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Convenience stores in Maries County, MO

How Maries 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
7
2 chain locations (29%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$19.1M
On groceries · $5,576 a household
Spending per listing
$2.7M
65% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
20.4
2.6 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
8,397
−0.7% 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 Maries County comes to about $19.1M a year: $5,576 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. Spread across 7 convenience stores, that is $2.7M per store, 65% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.

There are 7 convenience stores on map listings in Maries County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 29% of them, against 60% across the U.S. That is 20.4 per 10,000 households, 2.6 times the U.S. rate of 8.0.

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

Population estimates put the population change in Maries County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.7%, 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 Maries 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 Maries County, MO compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasureMaries CountyMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households20.48.28.0
Spending per listing$2.7M$7.3M$7.9M
Households per official establishmentn/a8,3053,493
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+33.0%+22.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.7%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,576$5,947$6,319
Median household income$59,455$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
72 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2The 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 Maries 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 Maries County

Population, 2025 estimate
8,397−0.7% since 2020
Households
3,428
Median age
43.7
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
527 sq. mi.
People per square mile
16
Median household income
$59,455
Average household income
$75,171
Median home value
$219,100
Jobs located here
1,346
Daytime population
6,236Residents 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 Maries 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
Maries County, MONot scored720.4$2.7M−0.7%

Other business types in Maries 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 Maries County, MO?

As of September 2026, map listings count 7 convenience stores in Maries County. 2 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in Maries County: counts under 3 are left out.

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

About $19.1M a year, or $5,576 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.7M 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 3,428 households in Maries County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Maries County has 20.4 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 2.6 times the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $2.7M, 65% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Maries County would have about 2, against 7 on map listings.

How fast is Maries County, MO growing?

Population estimates put Maries County at 8,397 people in 2025, down 0.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,428 households. The median household income in Maries County is $59,455 a year, 26% 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 Maries County

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