Groceries and convenience · County · Massachusetts
Convenience stores in Middlesex County, MA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for convenience stores in Middlesex County, MA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 69 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #450 of 2,261 scored counties
#3 of 13 scored counties in Massachusetts
- Listings
- 405
- 172 chain locations (42%)
- Official establishments
- 367
- +2.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $5B
- On groceries · $7,915 a household
- Spending per listing
- $12.4M
- 57% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.4
- 20% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,669,979
- +2.8% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Middlesex County spend about $5B a year on groceries, or $7,915 per household, 25% above the U.S. average. Spread across 405 convenience stores, that is $12.4M per store, 57% above the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
Middlesex County has 405 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 42% of them, against 60% across the U.S. That is 6.4 per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in Middlesex County was 367 in 2023, up 2.2% from 2019. That is one for every 1,728 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 12 SBA-backed loans worth $2.3M have gone to businesses classed as convenience stores in Middlesex County.
Population estimates show Middlesex County grew 2.8% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For convenience stores, Middlesex County has a Groundwork market score of 69 (upper middle): #450 of 2,261 scored counties and #3 of 13 scored counties in Massachusetts. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Middlesex County compares
The same measures for Massachusetts 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 | Middlesex County | Massachusetts | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.4 | 8.1 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $12.4M | $9.1M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,728 | 1,591 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +2.2% | +3.4% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.8% | +2.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $7,915 | $7,382 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $130,847 | $103,960 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 69 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 359 → 367+2.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,082
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $27.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 405172 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 637The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 12
- Amount
- $2.3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as convenience stores in Middlesex 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 Middlesex County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,669,979+2.8% since 2020
- Households
- 634,215
- Median age
- 40.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 818 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2,003
- Median household income
- $130,847+27.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $178,065
- Median home value
- $727,800
- Jobs located here
- 949,767
- Daytime population
- 1,753,217Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Massachusetts market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Massachusetts for convenience stores, numbered among those based in Massachusetts, with Middlesex County marked.
Top counties in Massachusetts
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hampshire County, MA | 77 | 47 | 7.6 | $9.2M | +10.4% | #252 of 2,261 |
| 2Norfolk County, MA | 69 | 180 | 6.4 | $12.5M | +2.2% | #449 of 2,261 |
| 3Middlesex County, MA | 69 | 405 | 6.4 | $12.4M | +2.8% | #450 of 2,261 |
| 4Worcester County, MA | 67 | 282 | 8.4 | $8.5M | +3.7% | #520 of 2,261 |
| 5Plymouth County, MA | 66 | 177 | 8.7 | $8.7M | +3.5% | #544 of 2,261 |
| 6Nantucket County, MA | 66 | 5 | 9.5 | $8.7M | +3.6% | #545 of 2,261 |
| 7Essex County, MA | 64 | 232 | 7.4 | $9.9M | +2.3% | #614 of 2,261 |
| 8Barnstable County, MA | 60 | 98 | 9.3 | $7.8M | +2.4% | #754 of 2,261 |
| 9Bristol County, MA | 58 | 220 | 9.4 | $7.3M | +2.9% | #824 of 2,261 |
| 10Suffolk County, MA | 57 | 235 | 7.2 | $10M | +0.1% | #847 of 2,261 |
Other business types in Middlesex County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores70
- Grocery stores74
- Convenience stores69
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 Middlesex County, MA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 405 convenience stores in Middlesex County. 172 of them (42%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 367 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023, up 2.2% from 2019.
How much do households in Middlesex County, MA spend on groceries?
About $5B a year, or $7,915 per household. That is 25% above the U.S. average (an index of 125, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 405 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $12.4M 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 634,215 households in Middlesex County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Middlesex County, MA compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Middlesex County has 6.4 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $12.4M, 57% above the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Middlesex County would have about 637, against 405 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,728 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. The official count rose 2.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +22.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Middlesex County, MA growing?
Population estimates put Middlesex County at 1,669,979 people in 2025, up 2.8% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 634,215 households. The median household income in Middlesex County is $130,847 a year, 62% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.5% 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. Middlesex County scores 69 for convenience stores (upper middle), #450 of 2,261 scored counties.
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