Groceries and convenience · County · North Dakota
Convenience stores in Williams County, ND
The convenience stores in Williams County, ND, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 63 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #660 of 2,261 scored counties
#4 of 11 scored counties in North Dakota
- Listings
- 15
- 8 chain locations (53%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $96.4M
- On groceries · $6,364 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.4M
- 18% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.9
- 24% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 41,767
- +1.4% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on groceries in Williams County comes to about $96.4M a year: $6,364 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Spread across 15 convenience stores, that is $6.4M per store, 18% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
There are 15 convenience stores on map listings in Williams County as of September 2026. 8 of them (53%) are chain locations, against 60% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.9, 24% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for convenience stores in Williams County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in Williams County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Williams County scores 63 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for convenience stores, ranking #660 of 2,261 scored counties and #4 of 11 scored counties in North Dakota.
How Williams 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 | Williams County | North Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.9 | 9.9 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $6.4M | $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 | +1.4% | +2.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,364 | $6,077 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $85,595 | $76,657 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 63 | 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
- 158 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The 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 Williams 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 Williams County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 41,767+1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 15,154
- Median age
- 33.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 53%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 2,078 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 19
- Median household income
- $85,595−1.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $117,741
- Median home value
- $284,800
- Jobs located here
- 25,521
- Daytime population
- 44,045Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every North Dakota market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in North Dakota for convenience stores, numbered among those based in North Dakota, with Williams County marked.
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 |
Other business types in Williams County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores67
- Grocery stores71
- Convenience stores63
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 Williams County, ND?
As of September 2026, map listings count 15 convenience stores in Williams County. 8 of them (53%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in Williams County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Williams County, ND spend on groceries?
About $96.4M a year, or $6,364 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $6.4M 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 15,154 households in Williams County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Williams County, ND compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Williams County has 9.9 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 24% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $6.4M, 18% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Williams County would have about 12, against 15 on map listings.
How fast is Williams County, ND growing?
Population estimates put Williams County at 41,767 people in 2025, up 1.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,154 households. The median household income in Williams County is $85,595 a year, 6% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That fell 1.8% 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. Williams County scores 63 for convenience stores (upper middle), #660 of 2,261 scored counties.
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