Groceries and convenience · Metro area · Michigan
Convenience stores in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI metro area
The convenience stores in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #187 of 387 scored metro areas
#7 of 15 scored metro areas based in Michigan
- Listings
- 127
- 78 chain locations (61%)
- Official establishments
- 58
- +11.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.2B
- On groceries · $5,959 a household
- Spending per listing
- $9.1M
- 16% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.5
- 19% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 479,722
- +1.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 127 convenience stores in the Lansing-East Lansing metro area. Chain locations make up 61% of them, against 60% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.5, 19% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Households in the Lansing-East Lansing metro area spend about $1.2B a year on groceries, or $5,959 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. Spread across 127 convenience stores, that is $9.1M per store, 16% above the U.S. figure of $7.9M. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in the Lansing-East Lansing metro area was 58 in 2023, up 11.5% from 2019. That is one for every 3,348 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $350K has gone to businesses classed as convenience stores in the Lansing-East Lansing metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Lansing-East Lansing metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +1.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For convenience stores, the Lansing-East Lansing metro area has a Groundwork market score of 52 (upper middle): #187 of 387 scored metro areas and #7 of 15 scored metro areas based in Michigan.
How the Lansing-East Lansing 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 | Lansing-East Lansing metro area | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.5 | 6.9 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $9.1M | $8.8M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,348 | 4,841 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +11.5% | +5.9% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.4% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,959 | $6,009 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $72,550 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 52 | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 58+11.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 392
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $9.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 12778 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 147The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $350K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as convenience stores in the Lansing-East Lansing 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 Lansing-East Lansing metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 479,722+1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 194,163
- Median age
- 38.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,699 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 278
- Median household income
- $72,550
- Average household income
- $94,775
- Median home value
- $216,700
- Jobs located here
- 232,664
- Daytime population
- 512,361Residents 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 Lansing-East Lansing 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 Lansing-East Lansing 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 stores56
- Grocery stores62
- Convenience stores52
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 Lansing-East Lansing, MI metro area?
There are 127 convenience stores on map listings in the Lansing-East Lansing metro area as of September 2026. 78 of them (61%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 58 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023, up 11.5% from 2019.
How much do households in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI metro area spend on groceries?
About $1.2B a year, or $5,959 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 127 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $9.1M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 194,163 households in the Lansing-East Lansing metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Lansing-East Lansing, MI metro area compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
The Lansing-East Lansing metro area has 6.5 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $9.1M, 16% above the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the national ratio of convenience stores to household spending, the Lansing-East Lansing metro area would have about 147, against 127 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,348 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. The official count rose 11.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +22.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Lansing-East Lansing, MI metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Lansing-East Lansing metro area at 479,722 people in 2025, up 1.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 194,163 households. Median household income in the Lansing-East Lansing metro area is $72,550, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Lansing-East Lansing metro area scores 52 for convenience stores (upper middle), #187 of 387 scored metro areas.
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