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Groceries and convenience · Metro area · Massachusetts

Convenience stores in the Pittsfield, MA metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for convenience stores in the Pittsfield, MA metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 32 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #313 of 387 scored metro areas
#6 of 6 scored metro areas based in Massachusetts

Listings
150
125 chain locations (83%)
Official establishments
14
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$384.8M
On groceries · $6,683 a household
Spending per listing
$2.6M
67% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
26.0
3.3 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
128,224
−1.2% 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

For convenience stores, the Pittsfield metro area has a Groundwork market score of 32 (lower middle): #313 of 387 scored metro areas and #6 of 6 scored metro areas based in Massachusetts. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

Household spending on groceries in the Pittsfield metro area comes to about $384.8M a year: $6,683 per household, 6% above the U.S. average. Spread across 150 convenience stores, that is $2.6M per store, 67% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.

The Pittsfield metro area has 150 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 125 of them (83%) are chain locations, against 60% across the U.S. That comes to 26.0 for every 10,000 households, 3.3 times the U.S. rate of 8.0.

In 2023, official counts showed 14 businesses with payroll in the Pittsfield metro area classed as convenience stores. That is one for every 4,113 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Pittsfield metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −1.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How the Pittsfield metro area 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.

Convenience stores in Pittsfield, MA metro area compared with Massachusetts and the U.S.
MeasurePittsfield metro areaMassachusettsU.S.
Listings per 10k households26.08.18.0
Spending per listing$2.6M$9.1M$7.9M
Households per official establishment4,1131,5913,493
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+3.4%+22.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.2%+2.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$6,683$7,382$6,319
Median household income$76,013$103,960$80,734
Groundwork market score3255

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
14
Employees, 2023
52
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
150125 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
49The 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 the Pittsfield metro area, 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 the Pittsfield metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
128,224−1.2% since 2020
Households
57,585
Median age
47.3
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
927 sq. mi.
People per square mile
140
Median household income
$76,013+28.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$108,456
Median home value
$305,400
Jobs located here
55,400
Daytime population
126,538Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Convenience stores across Massachusetts

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Massachusetts for convenience stores, numbered among those based in Massachusetts (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Pittsfield metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Massachusetts

Metro areas in Massachusetts ranked for convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Amherst Town-Northampton, MA70477.6$9.2M+10.4%#64 of 387
2Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH601,4217.3$10.4M+2.3%#125 of 387
3Worcester, MA582828.4$8.5M+3.7%#149 of 387
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA535718.5$8.2M+2.1%#181 of 387
4Barnstable Town, MA51989.3$7.8M+2.4%#193 of 387
5Springfield, MA3519210.4$6.3M+0.2%#290 of 387
6Pittsfield, MA3215026.0$2.6M−1.2%#313 of 387

Other business types in the Pittsfield metro area

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

Questions

How many convenience stores are in the Pittsfield, MA metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 150 convenience stores in the Pittsfield metro area. 125 of them (83%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.

How much do households in the Pittsfield, MA metro area spend on groceries?

About $384.8M a year, or $6,683 per household. That is 6% above the U.S. average (an index of 106, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 150 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.6M 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 57,585 households in the Pittsfield metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Pittsfield, MA metro area compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?

The Pittsfield metro area has 26.0 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 3.3 times the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $2.6M, 67% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, the Pittsfield metro area would have about 49, against 150 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,113 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.

How fast is the Pittsfield, MA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Pittsfield metro area at 128,224 people in 2025, down 1.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 57,585 households. The median household income in the Pittsfield metro area is $76,013 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.3% 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. The Pittsfield metro area scores 32 for convenience stores (lower middle), #313 of 387 scored metro areas.

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