Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · Nebraska
Convenience stores in the Beatrice, NE area
The convenience stores in the Beatrice, NE area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 65 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #127 of 529 scored small-town markets
#6 of 9 scored small-town markets based in Nebraska
- Listings
- 7
- 2 chain locations (29%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $53.8M
- On groceries · $5,773 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.7M
- 2% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.5
- 6% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 21,711
- +0.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 convenience stores in the Beatrice area. Chain locations make up 29% of them, against 60% across the U.S. That is 7.5 per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
At $5,773 per household (9% below the U.S. average), households in the Beatrice area spend about $53.8M a year on groceries. 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 the Beatrice area: counts under 3 aren’t published. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $415K have gone to businesses classed as convenience stores in the Beatrice area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Beatrice area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Beatrice area scores 65 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for convenience stores, ranking #127 of 529 scored small-town markets and #6 of 9 scored small-town markets based in Nebraska. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.
How the Beatrice area compares
The same measures for Nebraska 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 | Beatrice area | Nebraska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.5 | 7.7 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $7.7M | $7.9M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 13,756 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +56.8% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.2% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,773 | $6,088 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $67,247 | $76,475 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 65 | 63 |
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
- 7The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $415K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as convenience stores in the Beatrice 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 Beatrice area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 21,711+0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 9,327
- Median age
- 43.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 852 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 25
- Median household income
- $67,247+26.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $83,338
- Median home value
- $174,000
- Jobs located here
- 8,371
- Daytime population
- 18,346Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Nebraska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Fremont, NE | 82 | 9 | 5.9 | $10M | +2.6% | #13 of 529 |
| 2Columbus, NE | 82 | 13 | 7.5 | $8M | +3.8% | #14 of 529 |
| 3Kearney, NE | 80 | 16 | 7.0 | $8.6M | +1.9% | #22 of 529 |
| 4Norfolk, NE | 74 | 12 | 6.1 | $9.5M | +1.1% | #54 of 529 |
| 5Scottsbluff, NE | 66 | 10 | 6.5 | $8.7M | −1.2% | #118 of 529 |
| 6Beatrice, NE | 65 | 7 | 7.5 | $7.7M | +0.2% | #127 of 529 |
| 7Hastings, NE | 62 | 14 | 8.2 | $7.1M | −0.2% | #159 of 529 |
| 8Lexington, NE | 50 | 13 | 13.0 | $4.5M | +1.1% | #287 of 529 |
| 9North Platte, NE | 27 | 22 | 14.5 | $4M | −3.6% | #458 of 529 |
Other business types in the Beatrice area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores44
- Grocery stores36
- Convenience stores65
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 Beatrice, NE area?
There are 7 convenience stores on map listings in the Beatrice area as of September 2026. 2 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in the Beatrice area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Beatrice, NE area spend on groceries?
About $53.8M a year, or $5,773 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, 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 9,327 households in the Beatrice area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Beatrice, NE area compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
The Beatrice area has 7.5 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 6% 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 the Beatrice, NE area growing?
Population estimates put the Beatrice area at 21,711 people in 2025, up 0.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,327 households. Median household income in the Beatrice area is $67,247, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.6%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Beatrice area scores 65 for convenience stores (upper middle), #127 of 529 scored small-town markets.
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