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Convenience stores in Renville County, MN
The convenience stores in Renville County, MN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,678 of 2,261 scored counties
#56 of 63 scored counties in Minnesota
- Listings
- 8
- 5 chain locations (63%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $35.7M
- On groceries · $5,891 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.5M
- 43% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.2
- 65% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 14,356
- −2.3% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Renville County spend about $35.7M a year on groceries, or $5,891 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. Spread across 8 convenience stores, that is $4.5M per store, 43% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
Renville County has 8 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 5 of them (63%) are chain locations, against 60% across the U.S. That comes to 13.2 for every 10,000 households, 65% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for convenience stores in Renville County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Renville County declined 2.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Renville County scores 34 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for convenience stores, ranking #1,678 of 2,261 scored counties and #56 of 63 scored counties in Minnesota.
How Renville County 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 | Renville County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.2 | 7.5 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.5M | $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 | −2.3% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,891 | $6,414 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $70,625 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 34 | 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
- 85 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 Renville 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 Renville County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 14,356−2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 6,056
- Median age
- 43.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 983 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 15
- Median household income
- $70,625+19.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,051
- Median home value
- $163,200
- Jobs located here
- 5,418
- Daytime population
- 12,602Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Washington County, MN | 92 | 66 | 6.3 | $11.2M | +6.9% | #22 of 2,261 |
| 2Dakota County, MN | 91 | 102 | 5.8 | $11.6M | +3.9% | #28 of 2,261 |
| 3Sherburne County, MN | 89 | 23 | 6.5 | $10.4M | +6.8% | #46 of 2,261 |
| 4Scott County, MN | 89 | 39 | 7.1 | $10M | +5.1% | #48 of 2,261 |
| 5Carver County, MN | 89 | 31 | 7.5 | $9.6M | +6.6% | #50 of 2,261 |
| 6Anoka County, MN | 88 | 99 | 7.2 | $9.2M | +4.7% | #64 of 2,261 |
| 7Olmsted County, MN | 85 | 40 | 6.0 | $11.1M | +2.3% | #90 of 2,261 |
| 8Wright County, MN | 85 | 51 | 9.4 | $7.1M | +11.1% | #95 of 2,261 |
| 9Le Sueur County, MN | 84 | 6 | 5.2 | $12.4M | +2.9% | #99 of 2,261 |
| 10Hennepin County, MN | 83 | 235 | 4.4 | $15.3M | +0.2% | #112 of 2,261 |
| 56Renville County, MN | 34 | 8 | 13.2 | $4.5M | −2.3% | #1,678 of 2,261 |
Other business types in Renville County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores49
- Grocery stores
- Convenience stores34
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 Renville County, MN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 convenience stores in Renville County. 5 of them (63%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in Renville County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Renville County, MN spend on groceries?
About $35.7M a year, or $5,891 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $4.5M 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 6,056 households in Renville County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Renville County, MN compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Renville County has 13.2 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 65% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $4.5M, 43% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Renville County would have about 5, against 8 on map listings.
How fast is Renville County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Renville County at 14,356 people in 2025, down 2.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,056 households. The median household income in Renville County is $70,625 a year, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 19.7% 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. Renville County scores 34 for convenience stores (lower middle), #1,678 of 2,261 scored counties.
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