Groceries and convenience · County · Michigan
Convenience stores in Ionia County, MI
How Ionia County, MI compares with other counties and the U.S. for convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 65 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #573 of 2,261 scored counties
#17 of 75 scored counties in Michigan
- Listings
- 15
- 9 chain locations (60%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $137.6M
- On groceries · $5,890 a household
- Spending per listing
- $9.2M
- 16% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.4
- 20% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 66,557
- −0.5% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Ionia County spend about $137.6M a year on groceries, or $5,890 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That works out to $9.2M per store, 16% above the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
Ionia County has 15 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 9 are chain locations, or 60%, against 60% across the U.S. That is 6.4 per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in Ionia County in 2023. That is one for every 4,671 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Ionia County declined 0.5% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For convenience stores, Ionia County has a Groundwork market score of 65 (upper middle): #573 of 2,261 scored counties and #17 of 75 scored counties in Michigan.
How Ionia 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 | Ionia County | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.4 | 6.9 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $9.2M | $8.8M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,671 | 4,841 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.9% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.5% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,890 | $6,009 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $75,611 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 65 | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 50
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $960K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 159 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 18The 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 Ionia 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 Ionia County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 66,557−0.5% since 2020
- Households
- 23,355
- Median age
- 39.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 571 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 117
- Median household income
- $75,611+32.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $88,563
- Median home value
- $198,500
- Jobs located here
- 18,430
- Daytime population
- 58,714Residents 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 |
| 17Ionia County, MI | 65 | 15 | 6.4 | $9.2M | −0.5% | #573 of 2,261 |
Other business types in Ionia County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores60
- Grocery stores60
- Convenience stores65
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 Ionia County, MI?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 15 convenience stores in Ionia County. 9 of them (60%) 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 Ionia County, MI spend on groceries?
About $137.6M a year, or $5,890 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $9.2M 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 23,355 households in Ionia County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ionia County, MI compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Ionia County has 6.4 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $9.2M, 16% above the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Ionia County would have about 18, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,671 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
How fast is Ionia County, MI growing?
Population estimates put Ionia County at 66,557 people in 2025, down 0.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 23,355 households. The median household income in Ionia County is $75,611 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.6% 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. Ionia County scores 65 for convenience stores (upper middle), #573 of 2,261 scored counties.
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