Groceries and convenience · County · Ohio
Convenience stores in Mercer County, OH
How Mercer County, OH 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 60 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #745 of 2,261 scored counties
#29 of 88 scored counties in Ohio
- Listings
- 10
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $97.6M
- On groceries · $5,949 a household
- Spending per listing
- $9.8M
- 24% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.1
- 24% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 42,737
- +0.5% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 10 convenience stores in Mercer County. None of them are chain locations, against 60% across the U.S. That comes to 6.1 for every 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
At $5,949 per household (6% below the U.S. average), households in Mercer County spend about $97.6M a year on groceries. That works out to $9.8M per store, 24% above the U.S. figure of $7.9M. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in Mercer County was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 2,735 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Mercer County grew 0.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Mercer County scores 60 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for convenience stores, ranking #745 of 2,261 scored counties and #29 of 88 scored counties in Ohio.
How Mercer County compares
The same measures for Ohio 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 | Mercer County | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.1 | 7.6 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $9.8M | $7.8M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,735 | 3,185 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +19.9% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.5% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,949 | $5,967 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $76,782 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 60 | 38 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6
- Employees, 2023
- 49
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $766K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 100 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 Mercer 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 Mercer County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 42,737+0.5% since 2020
- Households
- 16,408
- Median age
- 39.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 462 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 92
- Median household income
- $76,782+22.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $91,265
- Median home value
- $210,600
- Jobs located here
- 19,998
- Daytime population
- 40,314Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Ohio
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Delaware County, OH | 93 | 42 | 5.1 | $14.3M | +12.5% | #15 of 2,261 |
| 2Fairfield County, OH | 92 | 30 | 5.0 | $12.8M | +6.5% | #21 of 2,261 |
| 3Union County, OH | 89 | 18 | 7.4 | $9.2M | +16.5% | #51 of 2,261 |
| 4Warren County, OH | 83 | 55 | 6.0 | $11.5M | +5.7% | #119 of 2,261 |
| 5Miami County, OH | 81 | 25 | 5.6 | $10.9M | +3.4% | #142 of 2,261 |
| 6Clermont County, OH | 80 | 44 | 5.2 | $12.1M | +3.9% | #164 of 2,261 |
| 7Madison County, OH | 78 | 11 | 7.0 | $8.9M | +7.1% | #227 of 2,261 |
| 8Greene County, OH | 77 | 29 | 4.3 | $15M | +3.7% | #240 of 2,261 |
| 9Pickaway County, OH | 74 | 17 | 7.8 | $7.8M | +7.4% | #327 of 2,261 |
| 10Putnam County, OH | 73 | 7 | 5.3 | $11.7M | 0.0% | #341 of 2,261 |
| 29Mercer County, OH | 60 | 10 | 6.1 | $9.8M | +0.5% | #745 of 2,261 |
Other business types in Mercer County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores51
- Grocery stores52
- Convenience stores60
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 Mercer County, OH?
Mercer County has 10 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in Mercer County, OH spend on groceries?
About $97.6M a year, or $5,949 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $9.8M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,408 households in Mercer County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Mercer County, OH compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Mercer County has 6.1 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $9.8M, 24% above the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the national ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Mercer County would have about 12, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,735 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
How fast is Mercer County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Mercer County at 42,737 people in 2025, up 0.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,408 households. Median household income in Mercer County is $76,782, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.0%, 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. Mercer County scores 60 for convenience stores (upper middle), #745 of 2,261 scored counties.
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