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Convenience stores in Adams County, WA
The convenience stores in Adams County, WA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 44 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,342 of 2,261 scored counties
#32 of 33 scored counties in Washington
- Listings
- 8
- 3 chain locations (38%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $35.8M
- On groceries · $5,695 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.5M
- 43% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.7
- 59% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 21,488
- +4.3% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Adams County spend about $35.8M a year on groceries, or $5,695 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That works out to $4.5M per store, 43% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
Adams County has 8 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 38%, against 60% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 12.7, 59% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for convenience stores in Adams County, since they leave out counts under 3. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $508K has gone to businesses classed as convenience stores in Adams County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Adams County grew 4.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for convenience stores in Adams County is 44 (lower middle), #1,342 of 2,261 scored counties and #32 of 33 scored counties in Washington.
How Adams County compares
The same measures for Washington 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 | Adams County | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.7 | 5.9 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.5M | $11.1M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 4,520 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +24.6% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.3% | +3.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,695 | $6,520 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $66,136 | $98,141 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 44 | 73 |
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
- 83 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $508K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as convenience stores in Adams 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 Adams County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 21,488+4.3% since 2020
- Households
- 6,288
- Median age
- 29.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 1,925 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 11
- Median household income
- $66,136+36.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,806
- Median home value
- $273,300
- Jobs located here
- 8,184
- Daytime population
- 20,685Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Washington
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Douglas County, WA | 89 | 7 | 4.4 | $14.1M | +8.0% | #42 of 2,261 |
| 2King County, WA | 87 | 445 | 4.7 | $14.9M | +3.1% | #66 of 2,261 |
| 3Kitsap County, WA | 85 | 52 | 4.8 | $13.8M | +2.7% | #87 of 2,261 |
| 4San Juan County, WA | 84 | 5 | 5.5 | $11.2M | +4.2% | #101 of 2,261 |
| 5Thurston County, WA | 82 | 64 | 5.4 | $11.8M | +2.8% | #128 of 2,261 |
| 6Snohomish County, WA | 82 | 194 | 6.1 | $11.1M | +4.9% | #129 of 2,261 |
| 7Benton County, WA | 81 | 59 | 7.6 | $8.3M | +6.9% | #154 of 2,261 |
| 8Clark County, WA | 80 | 105 | 5.4 | $12.1M | +5.3% | #165 of 2,261 |
| 9Pierce County, WA | 79 | 186 | 5.3 | $12.3M | +2.5% | #185 of 2,261 |
| 10Island County, WA | 78 | 8 | 2.2 | $28.3M | −1.5% | #208 of 2,261 |
| 32Adams County, WA | 44 | 8 | 12.7 | $4.5M | +4.3% | #1,342 of 2,261 |
Other business types in Adams County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores28
- Grocery stores29
- Convenience stores44
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 Adams County, WA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 convenience stores in Adams County. 3 of them (38%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in Adams County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Adams County, WA spend on groceries?
About $35.8M a year, or $5,695 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $4.5M 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 6,288 households in Adams County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Adams County, WA compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Adams County has 12.7 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 59% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $4.5M, 43% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Adams County would have about 5, against 8 on map listings.
How fast is Adams County, WA growing?
Population estimates put Adams County at 21,488 people in 2025, up 4.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,288 households. The median household income in Adams County is $66,136 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.9% 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. Adams County scores 44 for convenience stores (lower middle), #1,342 of 2,261 scored counties.
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