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Convenience stores in McLean County, ND
How McLean County, ND compares with other counties and the U.S. for convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 9
- 5 chain locations (56%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $27.1M
- On groceries · $6,187 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3M
- 62% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.6
- 2.6 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 9,740
- −0.2% since 2020
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What this means
At $6,187 per household (2% below the U.S. average), households in McLean County spend about $27.1M a year on groceries. Spread across 9 convenience stores, that is $3M per store, 62% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
McLean County has 9 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 5 are chain locations, or 56%, against 60% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 20.6, 2.6 times the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for convenience stores in McLean County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of McLean County declined 0.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How McLean County compares
The same measures for North Dakota 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 | McLean County | North Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.6 | 9.9 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3M | $6.1M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 22,071 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | n/a | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.2% | +2.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,187 | $6,077 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $83,583 | $76,657 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 53 |
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
- 95 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 McLean 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 McLean County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 9,740−0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 4,377
- Median age
- 48.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 84%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.5
- Land area
- 2,110 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 5
- Median household income
- $83,583
- Average household income
- $102,353
- Median home value
- $227,100
- Jobs located here
- 3,265
- Daytime population
- 9,132Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in North Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Cass County, ND | 88 | 51 | 6.1 | $10M | +9.1% | #61 of 2,261 |
| 2Burleigh County, ND | 81 | 30 | 7.3 | $8.7M | +4.7% | #149 of 2,261 |
| 3Morton County, ND | 74 | 11 | 7.9 | $7.8M | +3.8% | #325 of 2,261 |
| 4Williams County, ND | 63 | 15 | 9.9 | $6.4M | +1.4% | #660 of 2,261 |
| 5Grand Forks County, ND | 51 | 34 | 10.9 | $5.4M | +1.9% | #1,094 of 2,261 |
| 6Stark County, ND | 49 | 16 | 11.8 | $5.2M | +0.5% | #1,166 of 2,261 |
| 7Stutsman County, ND | 48 | 8 | 8.5 | $6.7M | −0.6% | #1,188 of 2,261 |
| 8Ward County, ND | 44 | 33 | 11.6 | $5.3M | −2.4% | #1,333 of 2,261 |
| 9Richland County, ND | 42 | 10 | 14.6 | $4.1M | +1.2% | #1,424 of 2,261 |
| 10McKenzie County, ND | 41 | 12 | 20.0 | $3.3M | +2.8% | #1,464 of 2,261 |
| McLean County, ND | Not scored | 9 | 20.6 | $3M | −0.2% |
Other business types in McLean County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores
- 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 McLean County, ND?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 convenience stores in McLean County. 5 of them (56%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in McLean County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in McLean County, ND spend on groceries?
About $27.1M a year, or $6,187 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $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 4,377 households in McLean County and national spending patterns by income.
How does McLean County, ND compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
McLean County has 20.6 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 2.6 times the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $3M, 62% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, McLean County would have about 3, against 9 on map listings.
How fast is McLean County, ND growing?
Population estimates put McLean County at 9,740 people in 2025, down 0.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,377 households. The median household income in McLean County is $83,583 a year, 4% 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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
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