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Convenience stores in Kauai County, HI
The convenience stores in Kauai County, HI, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,128 of 2,261 scored counties
#4 of 4 scored counties in Hawaii
- Listings
- 27
- 14 chain locations (52%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $152.5M
- On groceries · $6,451 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.6M
- 28% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.4
- 43% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 73,400
- +0.3% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Kauai County spend about $152.5M a year on groceries, or $6,451 per household, 2% above the U.S. average. That is about $5.6M of household spending for each store on map listings, 28% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
Kauai County has 27 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 14 of them (52%) are chain locations, against 60% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 11.4, 43% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in Kauai County was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 2,626 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Kauai County grew 0.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for convenience stores in Kauai County is 50 (upper middle), #1,128 of 2,261 scored counties and #4 of 4 scored counties in Hawaii.
How Kauai 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 | Kauai County | Hawaii | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.4 | 7.6 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $5.6M | $8.6M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,626 | 2,782 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +20.4% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.3% | −1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,451 | $6,546 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $97,668 | $100,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 133
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2714 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 19The 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 convenience stores in Kauai 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 Kauai County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 73,400+0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 23,632
- Median age
- 43.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 620 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 119
- Median household income
- $97,668+16.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $126,466
- Median home value
- $873,200
- Jobs located here
- 28,378
- Daytime population
- 63,469Residents 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 Kauai County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores31
- Grocery stores27
- Convenience stores50
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 Kauai County, HI?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 27 convenience stores in Kauai County. 14 of them (52%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in Kauai County, HI spend on groceries?
About $152.5M a year, or $6,451 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 27 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $5.6M 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 23,632 households in Kauai County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Kauai County, HI compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Kauai County has 11.4 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 43% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $5.6M, 28% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Kauai County would have about 19, against 27 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,626 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
How fast is Kauai County, HI growing?
Population estimates put Kauai County at 73,400 people in 2025, up 0.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 23,632 households. The median household income in Kauai County is $97,668 a year, 21% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 16.9% 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. Kauai County scores 50 for convenience stores (upper middle), #1,128 of 2,261 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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