Groceries and convenience · Metro area · Nevada
Convenience stores in the Reno, NV metro area
The convenience stores in the Reno, NV metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 59 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #141 of 387 scored metro areas
#1 of 3 scored metro areas based in Nevada
- Listings
- 166
- 109 chain locations (66%)
- Official establishments
- 76
- +8.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.4B
- On groceries · $6,242 a household
- Spending per listing
- $8.5M
- 7% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.4
- 7% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 578,734
- +5.0% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 166 convenience stores in the Reno metro area. Chain locations make up 66% of them, against 60% across the U.S. That is 7.4 per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
At $6,242 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in the Reno metro area spend about $1.4B a year on groceries. Spread across 166 convenience stores, that is $8.5M per store, 7% above the U.S. figure of $7.9M. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade.
In 2023, official counts showed 76 businesses with payroll in the Reno metro area classed as convenience stores, up 8.6% from 2019. That is one for every 2,960 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $388K have gone to businesses classed as convenience stores in the Reno metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Reno metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +5.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Reno metro area scores 59 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for convenience stores, ranking #141 of 387 scored metro areas and #1 of 3 scored metro areas based in Nevada.
How the Reno metro area compares
The same measures for Nevada 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 | Reno metro area | Nevada | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.4 | 8.2 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $8.5M | $7.3M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,960 | 3,446 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +8.6% | +22.5% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.0% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,242 | $6,037 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $87,485 | $78,260 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 59 | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 76+8.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 399
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $8.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 166109 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 178The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $388K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as convenience stores in the Reno 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 Reno metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 578,734+5.0% since 2020
- Households
- 224,933
- Median age
- 40.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 8,583 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 66
- Median household income
- $87,485
- Average household income
- $118,079
- Median home value
- $502,300
- Jobs located here
- 274,907
- Daytime population
- 561,282Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Nevada
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Reno, NV | 59 | 166 | 7.4 | $8.5M | +5.0% | #141 of 387 |
| 2Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV | 54 | 712 | 8.3 | $7.3M | +5.8% | #175 of 387 |
| 3Carson City, NV | 32 | 19 | 8.0 | $7.3M | −0.2% | #307 of 387 |
Other business types in the Reno 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 stores70
- Grocery stores79
- Convenience stores59
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 Reno, NV metro area?
There are 166 convenience stores on map listings in the Reno metro area as of September 2026. 109 of them (66%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 76 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023, up 8.6% from 2019.
How much do households in the Reno, NV metro area spend on groceries?
About $1.4B a year, or $6,242 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 166 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $8.5M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 224,933 households in the Reno metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Reno, NV metro area compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
The Reno metro area has 7.4 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $8.5M, 7% above the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the national ratio of convenience stores to household spending, the Reno metro area would have about 178, against 166 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,960 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. The official count rose 8.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +22.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Reno, NV metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Reno metro area at 578,734 people in 2025, up 5.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 224,933 households. Median household income in the Reno metro area is $87,485, 8% above 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 Reno metro area scores 59 for convenience stores (upper middle), #141 of 387 scored metro areas.
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