Groceries and convenience · Metro area · Missouri
Convenience stores in the Joplin, MO-KS metro area
How the Joplin, MO-KS metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 44 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #241 of 387 scored metro areas
#7 of 8 scored metro areas based in Missouri
- Listings
- 86
- 53 chain locations (62%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $447.1M
- On groceries · $5,623 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.2M
- 34% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.8
- 35% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 208,796
- +3.9% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Joplin metro area spend about $447.1M a year on groceries, or $5,623 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That works out to $5.2M per store, 34% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
There are 86 convenience stores on map listings in the Joplin metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 62% of them, against 60% across the U.S. That is 10.8 per 10,000 households, 35% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in the Joplin metro area in 2023. That is one for every 11,358 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $214K have gone to businesses classed as convenience stores in the Joplin metro area.
Population estimates show the Joplin metro area grew 3.9% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Joplin metro area scores 44 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for convenience stores, ranking #241 of 387 scored metro areas and #7 of 8 scored metro areas based in Missouri.
How the Joplin metro area 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 | Joplin metro area | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.8 | 8.2 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $5.2M | $7.3M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 11,358 | 8,305 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +33.0% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.9% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,623 | $5,947 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $61,901 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 44 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7
- Employees, 2023
- 46
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $857K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 8653 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 57The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $214K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as convenience stores in the Joplin metro 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 Joplin metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 208,796+3.9% since 2020
- Households
- 79,505
- Median age
- 38.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,851 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 110
- Median household income
- $61,901
- Average household income
- $80,895
- Median home value
- $165,500
- Jobs located here
- 85,555
- Daytime population
- 203,238Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Missouri market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Missouri for convenience stores, numbered among those based in Missouri, with the Joplin metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kansas City, MO-KS | 79 | 520 | 5.8 | $10.8M | +3.4% | #23 of 387 |
| 2Springfield, MO | 68 | 132 | 6.6 | $8.7M | +5.1% | #71 of 387 |
| 3Columbia, MO | 67 | 69 | 8.0 | $7.5M | +3.9% | #79 of 387 |
| 4St. Louis, MO-IL | 61 | 849 | 7.3 | $8.5M | −0.2% | #121 of 387 |
| 5Jefferson City, MO | 55 | 52 | 8.9 | $6.7M | +2.2% | #168 of 387 |
| 6Cape Girardeau, MO-IL | 48 | 33 | 8.6 | $6.7M | +1.7% | #217 of 387 |
| 7Joplin, MO-KS | 44 | 86 | 10.8 | $5.2M | +3.9% | #241 of 387 |
| 8St. Joseph, MO-KS | 34 | 49 | 10.5 | $5.5M | −2.0% | #299 of 387 |
Other business types in the Joplin metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores40
- Grocery stores34
- Convenience stores44
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 the Joplin, MO-KS metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 86 convenience stores in the Joplin metro area. 53 of them (62%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in the Joplin, MO-KS metro area spend on groceries?
About $447.1M a year, or $5,623 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 86 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $5.2M 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 79,505 households in the Joplin metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Joplin, MO-KS metro area compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
The Joplin metro area has 10.8 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 35% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $5.2M, 34% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, the Joplin metro area would have about 57, against 86 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 11,358 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
How fast is the Joplin, MO-KS metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Joplin metro area at 208,796 people in 2025, up 3.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 79,505 households. The median household income in the Joplin metro area is $61,901 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 Joplin metro area scores 44 for convenience stores (lower middle), #241 of 387 scored metro areas.
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