Groceries and convenience · County · Vermont
Convenience stores in Bennington County, VT
How Bennington County, VT 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 29 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,834 of 2,261 scored counties
#12 of 12 scored counties in Vermont
- Listings
- 27
- 15 chain locations (56%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $98.8M
- On groceries · $6,594 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.7M
- 54% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.0
- 2.3 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 36,630
- −1.8% since 2020
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What this means
For convenience stores, Bennington County has a Groundwork market score of 29 (lower middle): #1,834 of 2,261 scored counties and #12 of 12 scored counties in Vermont. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 27 convenience stores in Bennington County. Chain locations make up 56% of them, against 60% across the U.S. That is 18.0 per 10,000 households, 2.3 times the U.S. rate of 8.0.
At $6,594 per household (4% above the U.S. average), households in Bennington County spend about $98.8M a year on groceries. Spread across 27 convenience stores, that is $3.7M per store, 54% 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 12 businesses with payroll in Bennington County classed as convenience stores. That is one for every 1,249 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $150K has gone to businesses classed as convenience stores in Bennington County. Population estimates put the population change in Bennington County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Bennington County compares
The same measures for Vermont 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 | Bennington County | Vermont | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.0 | 12.9 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3.7M | $5.3M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,249 | 3,217 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.0% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.8% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,594 | $6,795 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $73,325 | $81,203 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 29 | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12 → 12
- Employees, 2023
- 71
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2715 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $150K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as convenience stores in Bennington 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 Bennington County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 36,630−1.8% since 2020
- Households
- 14,987
- Median age
- 47.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 674 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 55
- Median household income
- $73,325+30.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $107,853
- Median home value
- $279,900
- Jobs located here
- 16,869
- Daytime population
- 38,521Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Vermont market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Vermont for convenience stores, numbered among those based in Vermont, with Bennington County marked.
Top counties in Vermont
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Chittenden County, VT | 69 | 59 | 8.3 | $8.7M | +0.4% | #461 of 2,261 |
| 2Addison County, VT | 67 | 16 | 10.7 | $6.5M | +1.8% | #532 of 2,261 |
| 3Orange County, VT | 59 | 17 | 13.3 | $5.1M | +2.4% | #813 of 2,261 |
| 4Windsor County, VT | 59 | 34 | 13.4 | $5M | −0.7% | #815 of 2,261 |
| 5Washington County, VT | 56 | 35 | 13.5 | $5M | −0.2% | #913 of 2,261 |
| 6Franklin County, VT | 54 | 33 | 16.5 | $4.1M | +2.3% | #999 of 2,261 |
| 7Orleans County, VT | 48 | 21 | 17.4 | $3.7M | +0.7% | #1,218 of 2,261 |
| 8Lamoille County, VT | 47 | 15 | 12.6 | $5.4M | +1.4% | #1,241 of 2,261 |
| 9Rutland County, VT | 46 | 36 | 14.2 | $4.5M | −1.4% | #1,282 of 2,261 |
| 10Caledonia County, VT | 45 | 19 | 14.5 | $4.4M | +0.8% | #1,308 of 2,261 |
| 12Bennington County, VT | 29 | 27 | 18.0 | $3.7M | −1.8% | #1,834 of 2,261 |
Other business types in Bennington County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores24
- Grocery stores26
- Convenience stores29
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 Bennington County, VT?
Bennington County has 27 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 15 of them (56%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in Bennington County, VT spend on groceries?
About $98.8M a year, or $6,594 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 27 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.7M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 14,987 households in Bennington County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Bennington County, VT compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Bennington County has 18.0 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 2.3 times the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $3.7M, 54% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the national ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Bennington County would have about 13, against 27 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,249 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
How fast is Bennington County, VT growing?
Population estimates put Bennington County at 36,630 people in 2025, down 1.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 14,987 households. Median household income in Bennington County is $73,325, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.5%, 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. Bennington County scores 29 for convenience stores (lower middle), #1,834 of 2,261 scored counties.
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