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Convenience stores in Hawaii County, HI
How Hawaii County, HI 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 61 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #730 of 2,261 scored counties
#2 of 4 scored counties in Hawaii
- Listings
- 74
- 27 chain locations (36%)
- Official establishments
- 21
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $448.2M
- On groceries · $6,051 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.1M
- 23% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.0
- 25% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 210,043
- +4.6% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on groceries in Hawaii County comes to about $448.2M a year: $6,051 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. Spread across 74 convenience stores, that is $6.1M per store, 23% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
There are 74 convenience stores on map listings in Hawaii County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 36% of them, against 60% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 10.0, 25% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in Hawaii County was 21 in 2023. That is one for every 3,527 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $50K has gone to businesses classed as convenience stores in Hawaii County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Hawaii County grew 4.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for convenience stores in Hawaii County is 61 (upper middle), #730 of 2,261 scored counties and #2 of 4 scored counties in Hawaii.
How Hawaii County compares
The same measures for Hawaii 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 | Hawaii County | Hawaii | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.0 | 7.6 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $6.1M | $8.6M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,527 | 2,782 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +20.4% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.6% | −1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,051 | $6,546 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $78,639 | $100,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 61 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17 → 21
- Employees, 2023
- 317
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $8.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 7427 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 57The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $50K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as convenience stores in Hawaii County, 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 Hawaii County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 210,043+4.6% since 2020
- Households
- 74,072
- Median age
- 44.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 4,028 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 51
- Median household income
- $78,639+26.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $106,737
- Median home value
- $519,300
- Jobs located here
- 69,607
- Daytime population
- 224,838Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Hawaii
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Honolulu County, HI | 61 | 223 | 6.6 | $10.1M | −2.3% | #704 of 2,261 |
| 2Hawaii County, HI | 61 | 74 | 10.0 | $6.1M | +4.6% | #730 of 2,261 |
| 3Maui County, HI | 53 | 50 | 9.0 | $7.3M | −2.5% | #1,009 of 2,261 |
| 4Kauai County, HI | 50 | 27 | 11.4 | $5.6M | +0.3% | #1,128 of 2,261 |
Other business types in Hawaii County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores48
- Grocery stores49
- Convenience stores61
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 Hawaii County, HI?
As of September 2026, map listings count 74 convenience stores in Hawaii County. 27 of them (36%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in Hawaii County, HI spend on groceries?
About $448.2M a year, or $6,051 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 74 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $6.1M per store. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 74,072 households in Hawaii County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hawaii County, HI compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Hawaii County has 10.0 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 25% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $6.1M, 23% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Hawaii County would have about 57, against 74 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,527 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
How fast is Hawaii County, HI growing?
Population estimates put Hawaii County at 210,043 people in 2025, up 4.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 74,072 households. The median household income in Hawaii County is $78,639 a year, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.0% 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. Hawaii County scores 61 for convenience stores (upper middle), #730 of 2,261 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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