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Convenience stores in Antrim County, MI
The convenience stores in Antrim County, MI, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,383 of 2,261 scored counties
#46 of 75 scored counties in Michigan
- Listings
- 16
- 7 chain locations (44%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $65.8M
- On groceries · $5,924 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.1M
- 48% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.4
- 80% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 24,698
- +5.3% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Antrim County spend about $65.8M a year on groceries, or $5,924 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. Spread across 16 convenience stores, that is $4.1M per store, 48% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
Antrim County has 16 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 7 of them (44%) are chain locations, against 60% across the U.S. That is 14.4 per 10,000 households, 80% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in Antrim County in 2023. That is one for every 2,220 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $100K has gone to businesses classed as convenience stores in Antrim County.
Population estimates show Antrim County grew 5.3% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For convenience stores, Antrim County has a Groundwork market score of 43 (lower middle): #1,383 of 2,261 scored counties and #46 of 75 scored counties in Michigan.
How Antrim County 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 | Antrim County | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.4 | 6.9 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.1M | $8.8M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,220 | 4,841 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.9% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.3% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,924 | $6,009 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $72,054 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5
- Employees, 2023
- 4
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $304K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 167 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $100K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as convenience stores in Antrim 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 Antrim County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 24,698+5.3% since 2020
- Households
- 11,100
- Median age
- 51.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 86%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 476 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 51
- Median household income
- $72,054+28.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,682
- Median home value
- $255,500
- Jobs located here
- 4,614
- Daytime population
- 20,391Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Michigan
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ottawa County, MI | 87 | 62 | 5.6 | $11.5M | +3.9% | #69 of 2,261 |
| 2Livingston County, MI | 86 | 30 | 3.9 | $17.2M | +1.7% | #78 of 2,261 |
| 3Kent County, MI | 83 | 125 | 4.9 | $12.8M | +2.5% | #115 of 2,261 |
| 4Oakland County, MI | 82 | 193 | 3.6 | $18.3M | +1.2% | #125 of 2,261 |
| 5Washtenaw County, MI | 80 | 50 | 3.3 | $19.4M | −0.4% | #158 of 2,261 |
| 6Monroe County, MI | 80 | 25 | 4.0 | $15.4M | +0.7% | #159 of 2,261 |
| 7Leelanau County, MI | 77 | 8 | 8.3 | $8M | +3.0% | #257 of 2,261 |
| 8Clinton County, MI | 76 | 14 | 4.4 | $14.4M | +1.6% | #268 of 2,261 |
| 9Macomb County, MI | 73 | 167 | 4.7 | $13.1M | +0.7% | #339 of 2,261 |
| 10Lapeer County, MI | 73 | 25 | 7.2 | $8.5M | +1.0% | #349 of 2,261 |
| 46Antrim County, MI | 43 | 16 | 14.4 | $4.1M | +5.3% | #1,383 of 2,261 |
Other business types in Antrim County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores38
- Grocery stores40
- Convenience stores43
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 Antrim County, MI?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 16 convenience stores in Antrim County. 7 of them (44%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in Antrim County, MI spend on groceries?
About $65.8M a year, or $5,924 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $4.1M 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 11,100 households in Antrim County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Antrim County, MI compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Antrim County has 14.4 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 80% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $4.1M, 48% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Antrim County would have about 8, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,220 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
How fast is Antrim County, MI growing?
Population estimates put Antrim County at 24,698 people in 2025, up 5.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,100 households. The median household income in Antrim County is $72,054 a year, 11% 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. Antrim County scores 43 for convenience stores (lower middle), #1,383 of 2,261 scored counties.
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