Groceries and convenience · County · Oklahoma
Convenience stores in Kay County, OK
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for convenience stores in Kay County, OK, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 35 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,640 of 2,261 scored counties
#26 of 57 scored counties in Oklahoma
- Listings
- 18
- 10 chain locations (56%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $93.3M
- On groceries · $5,560 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.2M
- 34% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.7
- 34% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 43,490
- −0.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 18 convenience stores in Kay County. Chain locations make up 56% of them, against 60% across the U.S. That comes to 10.7 for every 10,000 households, 34% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Households in Kay County spend about $93.3M a year on groceries, or $5,560 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. Spread across 18 convenience stores, that is $5.2M per store, 34% below 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 Kay County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Kay County declined 0.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for convenience stores in Kay County is 35 (lower middle), #1,640 of 2,261 scored counties and #26 of 57 scored counties in Oklahoma.
How Kay County compares
The same measures for Oklahoma 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 | Kay County | Oklahoma | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.7 | 11.5 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $5.2M | $5M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 8,491 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +35.3% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.3% | +4.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,560 | $5,787 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $58,423 | $65,039 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 35 | 40 |
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
- 1810 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 Kay 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 Kay County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 43,490−0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 16,776
- Median age
- 39.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 920 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 47
- Median household income
- $58,423+24.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $77,308
- Median home value
- $124,700
- Jobs located here
- 15,500
- Daytime population
- 42,294Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Oklahoma market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Oklahoma for convenience stores, numbered among those based in Oklahoma, with Kay County marked.
Top counties in Oklahoma
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wagoner County, OK | 89 | 19 | 6.1 | $10.1M | +14.6% | #47 of 2,261 |
| 2Rogers County, OK | 86 | 19 | 5.2 | $11.9M | +7.1% | #81 of 2,261 |
| 3Canadian County, OK | 83 | 54 | 9.3 | $6.8M | +20.4% | #124 of 2,261 |
| 4Logan County, OK | 80 | 15 | 8.4 | $7.4M | +11.5% | #176 of 2,261 |
| 5Cleveland County, OK | 79 | 81 | 6.9 | $8.7M | +2.6% | #196 of 2,261 |
| 6Tulsa County, OK | 76 | 213 | 7.8 | $7.6M | +4.2% | #282 of 2,261 |
| 7McClain County, OK | 71 | 19 | 11.6 | $5.4M | +18.4% | #418 of 2,261 |
| 8Oklahoma County, OK | 66 | 327 | 10.0 | $5.9M | +3.0% | #566 of 2,261 |
| 9Washington County, OK | 65 | 14 | 6.7 | $8.6M | +2.7% | #577 of 2,261 |
| 10Osage County, OK | 63 | 12 | 6.9 | $8.3M | +2.2% | #648 of 2,261 |
| 26Kay County, OK | 35 | 18 | 10.7 | $5.2M | −0.3% | #1,640 of 2,261 |
Other business types in Kay County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores50
- Grocery stores52
- Convenience stores35
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 Kay County, OK?
There are 18 convenience stores on map listings in Kay County as of September 2026. 10 of them (56%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in Kay County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Kay County, OK spend on groceries?
About $93.3M a year, or $5,560 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $5.2M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,776 households in Kay County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Kay County, OK compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Kay County has 10.7 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 34% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $5.2M, 34% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the national ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Kay County would have about 12, against 18 on map listings.
How fast is Kay County, OK growing?
Population estimates put Kay County at 43,490 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 16,776 households. Median household income in Kay County is $58,423, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.8%, 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. Kay County scores 35 for convenience stores (lower middle), #1,640 of 2,261 scored counties.
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