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Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · Minnesota

Convenience stores in the Marshall, MN area

How the Marshall, MN 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 77 out of 100: High

Ranked #39 of 529 scored small-town markets
#3 of 18 scored small-town markets based in Minnesota

Listings
7
4 chain locations (57%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$60.5M
On groceries · $5,982 a household
Spending per listing
$8.6M
10% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.9
14% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
25,684
+1.0% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

The Marshall area scores 77 (high) on the Groundwork market score for convenience stores, ranking #39 of 529 scored small-town markets and #3 of 18 scored small-town markets based in Minnesota. That puts it in the top 10% of small-town markets for convenience stores.

Household spending on groceries in the Marshall area comes to about $60.5M a year: $5,982 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. That works out to $8.6M per store, 10% above the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.

The Marshall area has 7 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (57%) are chain locations, against 60% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.9, 14% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for convenience stores in the Marshall area, since they leave out counts under 3. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Marshall area grew 1.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Marshall 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.

Convenience stores in Marshall, MN area compared with Minnesota and the U.S.
MeasureMarshall areaMinnesotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.97.58.0
Spending per listing$8.6M$8.6M$7.9M
Households per official establishmentn/a15,2843,493
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−4.4%+22.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.0%+2.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,982$6,414$6,319
Median household income$75,303$89,062$80,734
Groundwork market score7766

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
74 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
0
Amount
$0

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as convenience stores in the Marshall 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 Marshall area

Population, 2025 estimate
25,684+1.0% since 2020
Households
10,108
Median age
38.1
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
714 sq. mi.
People per square mile
36
Median household income
$75,303+30.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$95,405
Median home value
$200,700
Jobs located here
20,576
Daytime population
33,035Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Convenience stores across Minnesota

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Minnesota for convenience stores, numbered among those based in Minnesota, with the Marshall area marked.

Top small-town markets in Minnesota

Small-town markets in Minnesota ranked for convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Faribault-Northfield, MN89177.2$8.6M+4.2%#2 of 529
2Austin, MN80117.0$8.5M+2.3%#23 of 529
3Marshall, MN7776.9$8.6M+1.0%#39 of 529
4Owatonna, MN73127.9$7.8M+0.2%#62 of 529
5Red Wing, MN73178.6$7.1M+1.3%#65 of 529
6Winona, MN71178.4$7M+1.8%#83 of 529
7Detroit Lakes, MN64149.7$6.1M+0.9%#139 of 529
8Alexandria, MN632112.0$5.1M+2.6%#152 of 529
9Bemidji, MN62189.9$5.9M+1.8%#160 of 529
10Albert Lea, MN60107.8$7.5M−1.5%#173 of 529

Other business types in the Marshall area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many convenience stores are in the Marshall, MN area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 convenience stores in the Marshall area. 4 of them (57%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in the Marshall area: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in the Marshall, MN area spend on groceries?

About $60.5M a year, or $5,982 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $8.6M 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 10,108 households in the Marshall area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Marshall, MN area compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?

The Marshall area has 6.9 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $8.6M, 10% above the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, the Marshall area would have about 8, against 7 on map listings.

How fast is the Marshall, MN area growing?

Population estimates put the Marshall area at 25,684 people in 2025, up 1.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 10,108 households. The median household income in the Marshall area is $75,303 a year, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.4% 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. 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 Marshall area scores 77 for convenience stores (high), #39 of 529 scored small-town markets.

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How the score works · Top markets for convenience stores · All 56 business types in the Marshall area

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