22% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.5M per store, 73% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.
There are 5 grocery stores on map listings in Lee County as of September 2026. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 40%, against 37% across the U.S. That is 19.3 per 10,000 households, 2.8 times the U.S. rate of 6.8.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for supermarkets and grocery stores in Lee County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in Lee County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Lee County compares
The same measures for Kentucky 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 | Lee County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.3 | 7.6 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.5M | $7.5M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 2,517 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.7% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.9% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $4,901 | $5,746 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $37,568 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 31 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 52 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1The 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 Lee 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 Lee County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 7,297−0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 2,595
- Median age
- 44.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 209 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 35
- Median household income
- $37,568
- Average household income
- $53,404
- Median home value
- $83,900
- Jobs located here
- 1,658
- Daytime population
- 7,266Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Lee County?
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Top counties in Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Oldham County, KY | 94 | 7 | 3.0 | $23.3M | +4.9% | #20 of 2,070 |
| 2Scott County, KY | 92 | 6 | 2.6 | $23.8M | +8.2% | #32 of 2,070 |
| 3Madison County, KY | 86 | 5 | 1.3 | $42.6M | +9.4% | #89 of 2,070 |
| 4Jessamine County, KY | 80 | 11 | 5.5 | $10.9M | +7.8% | #202 of 2,070 |
| 5Campbell County, KY | 79 | 11 | 2.8 | $22M | +2.5% | #206 of 2,070 |
| 6Shelby County, KY | 78 | 10 | 5.4 | $11.4M | +6.2% | #235 of 2,070 |
| 7Bullitt County, KY | 77 | 20 | 6.3 | $9.8M | +5.0% | #260 of 2,070 |
| 8Woodford County, KY | 76 | 5 | 4.6 | $13.5M | +3.7% | #266 of 2,070 |
| 9Kenton County, KY | 74 | 41 | 6.1 | $10.2M | +3.9% | #330 of 2,070 |
| 10Nelson County, KY | 71 | 12 | 6.3 | $9.3M | +4.8% | #394 of 2,070 |
| Lee County, KY | Not scored | 5 | 19.3 | $2.5M | −0.9% |
Other business types in Lee County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
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Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many grocery stores are in Lee County, KY?
As of September 2026, map listings count 5 grocery stores in Lee County. 2 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. No official count is published for supermarkets and grocery stores in Lee County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Lee County, KY spend on groceries?
About $12.7M a year, or $4,901 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $2.5M 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 2,595 households in Lee County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lee County, KY compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
Lee County has 19.3 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 2.8 times the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $2.5M, 73% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Lee County would have about 1, against 5 on map listings.
How fast is Lee County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Lee County at 7,297 people in 2025, down 0.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 2,595 households. The median household income in Lee County is $37,568 a year, 53% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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