Groceries and convenience · County · Missouri
Convenience stores in Ray County, MO
How Ray 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 62 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #682 of 2,261 scored counties
#18 of 72 scored counties in Missouri
- Listings
- 7
- 5 chain locations (71%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $53.9M
- On groceries · $5,915 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.7M
- 2% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.7
- 4% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 23,398
- +1.1% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 7 convenience stores in Ray County. 5 of them (71%) are chain locations, against 60% across the U.S. That comes to 7.7 for every 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Household spending on groceries in Ray County comes to about $53.9M a year: $5,915 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. Spread across 7 convenience stores, that is $7.7M per store, 2% below 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 Ray County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Ray County grew 1.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For convenience stores, Ray County has a Groundwork market score of 62 (upper middle): #682 of 2,261 scored counties and #18 of 72 scored counties in Missouri.
How Ray 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 | Ray County | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.7 | 8.2 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $7.7M | $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 | +1.1% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,915 | $5,947 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $74,573 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 62 | 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
- 75 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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 Ray 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 Ray County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 23,398+1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 9,116
- Median age
- 42.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 569 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 41
- Median household income
- $74,573+20.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,338
- Median home value
- $198,800
- Jobs located here
- 4,281
- Daytime population
- 16,549Residents 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 Ray 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 |
| 18Ray County, MO | 62 | 7 | 7.7 | $7.7M | +1.1% | #682 of 2,261 |
Other business types in Ray County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores64
- Grocery stores
- Convenience stores62
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 Ray County, MO?
Ray County has 7 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 5 of them (71%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in Ray County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Ray County, MO spend on groceries?
About $53.9M a year, or $5,915 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $7.7M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,116 households in Ray County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ray County, MO compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Ray County has 7.7 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $7.7M, 2% below 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 Ray County, MO growing?
Population estimates put Ray County at 23,398 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,116 households. Median household income in Ray County is $74,573, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.4%, 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. Ray County scores 62 for convenience stores (upper middle), #682 of 2,261 scored counties.
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