Groceries and convenience · County · North Carolina
Convenience stores in Perquimans County, NC
The convenience stores in Perquimans County, NC, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 2 chain locations (50%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $32.6M
- On groceries · $5,799 a household
- Spending per listing
- $8.1M
- 3% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.1
- 11% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 13,490
- +3.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 convenience stores in Perquimans County. That is 7.1 per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
At $5,799 per household (8% below the U.S. average), households in Perquimans County spend about $32.6M a year on groceries. That works out to $8.1M per store, 3% above 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 Perquimans County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates put the population change in Perquimans County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 convenience stores on map listings, Perquimans County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Perquimans County compares
The same measures for North Carolina 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 | Perquimans County | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.1 | 9.3 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $8.1M | $6.5M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 4,711 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +20.6% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.6% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,799 | $6,016 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $67,917 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 50 |
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
- 42 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Perquimans 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 Perquimans County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 13,490+3.6% since 2020
- Households
- 5,614
- Median age
- 49.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 247 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 54
- Median household income
- $67,917+44.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,788
- Median home value
- $231,700
- Jobs located here
- 2,266
- Daytime population
- 9,990Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wake County, NC | 90 | 277 | 6.0 | $11.3M | +11.2% | #34 of 2,261 |
| 2Orange County, NC | 90 | 35 | 6.1 | $10.7M | +6.1% | #36 of 2,261 |
| 3Union County, NC | 90 | 58 | 6.9 | $9.8M | +11.7% | #37 of 2,261 |
| 4Cabarrus County, NC | 87 | 60 | 7.1 | $9M | +9.9% | #73 of 2,261 |
| 5Mecklenburg County, NC | 85 | 332 | 7.1 | $9.1M | +10.5% | #91 of 2,261 |
| 6Johnston County, NC | 85 | 72 | 8.4 | $7.4M | +17.9% | #94 of 2,261 |
| 7Lincoln County, NC | 84 | 29 | 7.9 | $7.9M | +13.2% | #110 of 2,261 |
| 8Iredell County, NC | 82 | 62 | 8.1 | $7.7M | +12.9% | #132 of 2,261 |
| 9Chatham County, NC | 81 | 30 | 9.1 | $7.3M | +11.0% | #155 of 2,261 |
| 10Henderson County, NC | 80 | 33 | 6.5 | $9.1M | +5.0% | #171 of 2,261 |
| Perquimans County, NC | Not scored | 4 | 7.1 | $8.1M | +3.6% |
Other business types in Perquimans County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores55
- Grocery stores
- Convenience stores
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 Perquimans County, NC?
There are 4 convenience stores on map listings in Perquimans County as of September 2026. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in Perquimans County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Perquimans County, NC spend on groceries?
About $32.6M a year, or $5,799 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $8.1M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,614 households in Perquimans County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Perquimans County, NC compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Perquimans County has 7.1 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $8.1M, 3% above 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 Perquimans County, NC growing?
Population estimates put Perquimans County at 13,490 people in 2025, up 3.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,614 households. Median household income in Perquimans County is $67,917, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 44.0%, 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. Perquimans County has no market score for convenience stores: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
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