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Convenience stores in Orange County, NY

How Orange County, NY 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 69 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #458 of 2,261 scored counties
#8 of 61 scored counties in New York

Listings
107
74 chain locations (69%)
Official establishments
72
+38.5% since 2019
Household spending a year
$994.6M
On groceries · $7,175 a household
Spending per listing
$9.3M
18% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.7
4% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
417,669
+4.2% 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

Households in Orange County spend about $994.6M a year on groceries, or $7,175 per household, 14% above the U.S. average. That works out to $9.3M per store, 18% above the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.

Orange County has 107 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 69% of them, 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.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in Orange County was 72 in 2023, up 38.5% from 2019. That is one for every 1,925 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Orange County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Orange County scores 69 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for convenience stores, ranking #458 of 2,261 scored counties and #8 of 61 scored counties in New York. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Orange County compares

The same measures for New York 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 Orange County, NY compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureOrange CountyNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.76.18.0
Spending per listing$9.3M$11.5M$7.9M
Households per official establishment1,9251,8073,493
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+38.5%+36.9%+22.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.2%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$7,175$6,985$6,319
Median household income$97,178$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market score6954

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
52 → 72+38.5% over the period
Employees, 2023
199
Annual payroll, 2023
$4.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
10774 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
126The 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 Orange 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 Orange County

Population, 2025 estimate
417,669+4.2% since 2020
Households
138,608
Median age
38.0
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
812 sq. mi.
People per square mile
501
Median household income
$97,178+21.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$124,076
Median home value
$387,900
Jobs located here
147,445
Daytime population
375,981Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Convenience stores across New York

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The highest-scoring counties in New York for convenience stores, numbered among those based in New York, with Orange County marked.

Top counties in New York

Counties in New York ranked for convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Ontario County, NY81336.8$10M+0.6%#146 of 2,261
2Saratoga County, NY78949.2$7.9M+2.3%#232 of 2,261
3Westchester County, NY741293.5$22.4M+1.4%#310 of 2,261
4Rockland County, NY73514.9$15.3M+5.9%#336 of 2,261
5Cayuga County, NY72206.3$10M−2.3%#365 of 2,261
6Putnam County, NY71133.7$21.3M+1.4%#391 of 2,261
7Tompkins County, NY70317.2$9.3M−1.4%#427 of 2,261
8Orange County, NY691077.7$9.3M+4.2%#458 of 2,261
9Dutchess County, NY68685.8$12.5M+1.5%#475 of 2,261
10Sullivan County, NY66196.0$11M+2.7%#541 of 2,261

Other business types in Orange County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many convenience stores are in Orange County, NY?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 107 convenience stores in Orange County. 74 of them (69%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 72 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023, up 38.5% from 2019.

How much do households in Orange County, NY spend on groceries?

About $994.6M a year, or $7,175 per household. That is 14% above the U.S. average (an index of 114, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 107 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $9.3M 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 138,608 households in Orange County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Orange County, NY compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?

Orange County has 7.7 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $9.3M, 18% above the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Orange County would have about 126, against 107 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,925 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. The official count rose 38.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +22.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Orange County, NY growing?

Population estimates put Orange County at 417,669 people in 2025, up 4.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 138,608 households. The median household income in Orange County is $97,178 a year, 20% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.6% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Orange County scores 69 for convenience stores (upper middle), #458 of 2,261 scored counties.

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 Orange County

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