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Convenience stores in Ness County, KS
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for convenience stores in Ness County, KS, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 4
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $6.9M
- On groceries · $5,948 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.7M
- 78% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 34.5
- 4.3 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 2,617
- −2.1% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on groceries in Ness County comes to about $6.9M a year: $5,948 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.7M per store, 78% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
There are 4 convenience stores on map listings in Ness County as of September 2026. That is 34.5 per 10,000 households, 4.3 times the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for convenience stores in Ness County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Ness County declined 2.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Ness 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 | Ness County | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 34.5 | 7.1 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.7M | $8.6M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 12,762 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +37.3% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.1% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,948 | $6,053 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $68,616 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 58 |
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
- 40 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1The 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 Ness 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 Ness County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 2,617−2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 1,161
- Median age
- 45.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.6
- Land area
- 1,075 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2
- Median household income
- $68,616
- Average household income
- $98,174
- Median home value
- $89,700
- Jobs located here
- 1,075
- Daytime population
- 2,608Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Ness County?
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Every Kansas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Kansas for convenience stores, numbered among those based in Kansas, with Ness 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 |
| Ness County, KS | Not scored | 4 | 34.5 | $1.7M | −2.1% |
Other business types in Ness County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores
- Grocery stores
- Convenience stores
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 Ness County, KS?
As of September 2026, map listings count 4 convenience stores in Ness County. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in Ness County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Ness County, KS spend on groceries?
About $6.9M a year, or $5,948 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.7M 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 1,161 households in Ness County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ness County, KS compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Ness County has 34.5 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 4.3 times the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $1.7M, 78% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Ness County would have about 1, against 4 on map listings.
How fast is Ness County, KS growing?
Population estimates put Ness County at 2,617 people in 2025, down 2.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,161 households. The median household income in Ness County is $68,616 a year, 15% 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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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