Groceries and convenience · County · Connecticut
Convenience stores in the Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT
How the Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT compares with other counties and the U.S. for convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 84 out of 100: High
Ranked #102 of 2,261 scored counties
#2 of 9 scored counties in Connecticut
- Listings
- 32
- 25 chain locations (78%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $343.3M
- On groceries · $7,175 a household
- Spending per listing
- $10.7M
- 36% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.7
- 16% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 114,690
- +2.2% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for convenience stores in the Northwest Hills Planning Region is 84 (high), #102 of 2,261 scored counties and #2 of 9 scored counties in Connecticut. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for convenience stores.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 32 convenience stores in the Northwest Hills Planning Region. 25 of them (78%) are chain locations, against 60% across the U.S. That comes to 6.7 for every 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Household spending on groceries in the Northwest Hills Planning Region comes to about $343.3M a year: $7,175 per household, 14% above the U.S. average. That is about $10.7M of household spending for each store on map listings, 36% above the U.S. figure of $7.9M. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade.
Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in the Northwest Hills Planning Region in 2023. That is one for every 6,835 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $800K have gone to businesses classed as convenience stores in the Northwest Hills Planning Region. Population estimates put the population change in the Northwest Hills Planning Region from 2020 to 2025 at +2.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Northwest Hills Planning Region compares
The same measures for Connecticut and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all groceries by the convenience 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 | Northwest Hills Planning Region | Connecticut | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.7 | 6.0 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $10.7M | $12.1M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 6,835 | 3,138 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +25.6% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.2% | +3.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $7,175 | $7,222 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $93,551 | $95,781 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 84 | 74 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7
- Employees, 2023
- 19
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $338K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3225 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 44The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $800K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as convenience stores in the Northwest Hills Planning Region, 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 Northwest Hills Planning Region
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 114,690+2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 47,845
- Median age
- 47.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 787 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 144
- Median household income
- $93,551
- Average household income
- $131,679
- Median home value
- $335,600
- Jobs located here
- 36,871
- Daytime population
- 93,666Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Connecticut market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Connecticut for convenience stores, numbered among those based in Connecticut, with the Northwest Hills Planning Region marked.
Top counties in Connecticut
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Western Connecticut Planning Region, CT | 86 | 119 | 5.1 | $15.7M | +3.5% | #80 of 2,261 |
| 2Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT | 84 | 32 | 6.7 | $10.7M | +2.2% | #102 of 2,261 |
| 3Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT | 80 | 42 | 5.7 | $13.1M | +2.3% | #162 of 2,261 |
| 4Capitol Planning Region, CT | 78 | 222 | 5.7 | $12.6M | +3.1% | #216 of 2,261 |
| 5Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT | 77 | 69 | 5.8 | $12.4M | +4.1% | #242 of 2,261 |
| 6Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT | 74 | 114 | 6.3 | $11M | +3.2% | #313 of 2,261 |
| 7Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT | 73 | 29 | 7.4 | $9.6M | +3.0% | #345 of 2,261 |
| 8South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT | 71 | 136 | 5.9 | $11.9M | +2.5% | #393 of 2,261 |
| 9Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT | 70 | 91 | 7.9 | $8.8M | +2.0% | #431 of 2,261 |
Other business types in the Northwest Hills Planning Region
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores78
- Grocery stores71
- Convenience stores84
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many convenience stores are in the Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT?
There are 32 convenience stores on map listings in the Northwest Hills Planning Region as of September 2026. 25 of them (78%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in the Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT spend on groceries?
About $343.3M a year, or $7,175 per household. That is 14% above the U.S. average (an index of 114, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 32 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $10.7M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 47,845 households in the Northwest Hills Planning Region and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
The Northwest Hills Planning Region has 6.7 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $10.7M, 36% above the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the national ratio of convenience stores to household spending, the Northwest Hills Planning Region would have about 44, against 32 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,835 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
How fast is the Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT growing?
Population estimates put the Northwest Hills Planning Region at 114,690 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 47,845 households. Median household income in the Northwest Hills Planning Region is $93,551, 16% above the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Northwest Hills Planning Region scores 84 for convenience stores (high), #102 of 2,261 scored counties.
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