Groceries and convenience · Metro area · Minnesota
Convenience stores in the Duluth, MN-WI metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for convenience stores in the Duluth, MN-WI metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 28 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #328 of 387 scored metro areas
#5 of 5 scored metro areas based in Minnesota
- Listings
- 129
- 82 chain locations (64%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $713.5M
- On groceries · $5,928 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.5M
- 30% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.7
- 34% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 281,219
- +0.2% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for convenience stores in the Duluth metro area is 28 (lower middle), #328 of 387 scored metro areas and #5 of 5 scored metro areas based in Minnesota. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Households in the Duluth metro area spend about $713.5M a year on groceries, or $5,928 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That is about $5.5M of household spending for each store on map listings, 30% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
There are 129 convenience stores on map listings in the Duluth metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 64% of them, against 60% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 10.7, 34% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for convenience stores in the Duluth metro area, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates put the population change in the Duluth metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Duluth metro area compares
The same measures for Minnesota 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 | Duluth metro area | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.7 | 7.5 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $5.5M | $8.6M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 15,284 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −4.4% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.2% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,928 | $6,414 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $71,769 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 28 | 66 |
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
- 12982 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 91The 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 Duluth 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 Duluth metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 281,219+0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 120,365
- Median age
- 42.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 8,414 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 33
- Median household income
- $71,769
- Average household income
- $93,302
- Median home value
- $222,400
- Jobs located here
- 128,505
- Daytime population
- 284,674Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Minnesota market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Minnesota for convenience stores, numbered among those based in Minnesota (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Duluth metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fargo, ND-MN | 85 | 62 | 5.6 | $10.8M | +7.7% | #5 of 387 |
| 1Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 83 | 870 | 5.9 | $11.3M | +2.6% | #9 of 387 |
| 2Rochester, MN | 76 | 64 | 6.9 | $9.4M | +2.0% | #34 of 387 |
| Sioux Falls, SD-MN | 61 | 117 | 9.5 | $6.5M | +9.5% | #123 of 387 |
| 3Mankato, MN | 59 | 27 | 6.6 | $9.1M | +1.2% | #139 of 387 |
| 4St. Cloud, MN | 50 | 91 | 11.6 | $5.2M | +3.0% | #205 of 387 |
| La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN | 44 | 60 | 8.3 | $7.2M | +0.4% | #235 of 387 |
| Grand Forks, ND-MN | 32 | 45 | 10.3 | $5.7M | +0.8% | #310 of 387 |
| 5Duluth, MN-WI | 28 | 129 | 10.7 | $5.5M | +0.2% | #328 of 387 |
Other business types in the Duluth 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 stores48
- Grocery stores51
- Convenience stores28
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 Duluth, MN-WI metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 129 convenience stores in the Duluth metro area. 82 of them (64%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in the Duluth metro area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Duluth, MN-WI metro area spend on groceries?
About $713.5M a year, or $5,928 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 129 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $5.5M 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 120,365 households in the Duluth metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Duluth, MN-WI metro area compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
The Duluth metro area has 10.7 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 34% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $5.5M, 30% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, the Duluth metro area would have about 91, against 129 on map listings.
How fast is the Duluth, MN-WI metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Duluth metro area at 281,219 people in 2025, up 0.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 120,365 households. The median household income in the Duluth metro area is $71,769 a year, 11% 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 Duluth metro area scores 28 for convenience stores (lower middle), #328 of 387 scored metro areas.
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