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Convenience stores in Beaver County, PA

How Beaver County, PA 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 62 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #675 of 2,261 scored counties
#32 of 63 scored counties in Pennsylvania

Listings
57
34 chain locations (60%)
Official establishments
22
+4.8% since 2019
Household spending a year
$470.1M
On groceries · $6,506 a household
Spending per listing
$8.2M
5% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.9
In line with the U.S.
Population, 2025
166,032
−1.1% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Household spending on groceries in Beaver County comes to about $470.1M a year: $6,506 per household, 3% above the U.S. average. That works out to $8.2M per store, 5% above the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.

Beaver County has 57 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 34 of them (60%) are chain locations, against 60% across the U.S. That comes to 7.9 for every 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 8.0.

In 2023, official counts showed 22 businesses with payroll in Beaver County classed as convenience stores, up 4.8% from 2019. That is one for every 3,284 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $50K has gone to businesses classed as convenience stores in Beaver County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Beaver County declined 1.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For convenience stores, Beaver County has a Groundwork market score of 62 (upper middle): #675 of 2,261 scored counties and #32 of 63 scored counties in Pennsylvania.

How Beaver County compares

The same measures for Pennsylvania 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.

Convenience stores in Beaver County, PA compared with Pennsylvania and the U.S.
MeasureBeaver CountyPennsylvaniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.97.78.0
Spending per listing$8.2M$8.7M$7.9M
Households per official establishment3,2843,4823,493
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+4.8%+27.0%+22.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.1%+0.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$6,506$6,738$6,319
Median household income$71,089$77,971$80,734
Groundwork market score6255

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
21 → 22+4.8% over the period
Employees, 2023
64
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
5734 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
60The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$50K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as convenience stores in Beaver 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 Beaver County

Population, 2025 estimate
166,032−1.1% since 2020
Households
72,257
Median age
45.2
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
435 sq. mi.
People per square mile
383
Median household income
$71,089+23.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$91,466
Median home value
$190,900
Jobs located here
50,483
Daytime population
141,776Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Convenience stores across Pennsylvania

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The highest-scoring counties in Pennsylvania for convenience stores, numbered among those based in Pennsylvania, with Beaver County marked.

Top counties in Pennsylvania

Counties in Pennsylvania ranked for convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Chester County, PA881236.0$13.1M+4.2%#54 of 2,261
2Cumberland County, PA88767.1$9.8M+6.5%#62 of 2,261
3Franklin County, PA86406.3$10.6M+3.0%#83 of 2,261
4Adams County, PA84276.6$10.3M+3.6%#103 of 2,261
5York County, PA841377.5$9.1M+3.6%#107 of 2,261
6Lancaster County, PA831487.0$10M+1.9%#120 of 2,261
7Butler County, PA83698.5$8.2M+3.2%#122 of 2,261
8Lebanon County, PA80356.2$10.8M+2.2%#166 of 2,261
9Northampton County, PA78927.5$9.3M+3.7%#224 of 2,261
10Montgomery County, PA762216.6$11.6M+2.4%#272 of 2,261
32Beaver County, PA62577.9$8.2M−1.1%#675 of 2,261

Other business types in Beaver County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many convenience stores are in Beaver County, PA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 57 convenience stores in Beaver County. 34 of them (60%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 22 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023, up 4.8% from 2019.

How much do households in Beaver County, PA spend on groceries?

About $470.1M a year, or $6,506 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 57 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $8.2M 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 72,257 households in Beaver County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Beaver County, PA compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?

Beaver County has 7.9 convenience stores per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $8.2M, 5% above the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Beaver County would have about 60, against 57 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,284 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. The official count rose 4.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +22.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Beaver County, PA growing?

Population estimates put Beaver County at 166,032 people in 2025, down 1.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 72,257 households. The median household income in Beaver County is $71,089 a year, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.0% 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. Beaver County scores 62 for convenience stores (upper middle), #675 of 2,261 scored counties.

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