Groceries and convenience · County · Oregon
Convenience stores in Benton County, OR
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for convenience stores in Benton County, OR, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 65 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #574 of 2,261 scored counties
#5 of 28 scored counties in Oregon
- Listings
- 26
- 14 chain locations (54%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $232.4M
- On groceries · $6,031 a household
- Spending per listing
- $8.9M
- 13% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.7
- 16% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 97,728
- +4.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 26 convenience stores in Benton County. Chain locations make up 54% of them, against 60% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.7, 16% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Household spending on groceries in Benton County comes to about $232.4M a year: $6,031 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. That works out to $8.9M per store, 13% 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 Benton County was 16 in 2023. That is one for every 2,409 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Benton County grew 4.4% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For convenience stores, Benton County has a Groundwork market score of 65 (upper middle): #574 of 2,261 scored counties and #5 of 28 scored counties in Oregon.
How Benton County compares
The same measures for Oregon 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 | Benton County | Oregon | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.7 | 8.0 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $8.9M | $7.7M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,409 | 1,762 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +10.4% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.4% | +0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,031 | $6,152 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $77,702 | $83,011 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 65 | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14 → 16
- Employees, 2023
- 121
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2614 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 30The 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 Benton 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 Benton County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 97,728+4.4% since 2020
- Households
- 38,537
- Median age
- 38.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 57%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 675 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 143
- Median household income
- $77,702+25.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $110,303
- Median home value
- $513,000
- Jobs located here
- 38,819
- Daytime population
- 95,808Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Oregon market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Oregon for convenience stores, numbered among those based in Oregon, with Benton County marked.
Top counties in Oregon
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Columbia County, OR | 79 | 9 | 4.3 | $14.2M | +2.6% | #182 of 2,261 |
| 2Deschutes County, OR | 77 | 49 | 5.8 | $11.1M | +6.8% | #245 of 2,261 |
| 3Washington County, OR | 71 | 127 | 5.4 | $12.4M | +1.8% | #392 of 2,261 |
| 4Clackamas County, OR | 68 | 88 | 5.4 | $12.3M | +0.9% | #476 of 2,261 |
| 5Benton County, OR | 65 | 26 | 6.7 | $8.9M | +4.4% | #574 of 2,261 |
| 6Polk County, OR | 61 | 25 | 7.6 | $8.1M | +2.3% | #712 of 2,261 |
| 7Jefferson County, OR | 56 | 7 | 7.9 | $7.4M | +4.7% | #892 of 2,261 |
| 8Yamhill County, OR | 55 | 34 | 8.7 | $7.2M | +2.2% | #929 of 2,261 |
| 9Crook County, OR | 54 | 12 | 11.1 | $5.5M | +10.6% | #991 of 2,261 |
| 10Marion County, OR | 52 | 102 | 8.0 | $7.5M | +2.7% | #1,049 of 2,261 |
Other business types in Benton County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores63
- Grocery stores69
- Convenience stores65
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 Benton County, OR?
There are 26 convenience stores on map listings in Benton County as of September 2026. 14 of them (54%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in Benton County, OR spend on groceries?
About $232.4M a year, or $6,031 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 26 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $8.9M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 38,537 households in Benton County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Benton County, OR compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Benton County has 6.7 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $8.9M, 13% above the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the national ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Benton County would have about 30, against 26 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,409 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
How fast is Benton County, OR growing?
Population estimates put Benton County at 97,728 people in 2025, up 4.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 38,537 households. Median household income in Benton County is $77,702, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.2%, 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. Benton County scores 65 for convenience stores (upper middle), #574 of 2,261 scored counties.
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