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Convenience stores in Martinsville city, VA

How Martinsville city, VA 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 19 out of 100: Low

Ranked #2,055 of 2,261 scored counties
#98 of 113 scored counties in Virginia

Listings
13
5 chain locations (38%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$30M
On groceries · $5,258 a household
Spending per listing
$2.3M
71% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
22.8
2.9 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
13,849
+2.8% 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

Martinsville city scores 19 (low) on the Groundwork market score for convenience stores, ranking #2,055 of 2,261 scored counties and #98 of 113 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on groceries in Martinsville city comes to about $30M a year: $5,258 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.3M of household spending for each store on map listings, 71% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.

There are 13 convenience stores on map listings in Martinsville city as of September 2026. 5 of them (38%) are chain locations, against 60% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 22.8, 2.9 times the U.S. rate of 8.0.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in Martinsville city was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 1,904 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Martinsville city grew 2.8%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Martinsville city 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 Martinsville city, VA compared with Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureMartinsville cityVirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households22.89.48.0
Spending per listing$2.3M$6.9M$7.9M
Households per official establishment1,9042,3413,493
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+19.9%+22.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.8%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,258$6,537$6,319
Median household income$46,727$93,170$80,734
Groundwork market score1943

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
6
Annual payroll, 2023
$134K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
135 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
4The 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 Martinsville city, 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 Martinsville city

Population, 2025 estimate
13,849+2.8% since 2020
Households
5,711
Median age
37.1
Homes lived in by their owners
55%
Vehicles per household
1.5
Land area
11 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,247
Median household income
$46,727+36.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$67,985
Median home value
$98,400
Jobs located here
8,670
Daytime population
16,559Residents 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 Martinsville city 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
98Martinsville city, VA191322.8$2.3M+2.8%#2,055 of 2,261

Other business types in Martinsville city

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

Questions

How many convenience stores are in Martinsville city, VA?

As of September 2026, map listings count 13 convenience stores in Martinsville city. 5 of them (38%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.

How much do households in Martinsville city, VA spend on groceries?

About $30M a year, or $5,258 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.3M 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 5,711 households in Martinsville city and national spending patterns by income.

How does Martinsville city, VA compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?

Martinsville city has 22.8 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 2.9 times the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $2.3M, 71% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Martinsville city would have about 4, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,904 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.

How fast is Martinsville city, VA growing?

Population estimates put Martinsville city at 13,849 people in 2025, up 2.8% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,711 households. The median household income in Martinsville city is $46,727 a year, 42% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.0% 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. Martinsville city scores 19 for convenience stores (low), #2,055 of 2,261 scored counties.

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