Groceries and convenience · County · Indiana
Convenience stores in Lake County, IN
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for convenience stores in Lake County, IN, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 76 out of 100: High
Ranked #273 of 2,261 scored counties
#13 of 78 scored counties in Indiana
- Listings
- 102
- 58 chain locations (57%)
- Official establishments
- 23
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.2B
- On groceries · $5,943 a household
- Spending per listing
- $11.4M
- 44% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.2
- 35% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 504,612
- +1.1% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 102 convenience stores in Lake County. Chain locations make up 57% of them, against 60% across the U.S. That is 5.2 per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Household spending on groceries in Lake County comes to about $1.2B a year: $5,943 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That works out to $11.4M per store, 44% above the U.S. figure of $7.9M. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in Lake County was 23 in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 8,484 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Lake County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Lake County scores 76 (high) on the Groundwork market score for convenience stores, ranking #273 of 2,261 scored counties and #13 of 78 scored counties in Indiana. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Lake County compares
The same measures for Indiana 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 | Lake County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.2 | 5.9 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $11.4M | $10.1M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 8,484 | 8,993 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | +30.2% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.1% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,943 | $5,959 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $71,493 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 76 | 65 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 23 → 230.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 51
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10258 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 147The 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 Lake 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 Lake County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 504,612+1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 195,130
- Median age
- 40.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 499 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,003
- Median household income
- $71,493+27.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,636
- Median home value
- $230,600
- Jobs located here
- 191,504
- Daytime population
- 472,818Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hamilton County, IN | 98 | 45 | 3.3 | $21.7M | +10.9% | #1 of 2,261 |
| 2Hendricks County, IN | 96 | 22 | 3.3 | $20.3M | +10.2% | #3 of 2,261 |
| 3Boone County, IN | 94 | 18 | 6.3 | $11M | +13.5% | #11 of 2,261 |
| 4Hancock County, IN | 93 | 19 | 5.7 | $11.5M | +13.5% | #16 of 2,261 |
| 5Johnson County, IN | 92 | 28 | 4.5 | $14.3M | +7.4% | #19 of 2,261 |
| 6Warrick County, IN | 88 | 12 | 4.8 | $13.5M | +4.4% | #53 of 2,261 |
| 7Allen County, IN | 84 | 73 | 4.7 | $12.7M | +4.2% | #98 of 2,261 |
| 8Morgan County, IN | 83 | 15 | 5.3 | $11.6M | +4.4% | #118 of 2,261 |
| 9Porter County, IN | 81 | 40 | 5.8 | $10.8M | +1.6% | #143 of 2,261 |
| 10Dearborn County, IN | 78 | 9 | 4.4 | $13.8M | +1.7% | #211 of 2,261 |
| 13Lake County, IN | 76 | 102 | 5.2 | $11.4M | +1.1% | #273 of 2,261 |
Other business types in Lake County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores68
- Grocery stores55
- Convenience stores76
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 Lake County, IN?
There are 102 convenience stores on map listings in Lake County as of September 2026. 58 of them (57%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 23 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023, unchanged from 2019.
How much do households in Lake County, IN spend on groceries?
About $1.2B a year, or $5,943 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 102 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $11.4M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 195,130 households in Lake County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lake County, IN compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Lake County has 5.2 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $11.4M, 44% above the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the national ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Lake County would have about 147, against 102 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,484 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +22.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Lake County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Lake County at 504,612 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 195,130 households. Median household income in Lake County is $71,493, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.4%, 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. Lake County scores 76 for convenience stores (high), #273 of 2,261 scored counties.
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