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Grocery stores in St. Tammany Parish, LA

How St. Tammany Parish, LA compares with other counties and the U.S. for grocery stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 71 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #390 of 2,070 scored counties
#2 of 52 scored counties in Louisiana

Listings
64
33 chain locations (52%)
Official establishments
40
+21.2% since 2019
Household spending a year
$656.1M
On groceries · $6,244 a household
Spending per listing
$10.3M
10% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.1
10% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
279,108
+5.3% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 64 grocery stores in St. Tammany Parish. Chain locations make up 52% of them, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.1, 10% below the U.S. rate of 6.8.

Households in St. Tammany Parish spend about $656.1M a year on groceries, or $6,244 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That works out to $10.3M per store, 10% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. That spending covers all groceries, which grocery stores share with other businesses in the trade.

Official counts show 40 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in St. Tammany Parish in 2023, up 21.2% from 2019. That is one for every 2,627 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $411K has gone to businesses classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in St. Tammany Parish.

Population estimates show St. Tammany Parish grew 5.3% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). St. Tammany Parish scores 71 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery stores, ranking #390 of 2,070 scored counties and #2 of 52 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How St. Tammany 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 St. Tammany Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureSt. Tammany ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.18.76.8
Spending per listing$10.3M$6.5M$9.3M
Households per official establishment2,6272,0372,053
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+21.2%−0.7%0.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.3%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$6,244$5,704$6,319
Median household income$81,202$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score7111

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
33 → 40+21.2% over the period
Employees, 2023
2,426
Annual payroll, 2023
$66.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
6433 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
71The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$411K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in St. Tammany 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 St. Tammany Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
279,108+5.3% since 2020
Households
105,082
Median age
41.5
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
845 sq. mi.
People per square mile
322
Median household income
$81,202+17.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$109,896
Median home value
$284,000
Jobs located here
97,233
Daytime population
260,408Residents 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 St. Tammany 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 St. Tammany Parish

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

Questions

How many grocery stores are in St. Tammany Parish, LA?

St. Tammany Parish has 64 grocery stores on map listings as of September 2026. 33 of them (52%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 40 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023, up 21.2% from 2019.

How much do households in St. Tammany Parish, LA spend on groceries?

About $656.1M a year, or $6,244 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 64 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $10.3M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 105,082 households in St. Tammany Parish and national spending patterns by income.

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

St. Tammany Parish has 6.1 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $10.3M, 10% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the national ratio of grocery stores to household spending, St. Tammany Parish would have about 71, against 64 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,627 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S. The official count rose 21.2% from 2019 to 2023, against 0.0% for the U.S.

How fast is St. Tammany Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put St. Tammany Parish at 279,108 people in 2025, up 5.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 105,082 households. Median household income in St. Tammany Parish is $81,202, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 17.9%, 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. St. Tammany Parish scores 71 for grocery stores (upper middle), #390 of 2,070 scored counties.

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