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Convenience stores in Shawnee County, KS

How Shawnee 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 69 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #447 of 2,261 scored counties
#6 of 31 scored counties in Kansas

Listings
27
11 chain locations (41%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$441.6M
On groceries · $5,852 a household
Spending per listing
$16.4M
2.1 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.6
55% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
178,607
0.0% 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

Household spending on groceries in Shawnee County comes to about $441.6M a year: $5,852 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That works out to $16.4M per store, 2.1 times the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.

Shawnee County has 27 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 11 are chain locations, or 41%, against 60% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.6, 55% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for convenience stores in Shawnee County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates put the population change in Shawnee County from 2020 to 2025 at 0.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Shawnee County scores 69 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for convenience stores, ranking #447 of 2,261 scored counties and #6 of 31 scored counties in Kansas. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Shawnee 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 Shawnee County, KS compared with Kansas and the U.S.
MeasureShawnee CountyKansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.67.18.0
Spending per listing$16.4M$8.6M$7.9M
Households per official establishmentn/a12,7623,493
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+37.3%+22.0%
Population growth, 2020–20250.0%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,852$6,053$6,319
Median household income$67,104$74,275$80,734
Groundwork market score6958

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
2711 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
56The 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 Shawnee 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 Shawnee County

Population, 2025 estimate
178,6070.0% since 2020
Households
75,458
Median age
40.6
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
544 sq. mi.
People per square mile
327
Median household income
$67,104+18.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$88,163
Median home value
$180,900
Jobs located here
103,349
Daytime population
200,016Residents 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 Shawnee 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 Shawnee County

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

Questions

How many convenience stores are in Shawnee County, KS?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 27 convenience stores in Shawnee County. 11 of them (41%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in Shawnee County: counts under 3 are left out.

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

About $441.6M a year, or $5,852 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 27 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $16.4M 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 75,458 households in Shawnee County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Shawnee County has 3.6 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 55% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $16.4M, 2.1 times the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Shawnee County would have about 56, against 27 on map listings.

How fast is Shawnee County, KS growing?

Population estimates put Shawnee County at 178,607 people in 2025, unchanged since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 75,458 households. The median household income in Shawnee County is $67,104 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 18.2% 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. Shawnee County scores 69 for convenience stores (upper middle), #447 of 2,261 scored counties.

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