Groceries and convenience · County · Iowa
Convenience stores in Bremer County, IA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for convenience stores in Bremer County, IA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #992 of 2,261 scored counties
#24 of 60 scored counties in Iowa
- Listings
- 11
- 10 chain locations (91%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $60.3M
- On groceries · $6,205 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.5M
- 30% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.3
- 41% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 25,296
- +1.1% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 11 convenience stores in Bremer County. 10 of them (91%) are chain locations, against 60% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 11.3, 41% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Households in Bremer County spend about $60.3M a year on groceries, or $6,205 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. That is about $5.5M of household spending for each store on map listings, 30% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in Bremer County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Bremer County grew 1.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Bremer County scores 54 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for convenience stores, ranking #992 of 2,261 scored counties and #24 of 60 scored counties in Iowa.
How Bremer County compares
The same measures for Iowa 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 | Bremer County | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.3 | 8.4 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $5.5M | $7.2M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 11,747 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +67.2% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.1% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,205 | $6,036 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $86,784 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1110 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Bremer 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 Bremer County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 25,296+1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 9,716
- Median age
- 39.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 436 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 58
- Median household income
- $86,784+23.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $108,261
- Median home value
- $219,600
- Jobs located here
- 9,443
- Daytime population
- 21,993Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Iowa market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Iowa for convenience stores, numbered among those based in Iowa, with Bremer County marked.
Top counties in Iowa
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Dallas County, IA | 94 | 27 | 6.4 | $10.7M | +17.8% | #12 of 2,261 |
| 2Johnson County, IA | 84 | 29 | 4.6 | $13.4M | +4.6% | #97 of 2,261 |
| 3Polk County, IA | 84 | 152 | 7.4 | $8.5M | +4.8% | #108 of 2,261 |
| 4Warren County, IA | 84 | 16 | 7.7 | $8.3M | +9.0% | #109 of 2,261 |
| 5Story County, IA | 83 | 16 | 4.1 | $14.5M | +2.7% | #114 of 2,261 |
| 6Linn County, IA | 76 | 66 | 6.9 | $8.9M | +0.7% | #279 of 2,261 |
| 7Pottawattamie County, IA | 71 | 25 | 6.6 | $9M | −0.7% | #404 of 2,261 |
| 8Madison County, IA | 71 | 6 | 9.0 | $7M | +3.8% | #413 of 2,261 |
| 9Washington County, IA | 70 | 5 | 5.6 | $10.8M | +0.6% | #421 of 2,261 |
| 10Marion County, IA | 70 | 10 | 7.5 | $8.1M | +2.3% | #434 of 2,261 |
| 24Bremer County, IA | 54 | 11 | 11.3 | $5.5M | +1.1% | #992 of 2,261 |
Other business types in Bremer County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores73
- Grocery stores66
- Convenience stores54
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 Bremer County, IA?
Bremer County has 11 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 10 of them (91%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in Bremer County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Bremer County, IA spend on groceries?
About $60.3M a year, or $6,205 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $5.5M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,716 households in Bremer County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Bremer County, IA compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Bremer County has 11.3 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 41% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $5.5M, 30% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the national ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Bremer County would have about 8, against 11 on map listings.
How fast is Bremer County, IA growing?
Population estimates put Bremer County at 25,296 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,716 households. Median household income in Bremer County is $86,784, 7% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.3%, 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. Bremer County scores 54 for convenience stores (upper middle), #992 of 2,261 scored counties.
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