Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · Michigan
Convenience stores in the Adrian, MI area
How the Adrian, MI area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 71 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #77 of 529 scored small-town markets
#2 of 18 scored small-town markets based in Michigan
- Listings
- 22
- 9 chain locations (41%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $228.1M
- On groceries · $5,868 a household
- Spending per listing
- $10.4M
- 32% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.7
- 29% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 97,779
- −1.6% since 2020
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What this means
At $5,868 per household (7% below the U.S. average), households in the Adrian area spend about $228.1M a year on groceries. That is about $10.4M of household spending for each store on map listings, 32% above the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
There are 22 convenience stores on map listings in the Adrian area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 41% of them, against 60% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.7, 29% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
In 2023, official counts showed 8 businesses with payroll in the Adrian area classed as convenience stores. That is one for every 4,859 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $597K have gone to businesses classed as convenience stores in the Adrian area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Adrian area declined 1.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Adrian area scores 71 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for convenience stores, ranking #77 of 529 scored small-town markets and #2 of 18 scored small-town markets based in Michigan. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.
How the Adrian area compares
The same measures for Michigan 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 | Adrian area | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.7 | 6.9 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $10.4M | $8.8M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,859 | 4,841 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.9% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.6% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,868 | $6,009 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $70,518 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 71 | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8
- Employees, 2023
- 62
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 229 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 29The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $597K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as convenience stores in the Adrian 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 Adrian area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 97,779−1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 38,871
- Median age
- 42.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 750 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 131
- Median household income
- $70,518+27.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,684
- Median home value
- $196,800
- Jobs located here
- 24,864
- Daytime population
- 85,633Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Michigan
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Holland, MI | 75 | 45 | 9.9 | $6.3M | +2.1% | #53 of 529 |
| 2Adrian, MI | 71 | 22 | 5.7 | $10.4M | −1.6% | #77 of 529 |
| 3Marquette, MI | 67 | 30 | 10.6 | $5.4M | +2.3% | #115 of 529 |
| 4Owosso, MI | 66 | 21 | 7.5 | $7.8M | −0.4% | #120 of 529 |
| 5Hillsdale, MI | 61 | 14 | 7.8 | $7.3M | 0.0% | #164 of 529 |
| 6Houghton, MI | 60 | 14 | 9.1 | $6.2M | +1.8% | #178 of 529 |
| 7Sturgis, MI | 60 | 22 | 9.3 | $6.1M | +0.1% | #179 of 529 |
| 8Big Rapids, MI | 57 | 15 | 9.0 | $6.2M | +4.7% | #211 of 529 |
| 9Iron Mountain, MI-WI | 53 | 14 | 9.9 | $5.7M | +0.4% | #254 of 529 |
| 10Coldwater, MI | 51 | 19 | 11.2 | $5M | +2.5% | #278 of 529 |
Other business types in the Adrian area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores69
- Grocery stores66
- Convenience stores71
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 the Adrian, MI area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 22 convenience stores in the Adrian area. 9 of them (41%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in the Adrian, MI area spend on groceries?
About $228.1M a year, or $5,868 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 22 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $10.4M 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 38,871 households in the Adrian area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Adrian, MI area compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
The Adrian area has 5.7 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $10.4M, 32% above the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, the Adrian area would have about 29, against 22 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,859 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
How fast is the Adrian, MI area growing?
Population estimates put the Adrian area at 97,779 people in 2025, down 1.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 38,871 households. The median household income in the Adrian area is $70,518 a year, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.2% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Adrian area scores 71 for convenience stores (upper middle), #77 of 529 scored small-town markets.
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