Groceries and convenience · County · Kansas
Convenience stores in Johnson County, KS
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for convenience stores in Johnson County, KS, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 93 out of 100: Very high
Ranked #13 of 2,261 scored counties
#1 of 31 scored counties in Kansas
- Listings
- 89
- 75 chain locations (84%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $1.7B
- On groceries · $6,892 a household
- Spending per listing
- $19.3M
- 2.5 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.6
- 55% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 636,906
- +4.2% since 2020
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What this means
For convenience stores, Johnson County has a Groundwork market score of 93 (very high): #13 of 2,261 scored counties and #1 of 31 scored counties in Kansas. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for convenience stores.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 89 convenience stores in Johnson County. 75 of them (84%) are chain locations, against 60% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.6, 55% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Household spending on groceries in Johnson County comes to about $1.7B a year: $6,892 per household, 9% above the U.S. average. That is about $19.3M of household spending for each store on map listings, 2.5 times the U.S. figure of $7.9M. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade.
Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in Johnson County in 2023. That is one for every 14,678 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Johnson County grew 4.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Johnson County compares
The same measures for Kansas 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 | Johnson County | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.6 | 7.1 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $19.3M | $8.6M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 14,678 | 12,762 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +37.3% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.2% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,892 | $6,053 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $109,208 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 93 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12 → 17
- Employees, 2023
- 111
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 8975 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 218The 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 Johnson 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 Johnson County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 636,906+4.2% since 2020
- Households
- 249,531
- Median age
- 39.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 474 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,310
- Median household income
- $109,208+22.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $146,207
- Median home value
- $391,200
- Jobs located here
- 379,207
- Daytime population
- 678,980Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Kansas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Kansas for convenience stores, numbered among those based in Kansas, with Johnson County marked.
Top counties in Kansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johnson County, KS | 93 | 89 | 3.6 | $19.3M | +4.2% | #13 of 2,261 |
| 2Leavenworth County, KS | 88 | 11 | 3.6 | $17.4M | +3.2% | #52 of 2,261 |
| 3Butler County, KS | 83 | 10 | 3.9 | $15.7M | +3.1% | #111 of 2,261 |
| 4Sedgwick County, KS | 78 | 124 | 6.0 | $9.8M | +2.6% | #221 of 2,261 |
| 5Douglas County, KS | 76 | 20 | 4.0 | $15.1M | +1.8% | #267 of 2,261 |
| 6Shawnee County, KS | 69 | 27 | 3.6 | $16.4M | 0.0% | #447 of 2,261 |
| 7Franklin County, KS | 69 | 6 | 5.8 | $10.3M | +1.1% | #453 of 2,261 |
| 8Harvey County, KS | 63 | 8 | 5.8 | $10.1M | −1.2% | #643 of 2,261 |
| 9Jefferson County, KS | 63 | 6 | 8.1 | $7.7M | −0.2% | #653 of 2,261 |
| 10Dickinson County, KS | 62 | 6 | 7.5 | $7.8M | +1.4% | #680 of 2,261 |
Other business types in Johnson County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores89
- Grocery stores82
- Convenience stores93
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 Johnson County, KS?
There are 89 convenience stores on map listings in Johnson County as of September 2026. 75 of them (84%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in Johnson County, KS spend on groceries?
About $1.7B a year, or $6,892 per household. That is 9% above the U.S. average (an index of 109, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 89 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $19.3M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 249,531 households in Johnson County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Johnson County, KS compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Johnson County has 3.6 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 55% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $19.3M, 2.5 times the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the national ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Johnson County would have about 218, against 89 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 14,678 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
How fast is Johnson County, KS growing?
Population estimates put Johnson County at 636,906 people in 2025, up 4.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 249,531 households. Median household income in Johnson County is $109,208, 35% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.6%, 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. Johnson County scores 93 for convenience stores (very high), #13 of 2,261 scored counties.
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