Groceries and convenience · Metro area · Indiana
Convenience stores in the Terre Haute, IN metro area
How the Terre Haute, IN metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #158 of 387 scored metro areas
#7 of 12 scored metro areas based in Indiana
- Listings
- 42
- 19 chain locations (45%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $372.2M
- On groceries · $5,524 a household
- Spending per listing
- $8.9M
- 12% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.2
- 22% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 169,241
- +0.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 42 convenience stores in the Terre Haute metro area. Chain locations make up 45% of them, against 60% across the U.S. That comes to 6.2 for every 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
At $5,524 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in the Terre Haute metro area spend about $372.2M a year on groceries. That works out to $8.9M per store, 12% 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 the Terre Haute metro area was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 22,458 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $945K has gone to businesses classed as convenience stores in the Terre Haute metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Terre Haute metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Terre Haute metro area scores 56 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for convenience stores, ranking #158 of 387 scored metro areas and #7 of 12 scored metro areas based in Indiana.
How the Terre Haute metro area 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 | Terre Haute metro area | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.2 | 5.9 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $8.9M | $10.1M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 22,458 | 8,993 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +30.2% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.3% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,524 | $5,959 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $56,594 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 56 | 65 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 0
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $87K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4219 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 47The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $945K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as convenience stores in the Terre Haute metro area, 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 Terre Haute metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 169,241+0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 67,374
- Median age
- 39.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,465 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 115
- Median household income
- $56,594
- Average household income
- $78,125
- Median home value
- $143,500
- Jobs located here
- 62,390
- Daytime population
- 165,337Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Indiana market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Indiana for convenience stores, numbered among those based in Indiana (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Terre Haute metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN | 86 | 372 | 4.4 | $14.1M | +5.4% | #4 of 387 |
| 2Fort Wayne, IN | 77 | 87 | 4.8 | $12.4M | +3.9% | #30 of 387 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 72 | 1,638 | 4.5 | $14.4M | 0.0% | #50 of 387 |
| 3Evansville, IN | 66 | 78 | 6.8 | $8.6M | +1.6% | #85 of 387 |
| 4Columbus, IN | 66 | 27 | 8.1 | $7.6M | +4.3% | #87 of 387 |
| 5Bloomington, IN | 65 | 32 | 4.7 | $12.3M | +2.0% | #89 of 387 |
| Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 65 | 379 | 6.8 | $8.9M | +2.9% | #94 of 387 |
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 64 | 529 | 5.8 | $10.7M | +2.7% | #101 of 387 |
| 6South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI | 58 | 78 | 6.1 | $9.7M | +0.1% | #145 of 387 |
| 7Terre Haute, IN | 56 | 42 | 6.2 | $8.9M | +0.3% | #158 of 387 |
Other business types in the Terre Haute metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores54
- Grocery stores52
- Convenience stores56
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 Terre Haute, IN metro area?
There are 42 convenience stores on map listings in the Terre Haute metro area as of September 2026. 19 of them (45%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in the Terre Haute, IN metro area spend on groceries?
About $372.2M a year, or $5,524 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 42 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $8.9M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 67,374 households in the Terre Haute metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Terre Haute, IN metro area compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
The Terre Haute metro area has 6.2 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $8.9M, 12% above the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the national ratio of convenience stores to household spending, the Terre Haute metro area would have about 47, against 42 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 22,458 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
How fast is the Terre Haute, IN metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Terre Haute metro area at 169,241 people in 2025, up 0.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 67,374 households. Median household income in the Terre Haute metro area is $56,594, 30% below 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 Terre Haute metro area scores 56 for convenience stores (upper middle), #158 of 387 scored metro areas.
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