Groceries and convenience · Metro area · South Dakota
Convenience stores in the Sioux Falls, SD-MN metro area
The convenience stores in the Sioux Falls, SD-MN metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 61 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #123 of 387 scored metro areas
#1 of 2 scored metro areas based in South Dakota
- Listings
- 117
- 82 chain locations (70%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $763.3M
- On groceries · $6,230 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.5M
- 17% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.5
- 19% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 314,638
- +9.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 117 convenience stores in the Sioux Falls metro area. 82 of them (70%) are chain locations, against 60% across the U.S. That is 9.5 per 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
At $6,230 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in the Sioux Falls metro area spend about $763.3M a year on groceries. Spread across 117 convenience stores, that is $6.5M per store, 17% 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 the Sioux Falls metro area: counts under 3 aren’t published. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $309K has gone to businesses classed as convenience stores in the Sioux Falls metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Sioux Falls metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +9.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Sioux Falls metro area scores 61 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for convenience stores, ranking #123 of 387 scored metro areas and #1 of 2 scored metro areas based in South Dakota.
How the Sioux Falls metro area 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 | Sioux Falls metro area | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.5 | 12.1 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $6.5M | $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 | +9.5% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,230 | $6,012 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $82,754 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 61 | 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
- 11782 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 97The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $309K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as convenience stores in the Sioux Falls metro area, 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 the Sioux Falls metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 314,638+9.5% since 2020
- Households
- 122,517
- Median age
- 37.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 3,058 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 98
- Median household income
- $82,754
- Average household income
- $108,829
- Median home value
- $295,900
- Jobs located here
- 172,822
- Daytime population
- 308,393Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every South Dakota market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in South Dakota for convenience stores, numbered among those based in South Dakota (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Sioux Falls metro area marked.
Top metro areas in South Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sioux Falls, SD-MN | 61 | 117 | 9.5 | $6.5M | +9.5% | #123 of 387 |
| 2Rapid City, SD | 55 | 81 | 12.9 | $4.7M | +6.2% | #171 of 387 |
| Sioux City, IA-NE-SD | 49 | 55 | 9.9 | $6M | +1.0% | #211 of 387 |
Other business types in the Sioux Falls metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores67
- Grocery stores55
- Convenience stores61
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 the Sioux Falls, SD-MN metro area?
There are 117 convenience stores on map listings in the Sioux Falls metro area as of September 2026. 82 of them (70%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in the Sioux Falls metro area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Sioux Falls, SD-MN metro area spend on groceries?
About $763.3M a year, or $6,230 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 117 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $6.5M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 122,517 households in the Sioux Falls metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Sioux Falls, SD-MN metro area compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
The Sioux Falls metro area has 9.5 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $6.5M, 17% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the national ratio of convenience stores to household spending, the Sioux Falls metro area would have about 97, against 117 on map listings.
How fast is the Sioux Falls, SD-MN metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Sioux Falls metro area at 314,638 people in 2025, up 9.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 122,517 households. Median household income in the Sioux Falls metro area is $82,754, 3% above the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The Sioux Falls metro area scores 61 for convenience stores (upper middle), #123 of 387 scored metro areas.
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