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Grocery stores in Livingston Parish, LA

The grocery stores in Livingston Parish, LA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 71 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #398 of 2,070 scored counties
#3 of 52 scored counties in Louisiana

Listings
37
10 chain locations (27%)
Official establishments
16
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$323.4M
On groceries · $6,034 a household
Spending per listing
$8.7M
6% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.9
In line with the U.S.
Population, 2025
155,036
+8.5% 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

Household spending on groceries in Livingston Parish comes to about $323.4M a year: $6,034 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. That is about $8.7M of household spending for each store on map listings, 6% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.

Livingston Parish has 37 grocery stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 10 are chain locations, or 27%, against 37% across the U.S. That is 6.9 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 6.8.

In 2023, official counts showed 16 businesses with payroll in Livingston Parish classed as supermarkets and grocery stores. That is one for every 3,350 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $500K has gone to businesses classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Livingston Parish.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Livingston Parish grew 8.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Livingston Parish scores 71 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery stores, ranking #398 of 2,070 scored counties and #3 of 52 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Livingston Parish 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.

Grocery stores in Livingston Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureLivingston ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.98.76.8
Spending per listing$8.7M$6.5M$9.3M
Households per official establishment3,3502,0372,053
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−0.7%0.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+8.5%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$6,034$5,704$6,319
Median household income$80,122$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score7111

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
16 → 16
Employees, 2023
1,033
Annual payroll, 2023
$23.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
3710 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
35The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$500K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Livingston Parish, 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 Livingston Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
155,036+8.5% since 2020
Households
53,596
Median age
37.0
Homes lived in by their owners
81%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
648 sq. mi.
People per square mile
229
Median household income
$80,122+26.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$93,408
Median home value
$230,600
Jobs located here
31,799
Daytime population
114,602Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery stores across Louisiana

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The highest-scoring counties in Louisiana for grocery stores, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with Livingston Parish marked.

Top counties in Louisiana

Counties in Louisiana ranked for grocery stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Beauregard Parish, LA7453.6$16M+0.2%#308 of 2,070
2St. Tammany Parish, LA71646.1$10.3M+5.3%#390 of 2,070
3Livingston Parish, LA71376.9$8.7M+8.5%#398 of 2,070
4Bossier Parish, LA66285.5$10.7M+2.5%#512 of 2,070
5West Baton Rouge Parish, LA5987.3$8.4M+5.5%#729 of 2,070
6Tangipahoa Parish, LA55346.5$8.5M+5.8%#844 of 2,070
7Ascension Parish, LA55439.0$7.2M+6.4%#860 of 2,070
8Lafourche Parish, LA54225.8$9.9M−2.0%#876 of 2,070
9Grant Parish, LA4656.7$8.5M−0.3%#1,143 of 2,070
10Lafayette Parish, LA45939.2$6.4M+6.5%#1,198 of 2,070

Other business types in Livingston Parish

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

Questions

How many grocery stores are in Livingston Parish, LA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 37 grocery stores in Livingston Parish. 10 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023.

How much do households in Livingston Parish, LA spend on groceries?

About $323.4M a year, or $6,034 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 37 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $8.7M 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 53,596 households in Livingston Parish and national spending patterns by income.

How does Livingston Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?

Livingston Parish has 6.9 grocery stores per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $8.7M, 6% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Livingston Parish would have about 35, against 37 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,350 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.

How fast is Livingston Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put Livingston Parish at 155,036 people in 2025, up 8.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 53,596 households. The median household income in Livingston Parish is $80,122 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.4% 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. Livingston Parish scores 71 for grocery stores (upper middle), #398 of 2,070 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for grocery stores · All 56 business types in Livingston Parish

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