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Convenience stores in Sedgwick County, KS

How Sedgwick County, KS compares with other counties and the U.S. for convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 78 out of 100: High

Ranked #221 of 2,261 scored counties
#4 of 31 scored counties in Kansas

Listings
124
97 chain locations (78%)
Official establishments
20
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$1.2B
On groceries · $5,903 a household
Spending per listing
$9.8M
25% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.0
25% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
538,433
+2.6% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Sedgwick County scores 78 (high) on the Groundwork market score for convenience stores, ranking #221 of 2,261 scored counties and #4 of 31 scored counties in Kansas. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for convenience stores.

Households in Sedgwick County spend about $1.2B a year on groceries, or $5,903 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. Spread across 124 convenience stores, that is $9.8M per store, 25% above the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.

Sedgwick County has 124 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 78% of them, against 60% across the U.S. That is 6.0 per 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.

In 2023, official counts showed 20 businesses with payroll in Sedgwick County classed as convenience stores. That is one for every 10,338 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. Population estimates show Sedgwick County grew 2.6% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Sedgwick 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.

Convenience stores in Sedgwick County, KS compared with Kansas and the U.S.
MeasureSedgwick CountyKansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.07.18.0
Spending per listing$9.8M$8.6M$7.9M
Households per official establishment10,33812,7623,493
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+37.3%+22.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.6%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,903$6,053$6,319
Median household income$69,365$74,275$80,734
Groundwork market score7858

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
11 → 20
Employees, 2023
53
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
12497 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
155The 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 Sedgwick 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 Sedgwick County

Population, 2025 estimate
538,433+2.6% since 2020
Households
206,768
Median age
37.3
Homes lived in by their owners
63%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
997 sq. mi.
People per square mile
530
Median household income
$69,365+22.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$94,235
Median home value
$203,300
Jobs located here
261,004
Daytime population
549,658Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Convenience stores across Kansas

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The highest-scoring counties in Kansas for convenience stores, numbered among those based in Kansas, with Sedgwick County marked.

Top counties in Kansas

Counties in Kansas ranked for convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Johnson County, KS93893.6$19.3M+4.2%#13 of 2,261
2Leavenworth County, KS88113.6$17.4M+3.2%#52 of 2,261
3Butler County, KS83103.9$15.7M+3.1%#111 of 2,261
4Sedgwick County, KS781246.0$9.8M+2.6%#221 of 2,261
5Douglas County, KS76204.0$15.1M+1.8%#267 of 2,261
6Shawnee County, KS69273.6$16.4M0.0%#447 of 2,261
7Franklin County, KS6965.8$10.3M+1.1%#453 of 2,261
8Harvey County, KS6385.8$10.1M−1.2%#643 of 2,261
9Jefferson County, KS6368.1$7.7M−0.2%#653 of 2,261
10Dickinson County, KS6267.5$7.8M+1.4%#680 of 2,261

Other business types in Sedgwick County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many convenience stores are in Sedgwick County, KS?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 124 convenience stores in Sedgwick County. 97 of them (78%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 20 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.

How much do households in Sedgwick County, KS spend on groceries?

About $1.2B a year, or $5,903 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 124 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $9.8M 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 206,768 households in Sedgwick County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Sedgwick County, KS compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?

Sedgwick County has 6.0 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $9.8M, 25% above the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Sedgwick County would have about 155, against 124 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 10,338 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.

How fast is Sedgwick County, KS growing?

Population estimates put Sedgwick County at 538,433 people in 2025, up 2.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 206,768 households. The median household income in Sedgwick County is $69,365 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.7% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Sedgwick County scores 78 for convenience stores (high), #221 of 2,261 scored counties.

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