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Grocery stores in Sabine Parish, LA

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery stores in Sabine Parish, LA, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 19 out of 100: Low

Ranked #1,899 of 2,070 scored counties
#39 of 52 scored counties in Louisiana

Listings
9
4 chain locations (44%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$47.3M
On groceries · $5,379 a household
Spending per listing
$5.3M
44% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
10.2
50% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
21,834
−1.2% 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

For grocery stores, Sabine Parish has a Groundwork market score of 19 (low): #1,899 of 2,070 scored counties and #39 of 52 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on groceries in Sabine Parish comes to about $47.3M a year: $5,379 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. Spread across 9 grocery stores, that is $5.3M per store, 44% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.

Sabine Parish has 9 grocery stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 44% of them, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 10.2 for every 10,000 households, 50% above the U.S. rate of 6.8.

In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in Sabine Parish classed as supermarkets and grocery stores. That is one for every 1,757 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S. Population estimates show Sabine Parish declined 1.2% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Sabine 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 Sabine Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureSabine ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households10.28.76.8
Spending per listing$5.3M$6.5M$9.3M
Households per official establishment1,7572,0372,053
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−0.7%0.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.2%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,379$5,704$6,319
Median household income$50,329$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score1911

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6 → 5
Employees, 2023
135
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
94 chain locations
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 Sabine 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 Sabine Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
21,834−1.2% since 2020
Households
8,785
Median age
42.2
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
867 sq. mi.
People per square mile
25
Median household income
$50,329+24.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$70,912
Median home value
$123,100
Jobs located here
5,730
Daytime population
19,413Residents 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 Sabine 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
39Sabine Parish, LA19910.2$5.3M−1.2%#1,899 of 2,070

Other business types in Sabine Parish

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

Questions

How many grocery stores are in Sabine Parish, LA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 grocery stores in Sabine Parish. 4 of them (44%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023.

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

About $47.3M a year, or $5,379 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $5.3M 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 8,785 households in Sabine Parish and national spending patterns by income.

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

Sabine Parish has 10.2 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 50% above the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $5.3M, 44% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Sabine Parish would have about 5, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,757 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.

How fast is Sabine Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put Sabine Parish at 21,834 people in 2025, down 1.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,785 households. The median household income in Sabine Parish is $50,329 a year, 38% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.8% 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. Sabine Parish scores 19 for grocery stores (low), #1,899 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 Sabine Parish

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