Groceries and convenience · County · Kansas
Convenience stores in Riley County, KS
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for convenience stores in Riley County, KS, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 51 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,080 of 2,261 scored counties
#13 of 31 scored counties in Kansas
- Listings
- 24
- 10 chain locations (42%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $158.3M
- On groceries · $5,716 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.6M
- 16% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.7
- 9% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 72,598
- +0.8% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 24 convenience stores in Riley County. Of those, 10 are chain locations, or 42%, against 60% across the U.S. That comes to 8.7 for every 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Households in Riley County spend about $158.3M a year on groceries, or $5,716 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. Spread across 24 convenience stores, that is $6.6M per store, 16% 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 Riley County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Riley County grew 0.8%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For convenience stores, Riley County has a Groundwork market score of 51 (upper middle): #1,080 of 2,261 scored counties and #13 of 31 scored counties in Kansas.
How Riley 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 | Riley County | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.7 | 7.1 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $6.6M | $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 | +0.8% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,716 | $6,053 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $61,098 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 51 | 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
- 2410 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 20The 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 Riley 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 Riley County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 72,598+0.8% since 2020
- Households
- 27,695
- Median age
- 30.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 46%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 610 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 118
- Median household income
- $61,098+19.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,486
- Median home value
- $237,100
- Jobs located here
- 27,758
- Daytime population
- 75,612Residents 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 Riley 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 |
| 13Riley County, KS | 51 | 24 | 8.7 | $6.6M | +0.8% | #1,080 of 2,261 |
Other business types in Riley County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores67
- Grocery stores64
- Convenience stores51
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 Riley County, KS?
There are 24 convenience stores on map listings in Riley County as of September 2026. 10 of them (42%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in Riley County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Riley County, KS spend on groceries?
About $158.3M a year, or $5,716 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 24 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $6.6M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 27,695 households in Riley County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Riley County, KS compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Riley County has 8.7 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $6.6M, 16% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the national ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Riley County would have about 20, against 24 on map listings.
How fast is Riley County, KS growing?
Population estimates put Riley County at 72,598 people in 2025, up 0.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 27,695 households. Median household income in Riley County is $61,098, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.3%, 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. Riley County scores 51 for convenience stores (upper middle), #1,080 of 2,261 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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