SNAP-authorized stores in Kentucky
4,479 stores were authorized to accept SNAP benefits in Kentucky on Dec 31, 2025, the last day of the USDA file.
Leasing, buying or supplying a store? A dated SNAP authorization report ($19) — or a whole territory, with the stores that opened and closed.
By store type
Stores that joined and left the program
| Year | Authorizations started | Authorizations ended |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 331 | 421 |
| 2024 | 394 | 347 |
| 2023 | 467 | 414 |
| 2022 | 395 | 405 |
| 2021 | 426 | 337 |
Counted from the authorization periods in the file. An ended authorization is not a penalty: the file gives no reason.
By city
- Albany — 12
- Alexandria — 11
- Ashland — 43
- Barbourville — 19
- Bardstown — 28
- Beattyville — 12
- Benton — 19
- Berea — 27
- Bowling Green — 128
- Brandenburg — 15
- Burkesville — 12
- Cadiz — 18
- Calvert City — 12
- Campbellsville — 34
- Carlisle — 11
- Carrollton — 14
- Cave City — 12
- Central City — 13
- Columbia — 23
- Corbin — 48
- Covington — 45
- Cynthiana — 21
- Danville — 27
- Elizabethtown — 53
- Erlanger — 20
- Flatwoods — 10
- Flemingsburg — 12
- Florence — 53
- Frankfort — 48
- Franklin — 21
- Georgetown — 33
- Glasgow — 44
- Grayson — 23
- Greensburg — 11
- Greenup — 12
- Greenville — 11
- Hardinsburg — 10
- Harlan — 15
- Harrodsburg — 18
- Hazard — 28
- Henderson — 41
- Hindman — 10
- Hodgenville — 13
- Hopkinsville — 44
- Horse Cave — 10
- Independence — 14
- Inez — 10
- Irvine — 13
- Jackson — 18
- La Grange — 12
- Lancaster — 13
- Lawrenceburg — 19
- Lebanon — 15
- Leitchfield — 25
- Lexington — 251
- Liberty — 19
- London — 64
- Louisa — 19
- Louisville — 605
- Madisonville — 33
- Manchester — 27
- Mayfield — 34
- Maysville — 21
- Mckee — 10
- Middlesboro — 17
- Monticello — 22
- Morehead — 32
- Morgantown — 11
- Mount Sterling — 30
- Mount Vernon — 13
- Mount Washington — 13
- Munfordville — 12
- Murray — 27
- Newport — 17
- Nicholasville — 41
- Oak Grove — 16
- Olive Hill — 13
- Owensboro — 85
- Owenton — 11
- Owingsville — 10
- Paducah — 65
- Paintsville — 17
- Paris — 17
- Pikeville — 32
- Pineville — 12
- Prestonsburg — 23
- Princeton — 16
- Radcliff — 24
- Richmond — 57
- Russell Springs — 21
- Russellville — 20
- Salyersville — 16
- Scottsville — 17
- Shelbyville — 25
- Shepherdsville — 37
- Somerset — 64
- Stanford — 16
- Taylorsville — 10
- Versailles — 18
- Vine Grove — 10
- Walton — 12
- West Liberty — 16
- Whitesburg — 14
- Williamsburg — 29
- Winchester — 32
Smaller places of Kentucky — 1,123 stores.