Groceries and convenience · County · South Dakota
Convenience stores in Pennington County, SD
How Pennington County, SD 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 66 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #568 of 2,261 scored counties
#5 of 16 scored counties in South Dakota
- Listings
- 60
- 50 chain locations (83%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $278.7M
- On groceries · $6,011 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.6M
- 41% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.9
- 61% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 116,792
- +6.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 60 convenience stores in Pennington County. Chain locations make up 83% of them, against 60% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 12.9, 61% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Households in Pennington County spend about $278.7M a year on groceries, or $6,011 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. That works out to $4.6M per store, 41% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade.
In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Pennington County classed as convenience stores. That is one for every 11,593 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Pennington County grew 6.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Pennington County scores 66 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for convenience stores, ranking #568 of 2,261 scored counties and #5 of 16 scored counties in South Dakota.
How Pennington 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 | Pennington County | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.9 | 12.1 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.6M | $5M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 11,593 | 11,077 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | n/a | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.6% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,011 | $6,012 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $74,517 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 66 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4
- Employees, 2023
- 13
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $846K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 6050 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 35The 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 Pennington 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 Pennington County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 116,792+6.6% since 2020
- Households
- 46,370
- Median age
- 41.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 2,777 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 41
- Median household income
- $74,517+30.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $99,289
- Median home value
- $302,200
- Jobs located here
- 59,416
- Daytime population
- 120,445Residents 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 Pennington County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores69
- Grocery stores77
- Convenience stores66
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 Pennington County, SD?
There are 60 convenience stores on map listings in Pennington County as of September 2026. 50 of them (83%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in Pennington County, SD spend on groceries?
About $278.7M a year, or $6,011 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 60 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $4.6M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 46,370 households in Pennington County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Pennington County, SD compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Pennington County has 12.9 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 61% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $4.6M, 41% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the national ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Pennington County would have about 35, against 60 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 11,593 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
How fast is Pennington County, SD growing?
Population estimates put Pennington County at 116,792 people in 2025, up 6.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 46,370 households. Median household income in Pennington County is $74,517, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.6%, 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. Pennington County scores 66 for convenience stores (upper middle), #568 of 2,261 scored counties.
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