Groceries and convenience · Metro area · Louisiana
Grocery stores in the Baton Rouge, LA metro area
How the Baton Rouge, LA metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for grocery stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 24 out of 100: Low
Ranked #351 of 387 scored metro areas
#5 of 10 scored metro areas based in Louisiana
- Listings
- 302
- 85 chain locations (28%)
- Official establishments
- 176
- −3.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $2B
- On groceries · $5,941 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.5M
- 30% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.1
- 34% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 888,699
- +2.1% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for grocery stores in the Baton Rouge metro area is 24 (low), #351 of 387 scored metro areas and #5 of 10 scored metro areas based in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Household spending on groceries in the Baton Rouge metro area comes to about $2B a year: $5,941 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. Spread across 302 grocery stores, that is $6.5M per store, 30% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.
There are 302 grocery stores on map listings in the Baton Rouge metro area as of September 2026. Of those, 85 are chain locations, or 28%, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 9.1 for every 10,000 households, 34% above the U.S. rate of 6.8.
Official counts show 176 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in the Baton Rouge metro area in 2023, down 3.4% from 2019. That is one for every 1,890 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $893K have gone to businesses classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in the Baton Rouge metro area. Population estimates put the population change in the Baton Rouge metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +2.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Baton Rouge metro area compares
The same measures for Louisiana 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 | Baton Rouge metro area | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.1 | 8.7 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $6.5M | $6.5M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,890 | 2,037 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −3.4% | −0.7% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.1% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,941 | $5,704 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $69,599 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 24 | 11 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 176−3.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 6,774
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $182M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 30285 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 213The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $893K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in the Baton Rouge 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 Baton Rouge metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 888,699+2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 332,585
- Median age
- 37.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 4,368 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 200
- Median household income
- $69,599+18.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $96,334
- Median home value
- $241,100
- Jobs located here
- 407,162
- Daytime population
- 909,836Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Louisiana market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Louisiana for grocery stores, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with the Baton Rouge metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA | 63 | 64 | 6.1 | $10.3M | +5.3% | #100 of 387 |
| 2Hammond, LA | 39 | 34 | 6.5 | $8.5M | +5.8% | #268 of 387 |
| 3Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | 25 | 111 | 7.1 | $7.9M | −2.3% | #344 of 387 |
| 4Alexandria, LA | 25 | 49 | 8.7 | $6.4M | −2.5% | #346 of 387 |
| 5Baton Rouge, LA | 24 | 302 | 9.1 | $6.5M | +2.1% | #351 of 387 |
| 6Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA | 23 | 57 | 7.1 | $8M | −3.5% | #354 of 387 |
| 7Lake Charles, LA | 20 | 68 | 7.4 | $7.9M | −3.8% | #366 of 387 |
| 8Lafayette, LA | 20 | 165 | 10.0 | $5.7M | +3.8% | #370 of 387 |
| 9Monroe, LA | 16 | 72 | 8.3 | $6.6M | −1.9% | #379 of 387 |
| 10New Orleans-Metairie, LA | 10 | 394 | 9.9 | $5.8M | −3.4% | #386 of 387 |
Other business types in the Baton Rouge 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 stores24
- Grocery stores24
- Convenience stores27
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 Baton Rouge, LA metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 302 grocery stores in the Baton Rouge metro area. 85 of them (28%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 176 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023, down 3.4% from 2019.
How much do households in the Baton Rouge, LA metro area spend on groceries?
About $2B a year, or $5,941 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 302 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $6.5M 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 332,585 households in the Baton Rouge metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Baton Rouge, LA metro area compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
The Baton Rouge metro area has 9.1 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 34% above the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $6.5M, 30% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, the Baton Rouge metro area would have about 213, against 302 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,890 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S. The official count fell 3.4% from 2019 to 2023, against 0.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Baton Rouge, LA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Baton Rouge metro area at 888,699 people in 2025, up 2.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 332,585 households. The median household income in the Baton Rouge metro area is $69,599 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 18.1% 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 Baton Rouge metro area scores 24 for grocery stores (low), #351 of 387 scored metro areas.
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