Groceries and convenience · County · South Dakota
Convenience stores in Meade County, SD
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for convenience stores in Meade County, SD, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #839 of 2,261 scored counties
#7 of 16 scored counties in South Dakota
- Listings
- 13
- 8 chain locations (62%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $72.8M
- On groceries · $6,083 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.6M
- 29% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.9
- 36% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 30,711
- +2.7% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 13 convenience stores in Meade County. Of those, 8 are chain locations, or 62%, against 60% across the U.S. That comes to 10.9 for every 10,000 households, 36% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
At $6,083 per household (4% below the U.S. average), households in Meade County spend about $72.8M a year on groceries. Spread across 13 convenience stores, that is $5.6M per store, 29% 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 Meade County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates show Meade County grew 2.7% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). Meade County scores 58 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for convenience stores, ranking #839 of 2,261 scored counties and #7 of 16 scored counties in South Dakota.
How Meade County compares
The same measures for South 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 | Meade County | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.9 | 12.1 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $5.6M | $5M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 11,077 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | n/a | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.7% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,083 | $6,012 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $74,790 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 58 | 48 |
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
- 138 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The 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 Meade 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 Meade County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 30,711+2.7% since 2020
- Households
- 11,968
- Median age
- 40.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 3,471 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 9
- Median household income
- $74,790+23.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,155
- Median home value
- $310,900
- Jobs located here
- 7,923
- Daytime population
- 24,809Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in South Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lincoln County, SD | 92 | 18 | 6.5 | $10.3M | +17.5% | #23 of 2,261 |
| 2Brookings County, SD | 74 | 11 | 8.0 | $7.4M | +9.6% | #328 of 2,261 |
| 3Lawrence County, SD | 68 | 11 | 9.1 | $6.4M | +14.0% | #499 of 2,261 |
| 4Minnehaha County, SD | 67 | 89 | 10.5 | $5.8M | +7.6% | #539 of 2,261 |
| 5Pennington County, SD | 66 | 60 | 12.9 | $4.6M | +6.6% | #568 of 2,261 |
| 6Yankton County, SD | 65 | 7 | 7.2 | $8.2M | +1.5% | #580 of 2,261 |
| 7Meade County, SD | 58 | 13 | 10.9 | $5.6M | +2.7% | #839 of 2,261 |
| 8Codington County, SD | 55 | 15 | 12.0 | $4.9M | +4.3% | #957 of 2,261 |
| 9Hughes County, SD | 53 | 7 | 9.7 | $6.3M | −0.9% | #1,018 of 2,261 |
| 10Davison County, SD | 50 | 8 | 9.0 | $6.4M | +0.6% | #1,121 of 2,261 |
Other business types in Meade County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores74
- Grocery stores71
- Convenience stores58
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 Meade County, SD?
Meade County has 13 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 8 of them (62%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in Meade County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Meade County, SD spend on groceries?
About $72.8M a year, or $6,083 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $5.6M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,968 households in Meade County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Meade County, SD compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Meade County has 10.9 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 36% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $5.6M, 29% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the national ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Meade County would have about 9, against 13 on map listings.
How fast is Meade County, SD growing?
Population estimates put Meade County at 30,711 people in 2025, up 2.7% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,968 households. Median household income in Meade County is $74,790, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.5%, 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. Meade County scores 58 for convenience stores (upper middle), #839 of 2,261 scored counties.
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