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Convenience stores in Lunenburg County, VA

How Lunenburg County, VA compares with other counties and the U.S. for convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.

Listings
3
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$25.8M
On groceries · $5,418 a household
Spending per listing
$8.6M
9% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.3
21% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
12,058
+0.9% 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

At $5,418 per household (14% below the U.S. average), households in Lunenburg County spend about $25.8M a year on groceries. That is about $8.6M of household spending for each store on map listings, 9% above the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.

Lunenburg County has 3 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.3, 21% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for convenience stores in Lunenburg County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Lunenburg County grew 0.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 convenience stores on map listings, Lunenburg County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Lunenburg County compares

The same measures for Virginia 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 Lunenburg County, VA compared with Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureLunenburg CountyVirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.39.48.0
Spending per listing$8.6M$6.9M$7.9M
Households per official establishmentn/a2,3413,493
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+19.9%+22.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.9%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,418$6,537$6,319
Median household income$54,842$93,170$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored43

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
30 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 Lunenburg 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 Lunenburg County

Population, 2025 estimate
12,058+0.9% since 2020
Households
4,771
Median age
44.0
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
432 sq. mi.
People per square mile
28
Median household income
$54,842+23.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$68,376
Median home value
$150,100
Jobs located here
2,252
Daytime population
9,245Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Convenience stores across Virginia

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

Top counties in Virginia

Counties in Virginia ranked for convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Powhatan County, VA9176.2$11.1M+7.0%#29 of 2,261
2Loudoun County, VA89886.2$13M+6.4%#43 of 2,261
3Arlington County, VA82524.6$16M+2.1%#126 of 2,261
4Fairfax County, VA811704.1$18.5M+1.7%#136 of 2,261
5King George County, VA81109.9$7M+10.5%#156 of 2,261
6James City County, VA80247.5$9.1M+6.2%#172 of 2,261
7Stafford County, VA80519.7$7.6M+8.3%#175 of 2,261
8Orange County, VA7996.1$10.7M+10.1%#190 of 2,261
9Greene County, VA7978.7$7.4M+6.6%#203 of 2,261
10Prince William County, VA771016.4$11.4M+4.2%#244 of 2,261
Lunenburg County, VANot scored36.3$8.6M+0.9%

Other business types in Lunenburg County

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

Questions

How many convenience stores are in Lunenburg County, VA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 convenience stores in Lunenburg County. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in Lunenburg County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Lunenburg County, VA spend on groceries?

About $25.8M a year, or $5,418 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $8.6M 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 4,771 households in Lunenburg County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Lunenburg County, VA compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?

Lunenburg County has 6.3 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $8.6M, 9% above the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending.

How fast is Lunenburg County, VA growing?

Population estimates put Lunenburg County at 12,058 people in 2025, up 0.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,771 households. The median household income in Lunenburg County is $54,842 a year, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.8% 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. Lunenburg County has no market score for convenience stores: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for convenience stores · All 56 business types in Lunenburg County

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