Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · Michigan
Convenience stores in the Petoskey, MI area
How the Petoskey, 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 38 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #389 of 529 scored small-town markets
#14 of 18 scored small-town markets based in Michigan
- Listings
- 26
- 8 chain locations (31%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $94M
- On groceries · $6,185 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.6M
- 54% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.1
- 2.1 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 33,775
- −1.0% since 2020
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What this means
At $6,185 per household (2% below the U.S. average), households in the Petoskey area spend about $94M a year on groceries. That is about $3.6M of household spending for each store on map listings, 54% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
The Petoskey area has 26 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 8 of them (31%) are chain locations, against 60% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 17.1, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for convenience stores in the Petoskey area, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates show the Petoskey area declined 1.0% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for convenience stores in the Petoskey area is 38 (lower middle), #389 of 529 scored small-town markets and #14 of 18 scored small-town markets based in Michigan.
How the Petoskey 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 | Petoskey area | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.1 | 6.9 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3.6M | $8.8M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 4,841 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.9% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.0% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,185 | $6,009 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $78,112 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 38 | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 268 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The 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 the Petoskey 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 Petoskey area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 33,775−1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 15,190
- Median age
- 46.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 468 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 73
- Median household income
- $78,112
- Average household income
- $109,768
- Median home value
- $315,700
- Jobs located here
- 15,430
- Daytime population
- 36,226Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Michigan market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Michigan for convenience stores, numbered among those based in Michigan, with the Petoskey area marked.
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 |
| 14Petoskey, MI | 38 | 26 | 17.1 | $3.6M | −1.0% | #389 of 529 |
Other business types in the Petoskey area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores28
- Grocery stores25
- Convenience stores38
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 Petoskey, MI area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 26 convenience stores in the Petoskey area. 8 of them (31%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in the Petoskey area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Petoskey, MI area spend on groceries?
About $94M a year, or $6,185 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 26 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.6M 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 15,190 households in the Petoskey area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Petoskey, MI area compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
The Petoskey area has 17.1 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $3.6M, 54% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, the Petoskey area would have about 12, against 26 on map listings.
How fast is the Petoskey, MI area growing?
Population estimates put the Petoskey area at 33,775 people in 2025, down 1.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 15,190 households. The median household income in the Petoskey area is $78,112 a year, 3% 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. 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 Petoskey area scores 38 for convenience stores (lower middle), #389 of 529 scored small-town markets.
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