Groceries and convenience · County · Missouri
Convenience stores in Johnson County, MO
How Johnson County, MO compares with other counties and the U.S. for convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 72 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #368 of 2,261 scored counties
#12 of 72 scored counties in Missouri
- Listings
- 14
- 5 chain locations (36%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $122M
- On groceries · $5,787 a household
- Spending per listing
- $8.7M
- 11% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.6
- 17% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 56,670
- +4.9% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Johnson County spend about $122M a year on groceries, or $5,787 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. Spread across 14 convenience stores, that is $8.7M per store, 11% above the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
Johnson County has 14 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 36% of them, against 60% across the U.S. That is 6.6 per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for convenience stores in Johnson County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Johnson County grew 4.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Johnson County scores 72 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for convenience stores, ranking #368 of 2,261 scored counties and #12 of 72 scored counties in Missouri. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Johnson 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.
| Measure | Johnson County | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.6 | 8.2 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $8.7M | $7.3M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 8,305 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +33.0% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.9% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,787 | $5,947 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $67,272 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 72 | 47 |
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
- 145 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 16The 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 Johnson 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 Johnson County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 56,670+4.9% since 2020
- Households
- 21,087
- Median age
- 34.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 829 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 66
- Median household income
- $67,272+21.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $83,022
- Median home value
- $235,700
- Jobs located here
- 15,260
- Daytime population
- 47,747Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Missouri market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Missouri for convenience stores, numbered among those based in Missouri, with Johnson County marked.
Top counties in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Platte County, MO | 92 | 21 | 4.8 | $13.8M | +6.7% | #20 of 2,261 |
| 2Christian County, MO | 90 | 14 | 4.0 | $15.5M | +8.3% | #33 of 2,261 |
| 3Clay County, MO | 87 | 63 | 6.2 | $10.3M | +4.3% | #71 of 2,261 |
| 4St. Charles County, MO | 87 | 126 | 7.8 | $8.6M | +4.9% | #74 of 2,261 |
| 5Cass County, MO | 86 | 27 | 6.2 | $10.1M | +7.1% | #84 of 2,261 |
| 6Lincoln County, MO | 85 | 16 | 7.0 | $8.8M | +11.4% | #92 of 2,261 |
| 7Warren County, MO | 79 | 11 | 7.9 | $7.8M | +9.2% | #202 of 2,261 |
| 8Jefferson County, MO | 75 | 77 | 8.7 | $7.1M | +2.7% | #307 of 2,261 |
| 9St. Louis County, MO | 74 | 259 | 6.3 | $10.2M | −1.2% | #315 of 2,261 |
| 10Boone County, MO | 74 | 56 | 7.3 | $8.2M | +4.2% | #323 of 2,261 |
| 12Johnson County, MO | 72 | 14 | 6.6 | $8.7M | +4.9% | #368 of 2,261 |
Other business types in Johnson County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores78
- Grocery stores79
- Convenience stores72
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 Johnson County, MO?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 14 convenience stores in Johnson County. 5 of them (36%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in Johnson County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Johnson County, MO spend on groceries?
About $122M a year, or $5,787 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $8.7M 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 21,087 households in Johnson County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Johnson County, MO compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Johnson County has 6.6 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $8.7M, 11% above the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Johnson County would have about 16, against 14 on map listings.
How fast is Johnson County, MO growing?
Population estimates put Johnson County at 56,670 people in 2025, up 4.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 21,087 households. The median household income in Johnson County is $67,272 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.7% 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. Johnson County scores 72 for convenience stores (upper middle), #368 of 2,261 scored counties.
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