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Convenience stores in Rock County, MN
How Rock County, MN compares with other counties and the U.S. for convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 3
- 2 chain locations (67%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $24.2M
- On groceries · $5,992 a household
- Spending per listing
- $8.1M
- 2% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.4
- 7% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 9,524
- −1.7% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 convenience stores in Rock County. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.4, 7% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Household spending on groceries in Rock County comes to about $24.2M a year: $5,992 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. That works out to $8.1M per store, 2% above the U.S. figure of $7.9M. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in Rock County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates put the population change in Rock County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Rock 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 | Rock County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.4 | 7.5 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $8.1M | $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 | −1.7% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,992 | $6,414 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $71,295 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 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
- 32 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 Rock 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 Rock County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 9,524−1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 4,035
- Median age
- 41.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 483 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 20
- Median household income
- $71,295
- Average household income
- $91,311
- Median home value
- $224,300
- Jobs located here
- 3,938
- Daytime population
- 8,459Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Rock County?
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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 |
| Rock County, MN | Not scored | 3 | 7.4 | $8.1M | −1.7% |
Other business types in Rock County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores
- Grocery stores
- Convenience stores
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 Rock County, MN?
There are 3 convenience stores on map listings in Rock County as of September 2026. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in Rock County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Rock County, MN spend on groceries?
About $24.2M a year, or $5,992 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $8.1M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,035 households in Rock County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Rock County, MN compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Rock County has 7.4 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $8.1M, 2% above the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending.
How fast is Rock County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Rock County at 9,524 people in 2025, down 1.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,035 households. Median household income in Rock County is $71,295, 12% 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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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