Groceries and convenience · Metro area · Michigan
Convenience stores in the Ann Arbor, MI metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for convenience stores in the Ann Arbor, MI metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 75 out of 100: High
Ranked #36 of 387 scored metro areas
#2 of 15 scored metro areas based in Michigan
- Listings
- 50
- 24 chain locations (48%)
- Official establishments
- 18
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $970.6M
- On groceries · $6,447 a household
- Spending per listing
- $19.4M
- 2.5 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.3
- 59% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 370,214
- −0.4% since 2020
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What this means
For convenience stores, the Ann Arbor metro area has a Groundwork market score of 75 (high): #36 of 387 scored metro areas and #2 of 15 scored metro areas based in Michigan. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for convenience stores.
Household spending on groceries in the Ann Arbor metro area comes to about $970.6M a year: $6,447 per household, 2% above the U.S. average. That is about $19.4M of household spending for each store on map listings, 2.5 times the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
The Ann Arbor metro area has 50 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 48% of them, against 60% across the U.S. That is 3.3 per 10,000 households, 59% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in the Ann Arbor metro area was 18 in 2023. That is one for every 8,364 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $50K has gone to businesses classed as convenience stores in the Ann Arbor metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Ann Arbor metro area declined 0.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Ann Arbor metro 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 | Ann Arbor metro area | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.3 | 6.9 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $19.4M | $8.8M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 8,364 | 4,841 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.9% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.4% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,447 | $6,009 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $89,180 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 75 | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 18
- Employees, 2023
- 90
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5024 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 123The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $50K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as convenience stores in the Ann Arbor 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 Ann Arbor metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 370,214−0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 150,550
- Median age
- 38.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 706 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 524
- Median household income
- $89,180+22.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $124,750
- Median home value
- $374,100
- Jobs located here
- 186,868
- Daytime population
- 409,361Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Michigan market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Michigan for convenience stores, numbered among those based in Michigan (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Ann Arbor metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Michigan
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI | 76 | 245 | 5.6 | $11.2M | +2.8% | #32 of 387 |
| 2Ann Arbor, MI | 75 | 50 | 3.3 | $19.4M | −0.4% | #36 of 387 |
| 3Monroe, MI | 74 | 25 | 4.0 | $15.4M | +0.7% | #41 of 387 |
| 4Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | 65 | 842 | 4.8 | $12.9M | +0.1% | #88 of 387 |
| 5Kalamazoo-Portage, MI | 61 | 72 | 6.7 | $9M | +0.8% | #120 of 387 |
| 6Midland, MI | 58 | 20 | 5.7 | $10.7M | +0.3% | #144 of 387 |
| South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI | 58 | 78 | 6.1 | $9.7M | +0.1% | #145 of 387 |
| 7Lansing-East Lansing, MI | 52 | 127 | 6.5 | $9.1M | +1.4% | #187 of 387 |
| 8Traverse City, MI | 49 | 70 | 10.7 | $5.8M | +2.2% | #212 of 387 |
| 9Flint, MI | 40 | 121 | 7.2 | $7.9M | −1.1% | #256 of 387 |
Other business types in the Ann Arbor metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores71
- Grocery stores58
- Convenience stores75
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 Ann Arbor, MI metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 50 convenience stores in the Ann Arbor metro area. 24 of them (48%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in the Ann Arbor, MI metro area spend on groceries?
About $970.6M a year, or $6,447 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 50 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $19.4M 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 150,550 households in the Ann Arbor metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Ann Arbor, MI metro area compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
The Ann Arbor metro area has 3.3 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 59% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $19.4M, 2.5 times the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, the Ann Arbor metro area would have about 123, against 50 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,364 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
How fast is the Ann Arbor, MI metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Ann Arbor metro area at 370,214 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 150,550 households. The median household income in the Ann Arbor metro area is $89,180 a year, 10% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.9% 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 Ann Arbor metro area scores 75 for convenience stores (high), #36 of 387 scored metro areas.
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