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Convenience stores in Carroll County, MO

How Carroll County, MO 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
6
2 chain locations (33%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$19.7M
On groceries · $5,599 a household
Spending per listing
$3.3M
58% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
17.0
2.1 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
8,417
−0.6% 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

Household spending on groceries in Carroll County comes to about $19.7M a year: $5,599 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.3M per store, 58% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.

There are 6 convenience stores on map listings in Carroll County as of September 2026. 2 of them (33%) are chain locations, against 60% across the U.S. That is 17.0 per 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for convenience stores in Carroll County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Carroll County declined 0.6%, 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 Carroll County compares

The same measures for Missouri 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 Carroll County, MO compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasureCarroll CountyMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households17.08.28.0
Spending per listing$3.3M$7.3M$7.9M
Households per official establishmentn/a8,3053,493
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+33.0%+22.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.6%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,599$5,947$6,319
Median household income$62,154$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored47

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
62 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 Carroll 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 Carroll County

Population, 2025 estimate
8,417−0.6% since 2020
Households
3,522
Median age
44.3
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
695 sq. mi.
People per square mile
12
Median household income
$62,154
Average household income
$82,695
Median home value
$117,500
Jobs located here
2,547
Daytime population
6,930Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Convenience stores across Missouri

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The highest-scoring counties in Missouri for convenience stores, numbered among those based in Missouri, with Carroll County marked.

Top counties in Missouri

Counties in Missouri ranked for convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Platte County, MO92214.8$13.8M+6.7%#20 of 2,261
2Christian County, MO90144.0$15.5M+8.3%#33 of 2,261
3Clay County, MO87636.2$10.3M+4.3%#71 of 2,261
4St. Charles County, MO871267.8$8.6M+4.9%#74 of 2,261
5Cass County, MO86276.2$10.1M+7.1%#84 of 2,261
6Lincoln County, MO85167.0$8.8M+11.4%#92 of 2,261
7Warren County, MO79117.9$7.8M+9.2%#202 of 2,261
8Jefferson County, MO75778.7$7.1M+2.7%#307 of 2,261
9St. Louis County, MO742596.3$10.2M−1.2%#315 of 2,261
10Boone County, MO74567.3$8.2M+4.2%#323 of 2,261
Carroll County, MONot scored617.0$3.3M−0.6%

Other business types in Carroll County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many convenience stores are in Carroll County, MO?

As of September 2026, map listings count 6 convenience stores in Carroll County. 2 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in Carroll County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Carroll County, MO spend on groceries?

About $19.7M a year, or $5,599 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.3M 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 3,522 households in Carroll County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Carroll County, MO compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?

Carroll County has 17.0 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $3.3M, 58% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Carroll County would have about 3, against 6 on map listings.

How fast is Carroll County, MO growing?

Population estimates put Carroll County at 8,417 people in 2025, down 0.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,522 households. The median household income in Carroll County is $62,154 a year, 23% 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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How the score works · Top markets for convenience stores · All 56 business types in Carroll County

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